Evening Star Newspaper, January 31, 1926, Page 97

&he %lfltflag %t&f Auto Show Number Part 7—24 Pages WASHINGTON, D. C, SUNDAY MOR G, JANUARY 31, 1926. Motordom’s Goddess Is Capital's Queen Sixth Annual Automobile Show Is Flaming Pageant, Revealing Marvelous Mechanism That Has Generously Enriched America in Health, Wealth and Happiness "AUTO, IN SPOTLIGHT HERE, = ‘ 74 . [" | PERFECT AUTO ARRIVES IS KEY TO LARGER LIFE| | | W77 AS EVERY TASTE IS MET Machine Itself to Get Plaudits at ‘ HH T ‘ ‘ m T 1926 Products, Marvels of Efficiency, This Year for Freeing Millions IRERNRRRY : \ /! i Prepared to Satisfy Demands of All From Fetters of Isolation. | ‘ [ N Rl ? HEHH Individuals for Car of Their Dreams. BY FREDERICK C. RUSSELL. Long heralded. the arrived. M rists themse we with the ¢ Loi 1925, but all the while 1 1 vere thinking of numer refinements. cven radical ol « v to complete the ture of the up-to-the-minute aut i I'he ~hing touche~ being given to this 1 opular of all § nspor BY WILLIAM ULLMAN. Freed irom the bondage of isalation, stimulated by an eve growing and undreamed array of possibilities for personal better- | ment in health and ywealth, : hilant over daily evidences of | fncreasing prosperity neral happiness, the people of the entire United States, and the National Capital in particular, are virtually of « mind in pa) hom: to a single factor that | has seried largely to make possible this great industrial and com- | mercial revolution This year credit will be bestowed where credit is due. and so he American automobile it<cli will reccive the plaudits of the : 5 t \merican autor 1 vill receive the plaudits of the In its almost perfected state t} merican automobile has ne snotorized multitude when it t s the stage all this week at the fixed for That i i ¥ e i E I xed form 1t is the sur i e of the vear and the Washington Auditorium. in what promises to he the maost notable | | g \ 7 / cend o 5 k . S : ; it | / trend many automobile fans will abserve for the first time. The gutomotive exhibition in the annals of the Nation's chief city. | | A Hil In former vears the motoring public has sung the praises of the automotive pioneers, rewarded cotemporary manufacturing | genius for its role in placing the motor car within the reach of all, #nd even has patted itself on the back for foresight in extending :;u- \Mi{-prnpvuw\ vehicle the encouragement it unquestionably | | Never was there a show with so|1e v adopted by all car makers eserve many distinctive feature 1 nor one f ire ever heen But the present demonstration is different. This vear it is an = \ = = =0 many popular mak The perfect- | Gl IE Y el ltimate ';‘v”'hv;pvp\tm utomobile show for the automobile—for young-old King Motor \ 7 — ed automobile is be defined as the f o ofe ot true lthete could: e s imself! ume that i the buyer .nnll on this | 1 Cire e s tomolla e e e s reor manufacturers have set be no ¢ o suit every one. Every S wonderful idea. And it is this that In registrations such as the world h: - e e diTerent oth the motoring and nan-motoring | Withessed. ne quantity production, no \ Z : i ¢ tnhl]r e s and uap s loni e | Federal ald roadbuliding- nothing. in # fislas. Quite: naturally, the automo Brakes Nlustrate Point. 3 short, that is now identlfied with the S Y/ : live engineers have fullon in line w Pause during the comink week 1o ad- | L 000Ny growth, prosperity | and . / the new conception of pert W hic gnire. Al else ix but detail measured ['Cellbeing of the Amerian peopl > g makes allowances for wide differ v this most revolutionary of all hu . man productions No one individual can be credited Much credit is due the manufac with the creation of the idea of the Urers. the automotive engineers and mitomobile. It was the work of many, | thuse identified more closely with the . g { [#utomotive industry for their wonder ’ wiped according to type a Rnfl iriceii1o Wlmayaiin il afats ot EIIHE RIS (o0 dhele i der 7 Valves may be of the sleeve or (ot e enn D G development, it is equally true that | jjes, ‘The foresizhted motorist, oo ) i 3 4 poppet type. Brakes may be on all ling syatems of (he: mechoaian that every automobilist is plaving @ | has played a vital role i powering four wheels, on the two rear ones |draulic, hydrostatic, elctri oo wital role in the work of extendi the [ the automaobile idea with constructive or on the propellor shaft b3 B sure, If-energizing ‘\1.“‘\- m ea of the automobile to heights un- | criticism, intelligent application and | have two doors or fou nd colors | variety believable to those who cannat dream consistent cheerfulness, but it is be = : ¢ tocl: Niagk These may operate on two wheels, dreams and make them come true 1ing more and more apparent that DIy NN TN O S e s R S O fotie whealsoc s Wheslsvobon the Bl n e 0. when wheels | the future of the automobile idea is Fossecd ihue S iGhing (thegpluns i : T T, e e T R HUGE STRIDES IN AUTO INDUSTRY [NEW ACCESSORIES MAKE CARS 5™ Uit o s mapeer it 0 automobile idea was heing conceived, 17 vF Who are benefited in one yean find just what he wants in the | shoes or discs. the aetuating merahers LA s e ] L e e s | SHOWN IN STATISTICS FOR 1925 OF TODAY EFFICIENT MACHINES |y oramer oy amt inihe was of veie sl i tion: and the proof of this, the biggest trend in motordom's his- tory. is found in the bew : ion on view this week at Washington Auditor perfected automobile has always heen pictured as a composite of the best or the most popular chassis and hody § But there i< no such development in the broad hint o perfection given to all visitors to the 1926 show. new model in perfection is being offered—individuality. i ing and to broaden thelr respective from the other fellow vheel e ire seen on the ity of cars, but the perfect car . s 1 model, carries whatever hrakir R il ence in tastes as well in the ement the public prefers. for which cars must he designe PW conception of perfection is well T Slhe 1986 i thay Fe o e, L tted in the matter of brakes, as siv, a straight-eizht or a tollowing lst of braking systems 1t may be air cooled or wat Show % : . nres, mechanic Nz the trend toward de internal combustion engine, not for- | the industry. visualizing the day when | And. isn't_that the perfect autmobile Yeloping individuality in cars to meet getting the discovery that from the (e advantages of today's automobil:| ety depths of the earth would come the |INg Will seem 1n 1 - | . ~ . | The bizgest trend of the vear is the million or more Americans who are e yarison? Or will the public fuss over . . . " % g erv . y F e : e e ' bacie o he motive power of this (BTRORL 8 L e L et “the | Business in Many Lines Has Profited Enormously Nearly Every Device for Comfort of Driver dndl",'.';'r':?.",.”"\"fi"'.'.',r\"'fil'f"v‘"v'?“’"‘(".’ in_the market for”new care it'is i sdern mannfactnring | lusive saturation point_and exag 5 e . B & 26 M S [their picture of the perfect car and | prominent manufacturer is offerin ae modern manufacturing | LS, et problen 10 oin | From Manufacture, Gigantic in Proportions, of Longevity.of Engine Has Place on 1926 Models [ heir pictare of the perfect enr and | prominent manufacturer is oftring |where the future of this great idea c s G 5 And now, most important of |1V ™ s il =il N & . s S, Knowing this, the manufacture! nd | Stoppin without four-wheel “brake Al comes the public luseit 1o spread |15 clouded with o pessimism that| Cars, Trucks and Busses During Past Year. Adaptable to Old Motors A R T e e o the doctrine of automobilia. to dis |¥eTVes N i e e |a_new and thoroughly sensible course = over new uses for the motor )| DrOBTess AN ipatalyze DEORPELILY 2 e (s e ena e onuse. | Worm Drive Offered. < PR The answer n be foretold, for| BY F. J. CARMODY 3 & s it fhzgush "'")"""‘ ;""'("""‘ there is Washington's most fmpressive | BY W. J. VOSS. i 5 . |every one. l'lu< Year one of the new straight liich i ey en Siesets Uienatu oS Ay oot ow and a co-operative . ; o e v accessories credit for the part they-play in . eights will reveal a worm gear drive outstanding conception e Tt the eity umiew | Motordom indeed can be proud of its commercial achicvements. Ex-| ¢ ne miust. give vhr‘nle\-lh«ffg::":lm:flc‘{h:mdm Sipant they pay Perfection at Hand. [t e - " the Natlen. is ready to see the auto. | Pansion within a little more than a quarter century from infancy to an|making the 1926 automobile the tremembansiy cfiont, MEERATIIT L E0 | When a few motorists can inspect |and pinion arrangement which m I« Day of Stock Taking. mobile ides throuzh anether era of de. | annual production whose wholesale value is $3.000,000.000 is the accom- | ”“_‘[’,‘ the w"\"!“fi“ 7% on display at the Washington Auditorjum, | the vear's offerings and fail to find |observers mistook Washington's annual moter car | velopment. So far as the motorist is| plishment of the automobile industry. » sugerhoil inspection . . el L R it [ caTs. o satisfy them, then perfection |eation of the I O an Al s s |eaneartedi tis alls ndtheds fic| Progress has heen as steady as it has heen notable during 198, accord- \(lc;<,~or|]r< are everywhere, and 3 y i still Isads ’.m.'l,m when evers one '., ;mq{v\v\ n : |7 Eroun : the Industry’s latest and atest | Job of considering the many n-{ing to statistics on the production, use and ownership of motor cars. are brand new. : g senonuAind atsleast one cav that meets|motosistaids soluk to find/the car with ob e e . e % in the new fitments and conveniences |ev. quirement of the particular in. | the feature it has heen wa achievements. 1t s the annial op- | lagex (o lnm;.:\m\lm!r\\m:}.lq ;;:;n;.";\:?, The total production of cars and |price of a car during 1925 was $866.| Ranging from devices that ""l”«‘i‘ jev requjremen he particular in i N iting 1y portunity for the motoring public to | obevate a new car with | the new trycks amounted to 4,325,000, Of this 7 retail price of a truck |driver when the tail light is ou ¢ | ments credited to the up-to-the-minute | then perfection is at hand. Something | it Will be the perfected car judged by sense the newer needs d learn its | m SERUCE Blevices. 1t means|number 3.833000 were pleasure cars |was ‘$1,350. electric fans to make occupants of | o0 e | closely approximating this will be re- |individual needs. part dn giving the antomobile idea fand Gl e iment in further op.| N4 492,000 were trucks. As com-| Along with its economic advances, closed cars think nature has turned | " pijters are tie big accessory Story vealed to local motorists during the | At every antomobile show there is Nider scope. One o e e s tunities for personal and group ad.|Pared with production during 1924, | production growth and general ex|on the breeze in Summer, accessories |of the car and, likewise, the big news|busy week ahead. |a tendency for misinformed enthu 10 the development of the id has | portunities for pers group this number of units turned out by |pansion in many different ways, the |,re bound to capture their share of i, jmprovements. There are oil filters, ever before were colors so varied |siasts to inspect:the novelties of the heen the car owner's willingness (o | vi#ncement. automobile factories in the United |branching out of the automoblle in-|ihe attention of the observing Visitor|air filters and gasoline filters. Quite @ |on cars of all descriptions, even fto |year and talk of these novelties ae vealize the necessity of frequent pur New Prosperity on Way. States was an Increase of 19 per cent.| (Continued on Sixteenth Page) |at the automobile show. He will see|number of cars have at least 1wo Of | those with the lowest price tame vet |forecasting the. car of the future ,chuse of & new automoblle, for S : basis, the auto.| [N¢ Wholesale value of these machines, these filtering devices, while several|it is a fact that the new model in | Experfence, however, demonstrates through (:Ms' willingness have come | Ahli‘l:n;l Fl‘;nh:rkf:"n“: mflflt:; ‘mz‘:'[:n‘: :malir‘xzwzz:‘.oo%n.oon.uoo, was divided boast of dll three. When the automo- | perfection demands that some of the [that some conventional feature may many radical improvements, quanity | mol s nto $500,000,000 for trucks and the bile salesman speaks of long engine]cars be offer stock black. Not [be just as much of a basis for production and prices that place the |public to follow 1t through the present- | remainder for cars. NINE STEPS TOWARD UPTOPIA FOBECAST HEc, ficadio froms the carben st o )“erybzds“w;‘fis":_méfi K ach beonts/|diction: asis the movelty. A fovavie s &ntomobile itself within the reach of [day problems to a world of new pros- proquction figures also tell the story FOR 1926 AUTOMOTIVE SEASON uninterrupted performance he is speak- | are thinking in terms of downright |ag0 the wire wheel was displayed for So far as he is concerned? the “diversified demands of the 30 more than 50 per cent of the improve- dividual who will own and drive and so far as this group is concerned the greatest number perity and happiness just around the| ¢ cnanging toends in s R BTaeIn OF ateeasibios. e i , tRe fast tine e istered The ‘opinion is general (hat the |corner. It s well, therefore. to know | models. e e Rty ot el [ Eothe of the ! Baksee ko .m.;‘,‘,“{‘,iir,“’\f.::fl‘*;;“ S i e S R SO T T e oot it amrte | i posttion to olveithe 0ay s probs| Lots Gent ok themumber of rasacn: Less congestionbecausellofibetter crafict systemtandiguicker || E0En 105, Bt o oF, ST TR manl there uuldbe mio sena tn el | (S future, | utiihe faturs has come continuation of this willingness to |lems. | pressed in production figures, the acceleration. 2 R0iNg In rather strongly for acceso-| ' in reviewing the mew ears one ix|those models that are desired by prozress npon the part of the Amer First, the automobile of the vear is! fotal number of closed cars’ was Higher speeds because of lower bodies and better brakes. ries. ' Accessory manufacturers are |tempted to pick out the more popular | Certain zroup. To this zroup, the fean public. 1f the motorist alwayvs | immeasurably safer than any of its!s 157 e00. Fewer accidents because of increased experience. specializing in a degree that makes it |trends and set them down as basic wheel is the one that should be had been content with the limitstions | predecessors. This means new oppor-| ™ iessories formed an important Fewer repairs on newer cars because of efficiency devices and difficult for the car manufacturer to!spesifications of the perfect auto- o nltimate ca of any ene year's group of ci it | tunities for owners "{”"I 1926 "wd;‘s; item in the production program of foolproof construction. compete. Instead of carrying their{mobile. But yielding to such a temp-| Ixactly the same thing has hap. mizht safely be said that ears would | It Irilo-m_.rrn{u:h_m 'n:nn\_dwn:e*‘?:fllel;“‘me automobile industry during 1925. | Three cars to the family: Onc open sport car, one big closed Ideas to the manufacturers of cars, in- | tation would mean missing altogether | Peneg./With respect to disc wheels. hove heen used until they were me. | Will be safer than at present, The wholesale value of the motor | | car, one small general utility closed car. | ventors are developing their own con-| the real message of the year from the | TWo™ vears ago there was evidence ehanical wrecks, thereby strangling higher speeds the danger will be no| ahicle tire business was $886.700.000, | 3 v - ish | ceptions, forming their own companies | standpoint of car construction. Look-|#plenty to indicate an early and com further progress in the detailed im. |&reater than is the normal speed With| Ghile" the full tire production was Brighter hoods because of perfection of polished lacquer finishes. | | 70/ creating a general demand for |jua theonsh the o mh ot et e e e S provement of the autemabile itself and | The motor cars of the era just closing. | 55750 000 tires. Parts and acces- Open car performance with closed cars because of more power- | |their device: tion it is becoming more and more ap. | t¥be. This = ihie) pixtoct Gax e yetarding the progress of the auto- Think what this means to the man|.,es exclusive of tires, reached & ful, quieter engines. 3 pis | Accessory statistics Include tire and|parent that no one trend ever will |the kind of wheel the buyer wants, mobile 1dea. | who places safety above all other con-| g1 000,000,000,000 volume during 1925, Greater distinction in colors because of competition and sales | |parts sales and, therefore, are not an |hecome universal and that the perfect | Proving that mechanical trends It motorists had not heen willing to ‘Nldermlnm' Conslder the situation.|fdures sho value of color. exact statement of the volume ofl;yiomobile never will he the product |0ften femporary flurries and situa- é-ve thelr Immediate losses on nid | 100, from the standpoint of those whe "{ qownward frend of prices I like Rising prices hecanse of increased cost of raw materials, Imsiness heine done with. what are|.o many people imagine. No one me- | tions o ed by the mistaken .no. e in faver of new models there itinued on Sixteenth Page) fwise ine The average retail (Continued vn Sevenigenth Raksd - chalical loabuje @Ysk-Las been upi- (Continued on gifteenth Fage. » 4 4