The Cordova daily times., 1921-12-01
First Automobile ShOW
 Being Held m Shanghai

! SHANGHAI. Dec 1.-China is hav- i ing her first automobile show. It is being held in Shanghai this week. and is one of the most spectacular exhibitions ever staged anywhere
 The show is housed in specially constructed buildings covering six acres, and to give an idea of the magnitude of the scale on which the promoters planned the event. spe- cial electric lighting plant, consist ing of generators driven by crude oil engines and capable of lighting an average American city of 6,000 or 5000 people. was built on the grounds Huge naval scarchIights proclaim the event by shooting tre- mondou, beams into the sky nightly during the exhibition.
 The Shanghai show was promoted and is being managed by Arthur West, a former American newspaper and advertising man who at one time was manager of one of the big Michigan motor ear manufacturing concerns Arthur West, who has been in China two years. decided. after observing Chinese charactcris- ties. that an automobile show to be successful in Shanghai would have to be spcctacuIar and for that req son he is making sure that the event lacks nothing in that elaborate dis play which appeals so strongly to the Oriental mind.
 TEA GARDENS AND GIRLS
 In connection with the show there are to he elaborate Chinese and Jap anosn tea gardens. in which. in ad 1titon To tea tables and whole droyos of "sing song and "gcisha" girls. ,hor" will be all of the old and many of the new circus and yaudo- file stunts. A dance hall cover ing 2o0oo square feet has been con structod, and an orchestra imported from San Francisco to furnish music for the Shanghai stoppers during the week Paronthctically it may be re- marked that Shanghai is one of the greatest dancing cities in the world. with numerous gay cafes and res taurmts that rival those of Paris and san Francisco
 The automobiles exhibited at the show are from all the manufactur- iur c"rtrr+ of the world. and some ol them out,hmc anything ever seen anywhere The wealthy Chinese motur.r is the most huicky in the world when it comes to elaborate decorations and coarhwork for his ears In Shanghai there are Rolls Rove" from rna'mnd pnns"at~ from n~nrrr. Mmrr,as from Bcleium. rfr.a from I"Iy. and packards. cad- H.os and pfcr. Arrows from the States. all with special bodies built ta the ,hnl.r1~, shops in Shaunhai that are devoted exclusively to motor D'r body building In addition all other makes of ears are on exhibt- t!on, some of them with Ailments and trimmings that would astonish and bcwildcr the average auto show pa trou of London or New York
 MOST EXPENSIVE CAR
 The most expensive autoombile in the world, special Packard built to order of Chang Tso-lin one of the military princes of China, probably will be shown at the exhibition. This car is said to have cost the Chinese war lord 350OO gold dollars.
 Among other things, the Shanghai show will call the attention of motor car manufacturers all over the world to the tremendous strides that motor vehicles are making in the Far East. In Shanghai. for instance. there are miles of beautifully paved streets that are used daily and nightly by thousands of motorists native and foreign. The garages in Shanghai and other Oriental cities have at taiued proportions that would amaze the visitor from the West One of the Shanghai motor car establish ments represents an investment of more than S2,0Oo,ooo and carries more than 800 men on it's payroll. These garages are small factories. in fact for they are equipped to ! build automobiles as we'll as sell and