Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-01-02
1921 AUTO SHOW
BIGGEST Of ALL
400 Exhibitors Reserve
Space for Grand Central
Palace Display.
Motordom's biggest yearly event. the

MotorQOmS b1ggeSt yearly event. the
national automobile show, will open
in Grand Central Palace New
York city. next Saturday. and
is expected to eclipse any Of the
twenty shows that have gone before
Not only will the twenty-f1rst annual
display break all records. but it will
also be the most comprehensive auto
mobile show ever held in the world
The first auto display was held in Madi-
son Square Garden in 1900. and had a
total of only sixty-six exhibitors. There
will be nearly 400 exhibitors at this
years exposition. which will be held
under the auspices of the National Auto
mobile Chamber of Commerce. OF this
total Lightweight concerns will display
passenger cars. No motor trucks will
be displayed.
Beginning tomorrow decorators and
workmen will swarm over the four lower
floors. of the huge palace building, each
one of these floors being block square.
and put in place the handsome setting
to show off the exhibits at their best
8. A. Miles. general manager OF the
national shows. both in New York and
Chicago, has selected green and red the
predominant colors of the decorations
this year In the Palace the scores of
pillars on the main floor will be hidden
up to a height of twelve feet by trel-
lis box arrangement, which will be en-
twined with vines and leaves. Exhi-
bitors signs. and there will be hundreds
Of these, will be of raised white let
tiers. with a solid green background.
New York City will be the Mecca OF
automobile enthusiasts during the next
two weeks.
noticed among the several hundred
car models that will be housed in
the Palace Manufacturers are tend
eing to conservatism in betterments.
and the most pronounced cha nRe win
be found in the straight stream lines
that now extend from the hood clear
back to the tonneau in some makes.
Engines have been improved in many
cases but the four and six types stili
predominant. -,
In the accessory exhibits there will
be found everything that goes to aid
he be going on tour. or only a snort
trip. In fact. the show this year
will be the most complete that has
ever been staged. and the entire
motoring world is looking forward
to it with keen expectation.
Automobiles have gone far beyond
the stage when they were called
luxury, only for the wealthy. and
when to own one meant the height
of aff1uence President-elect warren
G. Harding in recent speech said:
"The tendency to supplement our
present transportation facilities by
a much more extended use of i'm
proved highways and motor vehicles
is so apparent that it cannot be de-
MED that in future we viii! more
and more rely on nnd nus I; met ssfe to to-
say that $4,000 .o0e Americans agree
with the next chief executive.
The show will open at o'clock
next Saturday afternoon and will re-
main open until 1880 pm. It will
ming Monday. January 10, it will be
open daily from 10 am. until 1890
pm. up to and including Saturday.
January Is.
Among the cars to be exhibited
this year are: Allen. American, An
Buick, Cadillac. Case. Chalmers.
Chandler, Chevrolet. Cleveland. Cole,
Columbia, Commonwealth. Crow-Elk-
hart, Davis, Detroit Electric. Dixie
Flyer. Dodge, Doris. bort. Dupont,
Elcar, Elgin. Fergus. Fiat, Frank
lin Friend. Grant. Hanson. Hatfield.
Haynes. Holmes. Hudson. Hupp. Jack
son. Jordan, Kissel Kar, Kline, La
Fayette, Lexington. Liberty. Lincoln.
Locomobile. Lorraine. McFarlan, Mai
bohm, Marmon, Maxwell. Mercer,
Miiburn Electric. Mitchell. Monroe,
Noon. Nash, National. Mona. Oakland,
Oldsmobile, Packard. Paige. Pan
i American. Paterson. Peerless. Pied
mont. Pierce-Arrow, Pilot. Premier.
Rauch &. Lang Electric. REQ. Roamer.
| r. & b. Knight. Saxon. Savers 6.
| Scrinps- Booth, Standard, Stanley,
Stearns, Stephens. Stevens-Duryea,
! Studebaker, Stutz. Templar, Velie,
I Westcott and Willys-Knight.
| The cars being exhibited at the
New York show for the first time are
/ 10 TJat AL
IaFayette. Lincoln, Lorraine, Mona
1 a nd Piedmont,