Evening Star Newspaper, January 27, 1929, Page 91

@fhe Sanday Star. Auto Show Numbet‘" WASHINGTON, D, 0, SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 27, 19%9, D NEW YEAR BRINGS THE LATEST —W‘ "K-A )— lii Oldsmobtle m s sttt || Automobfle Show - Washington AuditO-riUm~ JANUARY 26™ FEBRUARY 2t T By G. ADAMS HOWARD. =~ = Automobile Editor of The Star. . ELCOME to the ninth annual: Automo- bile Show of the National Capital! » v After weeks of eager waiting while the 1929 motor exhibit paid its respects to New York, Philadelphia and Baltimore, the motoring enthusiasts” of Washington ' realized their anticipations as the doors of :the Audi- torium were thrown 'open to the public for the first fime last, night. Following close upon‘a banner year in the ~ automotive world, with this year promising"to be another record-breaker, the curtain went up last night before a most interested gathering. Amidst harmonious settings, made more im- pressive by tuneful strains of an orchestra, the enthused crowds surged in fo view the.latest productions of a mechanical age. Noted Reminiscences. There, where at times the highest officlals of the Nation.had addressed. gatherings, where voices of famous opera stars swayed their audi- ences, where Col. Lindbergh inspired-his hear- ers, stood last night the automobile, the crea- tion of America’s inventive minds during the horseless era. The audible plaudits of the crowd alone were missing, but not so the mental appreciation. Once the automobile was a myth. Once it was impractical. Once it was a luxury. Today it is a necessity. Not only is one needed b’ every family, but two, according to.the:automo- tive world. And soon.it;will be.breathed that ———e—— (Continued ‘on Page 15.