Evening journal., 1923-01-31
FARMERS LOOK
over new AUTOS
Greatly Interested in Exhib-
its at Motor Show at
Auditorium
NOVEL METHOD'OF
AWARDING,PRIZES

as Farmers Day, ana the tliier
of the soil, who finds athe auto car
and truck essential inshis business,
is having the time ofthis life with
his family. taking in ,ail the latest
in motor cars and accessories. The
latter are no longer a sideshow to-
the automobile eXhibitJ but are as
vital part of the showtas the auto
mobile.
While the crowd was tnot a rec
ord breaker so far as attendance
went yesterday afternoon, the Audi
torium where the show is being held
was visited by hundreds last night.
Several prizes were awarded by the
show committee as an added at
traction last evening. The prizes
ranged from spark plug to a can
of grease. Position counted for
much in winning a prize. Tags were
placed in several of the cars on ex-l
hibition. At o'clock every one
was asked to stand still.
Then began a measuring party
that would have made the man whol
invented a scale 10 weigh atomsturn.
green with envy. so close were the
results The idea was that the per-
son standing closest to a car which
had hidden somewhere about il a
tag won the prize. Only Enoch
Moore, who is chairman of the show
committee, knew in what car the
tags were hidden. This novel sidea
caused lots Of amusement and met
4. Il. ~f-4e
full articles. The winners were Mrs.
S. Smith, Edwin Kehnast andtClaude
s. Browne. Prizes will be awarded
by this method each night.
Few sales were reported yester-
day, but many dealers listedta num-
ber of prospects. II was pointed
out by one salesman that while Il
is always encouraging TO make a
sale. that was not really the pri-
mary motive for the exhibition. but
rather 10 acquaint the public with
line and to show what has been
done in the way OF improvements
in the new models.
Some OF the salesmen tell interest
ing stories about the man and wife
who come 20 look over the carswith
the idea perhaps Of buying a ma
chine. One salesman said rarely does
a married man come 10 buy a car
without having his wife along. This
same salesman said contrary TO the
general opinion, the woman Is
usually more discreet about the way
her better half's hard earned pen
nies are to be spent than he Is. From
force OF habit the women are real
bargain hunters at a motor car ex-
hibition. and no lawyer is better at
cross examination than they. when
II comes to finding out why this and
that Is. In oher words the sales
man has TO be a star witness II he
wouldn't be caught ina trap about
some certain feature Of the car he is
One OF the most attractive ex-
hibits at the show Is the Pierce
Arrow. exhibited by Foes Hughes
There are two models, A
seven-passenger sedan and a seven
pa ssenger touring car. The Pierce
Arrow has up until recently follow
ed straight lines, a new creation
with stream line effect has been
produced. The Pierce-Arrow Sc
ian being shown is the highest
priced car in the exhibition.
The Speed Publishing Company.
which puts out Wilmingtons only
automobile publication, entitled.
Speed" has booth at the show.
The Wills Sainte Claire, one OF
he latest produced cars to enjoy
success. is being exhibited at the
by the Delaware Motor
Company. of which s. D. Prouse is
president. This is an interesting car
IN that several new ideas have been
embodied in its engine. Perhaps the
most striking Of these is the over
head cam and overhead valves on its
motor. It is shown in
.wo models, a roadster and a coupe.
The Motor Company of Whining
.on is displaying two Packards, a
win six and a single six. The lat
er at the present time seems TO be
more attention than
he twin. 1t has only been pro-
iuced in quantity production about
wo years. In that time 1t has be-
,ome quite popular. This model
Packard Is seen at the show in a
seven passenger sedan. On the
win six chassis is mounted stand
,rd seven passenger body.
So long as traffic conditions re-
main what they are, the small car
will always have a field, and in this
lass the Dodge is one Of the fore
most. Two models. the popular fve
sedan and a touring car.
ire being exhibited at the Automo-
,ile Show by Cahill and Company.
The Dodge presents no radical de-
,artures from the model of 1922 but
etains all the goods features.
Henry Ford's latest acquisition.
namely the Lincoln car, Is proving
me of the features of the exhibit
ion. Two models, a sedan and a
curing car, are displayed. They
resent a powerful appearance, and
ccordlng to the salesman are built
nd each part is machined with thE
anne accuracy that is used in the
making of a good watch. The driv-
ng compartment is particularly
oomy and inviting. Buckley-Kane
iotor Company and the Thomas
hughes Company are local agents
or the Lincoln in this city. The
incolns at the show are shown by
he Buckley Kane Company.
Tomorrow will be Society Da~"
{ the show. A delegation OF ~
1ington's society including many o.
he sub-debs and debutantes are ex-
ected to attend.
be accident and brought Mr naw-