Show Wide Range angi 0 f Cars CS Among Models of 11 I 1 I i Colors and Shapes of Bodies Show Large Choice Prices a Bit Higher Luxury Is Isi the Keyn Keynote te I ii i T 1 is an ill wind ind that blows nobody g good od Even war ha has I IT civil of a half century some good results The war ago b taught mechanics to duplicate parts for firearms and to make machines for doing this without the heretofore hand labar labor From Fromy fir ms to sewing machines then to bicycles and final finally y to auto auto- mobiles those same same mechanics and ands sumo s amo no shops consecutively turned Thus we today owe much of ot the perfection and cheapness of ot the modern mod mod- ern eln auto to the mechanical ventures that were made possible and profitable by ly the large orders for tor war needs Prices Little Higher If there is anything more wonderful than the perfection of ot the present day car price q quality and capability c considered con con- it it has not been widely made mode known And most wonderful of It all is the fact that even with rising prices on every ery hand these wonderful cars are I being sold at prices very little higher I than a a. year ago and when compared I with other things very much cheaper I Ithan than a a. few years back The lover of luxury can today revel I in road transportation that completely overshadows coaches of kings of any past Ja t generation Progress of Industry only will the great show at I Grand Central Palace New York city II January 6 to 13 tell just what the cars of 1917 hold for us but there will willbe willbe be a a. still larger choice In shapes and I colors of bodies The clover leaf or or compact three or passenger four-passenger body with an aisle between the front seats for entrance will be shown more than I ever These styles of enclosed and convertible convertible bodies bodies will be more numerous numerous numer numer- I ous and the fittings for the comfort I and needs of the users will show a greater r consideration than in former years The use of the electric starter has done much to make the modern auto almost as fully equipped with conveniences conveniences conven conven- i as a a. modern home I This is because the starter requires I a a. storage E battery of electricity and and having this battery it Is n not t troublesome troublesome troublesome trouble trouble- some to fit electric lamps where needed needed needed need need- tools fo for almost almos ed or Ar even electric any purpose The electric horn has become standard standard standard stand stand- ard and the electric speedometer i Is doubtless close at hand The The power and great reliabilIty Ity has caused the he auto to be more reliable re reliable reliable re- re liable in winter than horses and with the enclosed cars the exhaust wasted waste heat can be partly saved by using i ito it to warm the interior of ot the car so that the discomforts of ot winter traveling no nomore nomore nomore more exist in an auto than in a railway railway rail rail- wa way train Lunch and even kitchen outfits can be had with which one can enjoy a warm meal en route almost to tion Winter Tours Popular With such outfits touring Is each year becoming more mor and more popular popular popular lar The man who d does not know what his neighbor is doing or who does not nol see his own land certainly cannot blame the makers of the modern auto auto- mobile T Touring Is no longer a matter matter mat mat- ter of ot discovering ones one's way through uncharted territory but most of the better roads are well marked and route books are so well compiled that one can watch the speedometer and know which way to turn at the next corner without the uncertainty of ot waiting for tor some other traveler to come in sight who probably knows as little as anyone any anyone anyone I one about the route I |