OPENING NIGHT OF
THE BIG AUTO SHOW.
GREATEST COLLECTION OF MA-
CHINES EVER SEEN TOGETHER.
Exhibits This Year Exceed All Pre-
vious Efforts and They Are
All of the Latest
Model.
Tonight at 6 o'clock the doors of Convention hall will be thrown open upon the third annual Automobile show of the Kansas City Automobile Dealers' Association. Every detail of the big show will have been arranged earlier in the day, and the dealers with their great display of motor cars and accessories will be ready for the great throngs which will undoubtedly fill the large hall. This season's show is to be the largest ever held in Kansas City.
The veterans of the former show thought the limit had been reached in the number of exhibitors and cars last year. Every bit of room that was available, it seemed, had been utilized. But this year there will be more exhibitors than ever and a comparatively larger number of cars. To make room for so many more participants this season it has been found necessary to use the foyer of the hall and the balcony space has been rearranged whereby more room has been squeezed out. All of this new-made space was taken just as quickly as it became available and this additional room will permit of the exhibition of cars never before seen in Kansas City.
BIGGEST SHOW EVER.
That the show this season is to be a far-reaching one is evident from the fact that many of the manufacturers of automobiles represented in Kansas City will be present throughout the exhibition week. They are here to look over the territory and the opportunities offered by the Middle West.
Special attention has been given to the matter of decoration, and yards upon yards of green and white bunting, the color scheme of the show, will be hung from the ceiling and walls of the hall. Around the dome of the great hall will be run a panoramic view of the famous old Santa Fe trail. Music will be provided by a local orchestra, and a large Gabriel will help out wonderfully when it comes to the necessary noise. Flowers, green plants, will be used profusely throughout the hall, and with evenly divided spaces and handsome automobiles the great hall should present a spectacular scene for anyone.
ARRANGING THE EXHIBITS.
Thirty-four dealers in automobiles and twelve accessory houses will be represented at the show. The electrics, of which there are many, will be displayed in a separate locality, roadsters, touring cars, limousines, runabouts, all the different types of cars, will have individual space in order that they may be more effective in appearance.
Quite an amount of floor space will be devoted to the display of the commercial motor car, practically new in Kansas City, and never before on exhibition at the automobile shows of this city. Another one of the features of the show will be the display of the cars which have been built particularly for the farmers. It is expected that the show will draw largely from the surrounding territory, and many of the dealers have been requested by their field salesmen to have the farmers' car on exhibition. Complying with these requests, several of the dealers secured types of the farmers' car, which have been shipped direct from the factories.
ALL ARE 1909 MODELS.
All of the cars which will be displayed are new, having been shipped directly from the various factories for exhibition at the show. All of them are of the 1909 models, displaying all of the advantages and changes which have been made in the motor car during the past season.
Those who are fond of workmanship will be given an opportunity to satisfy their desires by means of the polished chassises which will be upon exhibition. The chassis of almost every car shown will be displayed, so that the visitor to the show can see more readily the workings of the machinery of the automobile. All of the newest types of bodies will be placed upon the cars, and the hall will be one galaxy of luxuriance.
