Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-17
MANY SURPRISES
PROMISED At SHOW
Exhibits Planned to Awaken
Interest of Every Local
< MOtoriSt.

Something TO awaken the interest
bf every motorist is promised in the
exhibits which are planned for dis
play in the 1926 automobile show TO
he held at the Washington Auditorium
January 80 TO February 6, inclusive.
While plans for the headline event
of local motordom are in the making
and are being carefully guarded, the
show committee of the Washington
Automotive Trade Association, under
whose auspices it is being held, gives
complete assurance to all who will
visit the exhibits that there will be
surprises in store and an abundance
of material for close and adm1ring
inspection.
Many Closed Models.
Although the day has passed when
the annual automobile show was the
principal occasion for displaying new
models. it still is Just as certainly a
time for feeling the pulse of motor
dom the show committee points out.
The models which predominant in the
annual exhibits are certain TO be the
ones which command popularity
among the owners of 20, 100000 motor
cars in use today. and Washington's
automobile show will indicate plainly
the swing OF the pendulum of popu-
larity in the direction Of the glassed-
I'm car.
The great majority of cars in the
forthcoming show will be closed mod
els, in contrast to the years when
open models predominated and closed
types attracted attention because of
their scarcity. Closed types have be-
come exceedingly popular, so much
80 that one large scale manufactures
If skies has dropped his open models
known motor car maker now confines
lis oDen models to the de luxe cars.
The open model has not gone into
The discard by any manner or means,
but ii has found its usefulness in diff
ferine ways. An important eXcep-
tiun to the lcssening interest In open
types is the smart roadster. with or
without rumble seats. But this
model is being given some real COM
petition by smart coupes. which often
are equipped with rumble seats,
Longer Motoring Season.
One important reason for the re-
doubled attention to closed models is,
of course, the lengthening Of the mo-
tOrinE season to the entire year. Mo-
florists no longer put away their cars
with the first snow furry. Instead
they prepare for the change in sea
son by giving the car the care neceS-
Sary to its Use during the wintry
months. An added reason is the
growth of the two-car idea. Motor
lists have begun to see the wisdom OF
owning more than one car, and this
change in viewpoint has resulted in
an entirely different attitude toward
open and closed types.
Cars to be exhibited in the Wash.
ington show will embody many of the
mocha meal advances made in motor.
car construction. Among these de
velopments has been the lengthening
Of chassis life. Persons who labor
under the idea that cars are mot
" hat they used TO be- should know
better and learn from personal in
1onobiles are being made much better
Than ever before in the history of the
industry. Pressure fabrication is a
common item of equipment now, and
with wearing surfaces larger, 1t is a
natural consequence that parts wear
more slowly than formerly. Access
sorry displays will offer many oppor-
tuntties for inspection of new devices
which add to the comfort and case in
operation of automobiles.
Staging of the show in the Wash
ington Auditorium is considered a
step forward in itself. in that exhibits
may be shown TO more advantage tina n
in previous events. The entire audi
1orium building will be given over &c
the automobile show Al seats will be