The Washington times., 1922-03-25
MECCA Of AUTO
PILGRIMS OPENS
IN CITY TONIGHT
Stream-Iines, Super-finishes,
and All the Science of Auto
motive Builders on Display.

Ennbe,ished by the magic Of mo-
tordom. Convention Hall will to.
ni~ht throw open its doors to the
motorwise of Washington, and usher
in the second annual spring auto
show. No Alladdin's lamp hurried
into action by a Turkish hath towel
could have brought to the historic
building the collection of stream
lines, super-finishes ami flexible
actions housed today under the big
roof and all set for the showroom
demonstration scheduled to last
through the coming week.
Machines ranging In price from
$500 to more than $4,000 will be
included in the display, estimated
to total In value more than 81 .000,-
900.
Through the Washington Auto
motive Trade Association. in charge
of the show, every foot of space In
the two floors of the building at
Fifth and L streets northwest have
been filled with shining cars or pol
ished accessories. Even the lowest
priced screwdriver on display has
been given a gloss worthy of a chat
ing dish, to aid in the general grend
lure aimed to tickle the fancy of the
inotor-thinking.
Cutaway chassis and motors.
shown in operation will offer inter-
osting features Of the general demon
0tration.
The show will be continued each
day from 1890 In the morning until
1880 at night, with the exception Of
tomorrow.
biggest and Best"
1.-THE biggest and best" is the ver-
aict Of those who have peeked be-
hind the scenes during the past week
rs the $4,000 square feet Of space
have been turned into a fairyland OF
stuff Of which motorists dreams are
made.
For the man who already has a
machine and considers himself mot
IN the market" this year, It will be
dangerous ground. Should he man.
age through some undiscovered way
to stick by his original plan to keep
the OIL bus another year." he will
nevertheless be sorely tempted.
1t will be strange, indeed, If nc g
not intrigued by the d splay of acces-
sories for his current bus. Every
known type of gas economizer, elbow
rest, tire pimple reducer and electric
monkey wrench will be tuned into
the wave length of the visiting dele
gation's eyesight. II he gets out of
the place w thout being cluttered up
with additional service, a hnlf-dozen
catalogs and an urge to buy, he will
be beyond the understanding OF the
fastest group Of statesmen in the vii
lage.
Seventeen-Piece Orchestra.
NJ. NJ. Goldman, well-known Or
chestra leader recently with the
Washington Hotel, will furnish the
music with a seventeen.piece or.
chestra.
Moving pictures will be an added
feature this year. The Bureau of
Public Roads, United States Depart
ment of Agriculture, plans to show a
series of pictures depicting road de-
velopment in America.
The American Motor School, on U
street northwest, will present films
showing motor development" Pic
lures of the school will also be pre-
sented.
The accessories division of the
Washington Automotive Trade Asso-
citation is planning to present moving
pictures showing various appliances.
The new Durant car, just recently
put on the market, will exhibit at
the show. The Rolls Royce car will
he shown at Convention Hall for the
first time. This car is sold in Wash
ington. but has not heretofore taken
part IN any show.
Rudolph Jose, of the Washington
Cadillac Company, Is In charge of the
show. He Is assisted by Spencer b.
Curry, of the District Agency Com
pany; ]. E. Dugan, Witt Well Frank
q. Stewart, Standard Automotive
Supply Company.
Here is list of the cars which will
be shown:
Anderson. Auburn, Buick, Cadillac,
Chalmers, Chandler, Chevrolet, Cleve-
land, Cole, Dixie Flyer, Dodge
Brothers, Durant, Earl. Essex,
Franklin, Gardner, Haynes, Hudson,
Hupmobile, Jewett, Jordan, Kissel
Nar. Lafayette, Lexington. Lincoln,
Marmon, Maxwell, Mitchell, Moon,
Nash, Oakland, Oldsmobile, Overland,
Paige. Packard, Peerless, Pierce Ar
row. Premier, Rauch & Lang, REQ. |
Rolls Royce, Standard, Stearns,
Studebaker, Westcott, Willys-knight,
wills Sainte Claire.