Evening star., 1922-12-31

Once a year the automobile indus
try of the country makes New York
city its headquarters for 4 week,
bringing with it the best that manu-
facturers can offer to the public. The
1923 visit will begin next Saturday.
January s. when the twenty-third ma
,ional automobile show will open in
Grand Central Palace. to continue un-
til Saturday. January 13, inclusive
The display will be on Il more elab-
crate scale than ever before. There
will be Seventy-nine makes OF cars
in the palace. with an accessory list
of nearly 400. thus making the show
the biggest in the history of the au-
tomobile industry. not only because
of the number of exhibitors. but also
because of the quality of the exhibits.
arrangements have been made to pro-
vide space for more than $50 individ-
. Nal car models.
4 Varied Display.
Manufacturers have spared no ex-
Dense to get the very best ready for
The annual exhibition with the result
that the public VIII see an array of
cars such as has never been gathered
under one roof before. Competition
in automobile building was never
greater, and tor this reason more in
sividuality is being built into ears
!
designs and color schemes that Will
le offered VIII cause a sensation.
The display this year will occupy
the lower tour floors of the palace.
an area equal to four city blocks, and
every nook and Granny not needed Tor
aisle space VIII be crowded with eX-
hibits. The first two floors Will be
devoted entirely To cars. with per-
hapS three or four manufacturers
showing on the third floor. The re-
nIainder of'thc third floor and all of
the fourth Will he rlied with :tcces-
.orieS. Never has there been such a
group of devices that go to aid the
lnotoriSt assembled as will be seen
at the palace. All records have been
broken by the list of applications for
space IN this division of the show,
with nearly 400 spaces reserved, the
total is approximately 100 more than
Tor any previous display.
Realizing that fattering adjectives
are much less convincing than the
actual demonstration of a product,
the coming show will be made more
Interesting and informative to the
motorist than any previous affair OF
tho kind in the history of motoring.
Every exhibitor whose produc. lends
itself to actual proof of merit mas
been requested by the show commit
tee to make his exhibit as complete
an illustration of the action OF the
article under working conditions as
possible.
Exhibitors of complete cars. as a
rule, make every effort toward es-
tablishing conviction in the minds of
prospective buyers through the en-
ployment of cut-out motors and
chassis; as well as by hooking in
electrical power to actuate the motors
and tranSmissions. Short of showing
the car in actual performance TINS
has been the only available means
Of demonstration.
The plan of the show committee
does not comprehend any particular
change in the method OF displaying
complete cars. To great extent the
idea is to add color and atmosphere
to the floors that are devoted to the
display of parts and accessories
Nowadays, when every other visitor
TO the big annual show is a motor
car owner, the accessories divide in
terest with the cars. In the opinion
OF s. A. Miles. manager of the show.
the accessories can be displayed with
such a wealth of illustration that n
visit to that section will be liberal
education to every motorist.
1t may be expected. therefore, that
the windshield cleaners Will be shown
removing actual water; the carbon
removers at the benefcient task of
Gisintegrating real carbon: lubricants
and the methods of using them bein