The Washington herald., 1921-03-19
AUTO SHOW Will
NOT HOLD OVER
ANOTHER WEEK
Dealers Decide to Close
Saturday; Throngs Still
View Exhibits.

D&ar Hsnry: rhs vafchverd at
The auto show In convsntion Hall
Ehursday night wa God hlesp the
1adiesF Expressed otherwtse. II
mas -ladieS night"
psrcsfved that q suDsrnuity-no.
I'm wrong; thers's never . super.
Huity Of 'em-I mean ] saw more OF
the Nineteenth smendmsnt unit than
nsuAl at the show. So when
ariftsd around 10 the once Of Chair
man Rudolph jose. 10 whom every
body goes for information about the
show, I asked the reason why.
There are more than usual" he
laid. but this Isn't ladies' night
NY company-the Cadillac Company
lis giving away red carnations to-
might. and you probably saw more
Df them being worn. and consequent-
~ thought you saw many more
Romen--
% L c. answered. and backed
Dut-
But that's the way It looked,
Henry. And Il looked good. too.
Well. youu want to know some
thing about the cars I ought to
have told you sooner about the rip
snorting Mercer roadster and the
1ocomobfle cabriolet which Peterson
Motors has on display. The Mercer
fs q beyond-words Rolls-Royce, blue.
with gold stripping. and has an i'm
proved spare seat In the rear. The
seat comes right mp out of the back,
Is vell-constructed and there's even
n foot-rafl On the door. What more
kouId you waut7
Mr.. wlxEfns Eafhusiastie.
Besides the cabrfolet. the aristo-
erat Of the cars on exhibit, four
passenger Locomobfle is attracting
= lot Of attention N. T. Virgins
showed me the nne points Of all OF
them, or started to. He would have
been showing me yet IL some Gus
toner hadn't dragged him away to
sign up
The dealers at the show had a
meeting around . o'clock. and de-
cided to close the show on Saturday
night. as per schedule, thus closing
mp much talk about holding it over
for another week
Samuel A. Luttreil, president OF
the Luttren Company, is taking q
lot Of pride in his display of thres
of the new Packard single skies
shown for the first time in Wash
1ngton- This new Packard has beer
the subject Of q lot of sdmirins I
comment at the New York and Chi-
eago shows. It's only right that
Washington should have q look al
81
n. W. Hartmann. In charge OF tht
electrics at the A. B. c. Motor Com
pany. which handles the Hupmobile
the Detroit Electric and the Milburr
Light Electric. whispered in my
shell-lfke ear that electric cars arr
going to give the gas machines q
run for their money before man,
) suns have set From the appear
ance of the Milburn, I'm inclined Il
agree.
Hes Cert.iaIy On the oai vfve.
, The Semnes Motor Company ha,
such good looking Dodges on view
fhat / tried to congratulate R v
Waite. reached him just as he'd fin
ished selling somebody q Dodge. lnt
before I could talk. he was selling
another. So put q big question
mark behind what's the user anc
went On.
Ever since I started going to tn,
show, Henry, my ambition has beer
to hnd out the name of the snappy
violinist who leads the Meyer Davis
Orchestra. on the top balcony. Its
Maurice Partnoy, II you want to
know. ! buttonholed him just a,
he put q final flourish to ''Caresses'
and forced the confession from him
He has q large audience Of his own
who sit around tapping their feet
to the music and wishing they were
allowed to dance.
Up on the balcony also is the ex-
cellent display of Roy r. Carty, the
ignition genius. He has L z. Lash
ley. the staring. lighting and igni-
tion expert, helping him to run the
big show. Roy has been showing
folks . million things they didn't
know about the anatomy of the
auto Put him on your list as q
good fellow.
Charles C. Thomas, sales manager
of the A B. C. Motor Company, 1,
handling the Trafic Truck in tn.
truck section at the show. Thomas
says the factory can put out on,
truck every ten minutes, because oi
the machines simple, but strong ant
ingenious construction Thomas Il
handling q good article, II you ash
me-
And. Henry. old man. I can't leave
out little Miss Loretta Collins, WHIT
has charge of the Cinderella Candle,
booth. by the second floor entrance
Miss Collins Is my authority fol
saying that auto men are eatint
lots of candy now. She says she,
been doing a rushing business al
the week long, and her customer
aren't only young bloods, who's
feminine guests gaze pointedly q
the stand as they pass. Miss Collin,
~ q highly suitable young lady for
q eonfections booth, Henry, take II
from me
Capt Al Hsadley, the head Of tht
police departments tranic division
told me yesterday he was going Il
be up at the show last night will
q new coat and new epaulets
Maybe the rain kept him away, bu,
II didn't keep $500 other wash.
ingtonians. Or maybe he did show
up and my eagle eye didn't happer
20 be pointed in the right direction
Your pal,