Evening star., 1929-12-01
M ORE Power to You" is the
MI slogan that has been
H adopted for the coming

good English, that is if accuracy
and appropriateness can be re-
garded as guide for proper lexi-
con.
Besides adapting the phrase to
the motor car itself, those arrang-
ing the bigger and better" shows
might adopt it in connection with
the exhibitions, for descriptions of
the coming events are not lacking
in anything. Let's see what it is
all to be about-or at least wha:
is claimed in the glowing reports.
Details Being Arranged.
That detail of automobile show
management, the matter of sup
plying Is acres of decoration for
floors, ceilings and walls of Grand
Central Palace in an appropriate
motlf, as well as good taste, is one
that at present engages the
thought and energy of several
hundred skilled artisans. When
the thirtieth national automobile
show opens under the auspices of
the National Automobile Chamber
OF Commerce, January 4, for a six
day run in the Palace, visitors will
see an entirely new decorative
scheme, which is requiring more
than four months of planning and
expert execution under the direc-
ton OF Samuel ASch, who has
worked out the plan with Manager
S. A. Miles. And while all of this
is In progress in the East, Deco
rator ASch has a similar task or
his hands for the Chicago show
in the matter of converting the
Coliseum into a satisfactory set
ting for the Middle Western sec
ton of the national show, which
opens January 25.
An innovation for the Palace for
1880 is different color motif for
each OF the four floors, so that
eacn Will provide its own point OF
interest. The first floor is to be
in cardinal red and other harmon
lz1ng tintS, while the second will
be in golden brown, the third in
mignonette and the fourth in
tropical blue. The execution of all
this means that among the re-
quirementS are one solid mile of
wall construction, requiring 100000
feet Of lumber, 100000 feet of car
peting, 10000 yards Of plush, silk
and damaSk, together with five
carloads Of exquisite furniture
especially designed for this show.
Chicago Show Setting.
At Chicago the Coliseum is to be.
converted into an English garden
setting, with a panorama of old
England. This panorama will be
fully one mile in length, and will
include many of the world-famed
garden spots and other places of
interest. Eight months have been
spent on this already, and more
than 100000 square feet of fiber
board will be required for the
panorama. Seventy thousand feet
of carpeting will be used to cover
the spaces occupied by the cars
alone.
For both the New York and the
Chicago shows, the ventilating IA
cnttieS have been improved and
other innovations will be made to
give greater comfort to visitors.
Wide aisle space will permit more
convenient inspection of the dis
plays.
As for the cars themselves.
many new features in external
and internal design will be offered.
Reports from Detroit and other
manufacturing cities indicate.
among other trends, a pronounced
tendency toward the adoption of a
four-Speed gearset or transmits
sion, with a noiSeleSS or silent
third speed. There also is a ten
dency toward the use of three
speed gearSet with a silent second
speed. Seven makers of Six-cylin-
der cars have a four-Speed gearset.
while a like number of manufac-
turerS Of eightS include the four
speed design in their line of
models.
Four-Speed Gearsets.
With the four-Speed gearset the
low, or first, speed gear is not in
landed for use except where un-
usual power is required as, for ex-
ample, in starting from a stand
still on a very steep hill. With
the four-Speed gearSet its second
Is employed for starting; the third,
which takes the place of the high
in the conventional three forward
speed gearset, being employed for
ordinary city driving. The second
speed provides, its advocates
claim, a fast, snappy getaway or
start. The third gives quiet and
rapid acceleration and eliminates
gear changing in traffic. The
fourth speed is, Of course, direct
drive. The gear ratio in fourth
speed is lower than in the con-
ventional three-speed, permitting
OF slower engine and propeller
shaft speeds without sacrificing
car speed. One manufacturer
holds that at IS miles per hour
on the fourth, or high, of the four
speed gearset the engine speed is
reduced at least 25 per cent, and
that reduction of engine speed
brings about economy of opera
ton, lowering the cost of fuel and
oil and maintenance.
Among the advantages of the
four-Speed gearSet, in addition to
its quiet third speed, acceleration.
ct cetera, is the ease with which
the driver can shift from third to
fourth or from high to third at
car speeds of 40 miles per hour or
even higher. The ability to shift
easily and quickly is held to be a
great advantage when on steep
grades and for providing safe con-
troll on wet or icy roads as well as
when descending grades.
The original four-Speed trans
mission made use of internal gears
for its next-to-high for obtaining