Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-27
THOUSANDS
AUTOMOBILE SHOW.
All Types of Modern Motor
Cars on Display, Showing
Great Strides of Industry.

Thousands OF men, women and chill
dren thronged the Washington Audi
forum last night to pay homage to the
gllstening representatives of the 1929
automobile world.
Two floors of the huge Auditorium
were scarcely adequate to accommodate
the persons who crowded around the
models exhibited under sponsorship of
the Washington Automotive Trade AS
ISOLATION.
Sales representatives of the various
manufacturing concerns spent a busy
evening demonstrating the various fea-
lures of their particular make of car
to the prospective buyers and the hun
dreds of others who came merely to
look and wish.
Women Keenly Interested.
Women, according to those who have
witnessed the automobile shows over
long period of years, evinced keener
interest than ever before in the why's
and wherefore of the specialties in each
particular make of machine.
Interior decorators, working night
and day, succeeded in Transforming the
huge space into handsome show room,
with gold and green as the predominant
ing color scheme.
The display includes every type of
modern motor car, including SedanS,
coupes, roadsters, town cars, limousines,
phaetons, speedsters and convertible
types. Sponsors of the show this year
say it is the most representative array
OF automobiles ever shown in Wash
ington. Dealers have eXerted them
selves to have their displays easily ac-
cessible for complete inspection and
have provided corps of representatives
to explain the points of interest in each
exhibit.
viii Be Closed Today.
The show will be closed today, but
Will reopen at 1870 o'clock Monday
afternoon and remain open until 1920
that night, adhering to this schedule
throughout the remainder of the week,
until it closes Saturday night
improvements in practically all the
models on display are noted this year.
Finishes have been the subject for
exhaustive studies during the past year
and the results are readily diScerniblc
at the show. A rich maroon, speciality
OF nearly every make, attracted con-
siderable comment among last nights
visitors.
Body Lines Stress Beauty.
The body lines prove that no effort
Alco UCCll opdlCu W 6IlIIdilCc LIE UtduJy
of this phase of automotive develop
ment. The same is true of the in
teriors Of the new cars, the increased
leg space and the Improvements in up
holstering and flnishings, proving be-
yond doubt that the women are exert
ing an increasing influence in the evo-
luton of the automobile.
Well informed and able demonstrators
are ready to point out the improvements
| in motors, transmissions and differen-
| tials to those whose minds are OF a me-
chanical turn.
| In addition to the car exhibits, there
have been added this year educational
displays which, it is believed, will give
the visitor closer insight of just what
goes into an automobile in the factory
processes. Included in this list of spe-
cial exhibits are lubricating systems,
braking and transmission systems and
engines in visible operation. The ac-
cessory dealers have sent their latest
developments to the show and there is
space allotted for their exhibits.