The Washington times., 1919-12-27
NEW YORK T0HAVE
TWO AUTO SHOWS
Passenger Cars and CONNER.
ciaI Vehicles Featured at
Greatest Exhibits in History.

New York is accustomed to super
lative things. but even cosmopolitan
New York will be amazed, next Sat
urday afternoon, January 5. at .
O'Clock, when il gets its first look at
the passenger car division of the
twentieth annual National Automo-
bile Show, the greatest ever held.
spread out in cleaning, colorful
ranks on four full floors of Grand
Central Palace.
Smartly artistic decorations will
give the big show fitting setting
for the inspection by hundreds of
New Workers and thousands of out
of-town visitors while Simultaneous
ly, in the Eighth Couast Artillery
Armory.. at Jerome Avenue, Kings
bridge road and 194th street. the big
gest motor truck show in automotiye
history throws open to the public the
doors OF the country's largest armory
displaying 10000 square feet of con-
crete floor covered with motor trucks
and accessories.
Original Designs.
Either one of these two shows
which celebrate the twentieth anni-
versary of the industry the truck
show of 70-odd makes, or the passen-
ger display of "a makes-would by
itself be larger than any preceding
show; and, in addition, 296 makers OF
accessories will exhibit at both
shows.
Besides new and graceful original
ltleS OF body and chassis design. will
be seen at the Grand Central Palace.
1or the first time many new mechan-
lcaI improvements and cunning eff
hciency devices perfected by automo-
I'VE engineers to save motoring pub
lies time and money, and to make
motoring a still greater convenience
and pleasure. These improvements
nave been achieved in spite of the
immense postwar demand for all
makes OF automobiles. The result is
lhat there will be type of car for
every Individual taste and pocket
book.
Attention To Details.
IN looking over the new produc-
tlons one is Impressed with the great
dItehtlon TO the smaller items of
equipment. to such things as doors and
door handles, cowI boards instru.
nents and rendering. Changes of this
sort are not costly and are made
much more easily than one involving
The making Of new expensive die
In the desire to give the car SOM
blance of newness, the body has been
attacked. and there is bewilIerinC
array of Conceptions
For the most part the designers
have adhered to the basic lines shown
last year in such numbers This BODY
has high hood, usually with an
angle at each side the line of the
angle meeting the top edge of the
body. Hoods have more louvres, wind
shield supports arc more substantial
and shields are much in evidence and
a few concerns have taken up small
built-in side pieces attached TO tho
windshield. This form will undoubt.
edly be standard equipment in few
years
Novelties Of Deviations.
The Palace will surpass its own
record as to pleasing novelties of
decoration GarIands of smilax and
green's will bring the scheme into
harmony with the holiday feeling and
suggest the approach of spring. At
the entrance the incomer's first
glimpse of the interior will be
through a frame Of bay trees and
floral masses.
Each exhibitors display will be in
closed by white railing supported
by white posts capped with brown
The big windows that light each of
the four floors are curtained with es-