BBggBBwyiw " ; ipriiw vmm&tt,p$lffftftL fVvnr" ' 'WW ' ',IPHB,,Wtf', -am- -'Ee, wt" EVEKIKG LEIXffit-PmLADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17, 1917 6 1 .! NEW 1?. 0. GARAGE, LARGEST IN COUNTRY uamtiaittasau ' HM,..........!.!... : v i It v ' I I!.- i I l Kd u; t; u : ir i-ti ?' if : .! i 4 r- ,.ysr.?L, ..'' . . : nils motor licet ba3c, on Woodland nvenuo, betwi'on Forty-third and Forty-fifth streets, houses mora tlinn ono hundred 01 undo Hams riiiiuiioipnta mail vehicles. AUTO SHOW THE PLACE TOPICKOUTTHATCAR Before Buying, Ask Yourself Two Questions : "What Kind? What Price?" THEN BE SATISFIED OH'KU TO YOUUSHI.I' Ji'ow l the ttmo for nil gnml mm Who wlli to buy n mntorrnr To Irnfnlrr In the ntlto allow, llecnime that' wln-rc tho nulan Hrf. Mr. Householder, if you are thtnklnff of buying an nutomohllo now In tlie tlmo to pick It out. Tho mito'moblle Bhow Is lieltlK held Just for you. Ho to tho romnnrclnl Museum and look. Hero you hnvo Hprend liefor you tin out lay' of motorcars such aa is a'.inemliloil hut once In pvery twelvo months. Hera Is an opportunity to select wisely that Is par alleled but onco n year. Opportunity Is rlns Injr your electric doorbell. The rars that are laid out In the exhibi tion building are tho crenm skimmed from the mo.torc.ir Industry. They represent tho very latest and the very best thought anil execution of the motorcar maker, from tho finest and most costly combination of metal and wood to tho product that Is evolved from an endeavor to reduce tho price. Cars of every prlco and type tho gamut from the modest runabout to tho luxurious lim ousine here aio arrayed for Inspection. It Is a well-known principle that. In Cencrat, the wider the range of selection tho more perfect tho selection will 13. That principle la exemplified over and over again In the motoring world by men who havo obtained "Just the car" by beginning their purchases with a jtnllrtoui visit or two to an nutomobllo show, and, negatively, by men who have rushed Into unsatisfactory ownership with unwise haste and lack of preparation. a , Scloctlon of, an nutomobllo should bo pre ceded by a decision nt the outset of two fundamental questions: I-'Irst. Tho purpose. Second. The price. First, decide why you want an automo bile, and, second, decldu what prlco you aru going to pay. Why do you want an automohile? In It for business or for pleasure? Is It for two persons or for a family of live or even? Is It for town use or for tho country? - If It Is to be a business car that must brave all kinds of weather, sleet this month and a scorching sun that, get a closed car that can bo opened at tho sides. If you wish your cor to adapt itself to both sum mer and winter use and still maintain a degree of style, get a convertible. If pleas- Thirteen Highways Classed as Transcontinental Roads TIip transcoiitliiontnl 1iIIivii.m uro yet In the first stnues of permanent im provement, but tile system iim already plnimi'd ban assumed the broadest srope. A recent classification of through routes kiivo the number us thirteen, seven extoml ln(,' from east tu west and six from nortli to south, us follows: EAST AND WEST Lincoln Highway New York to b'un Francisco, via I'hlladelphla. Pittsburgh, Omaha, Denver, Choyeiino, OKilen, Salt I.ako City and Ileno. l'llto's 1'cnk ocean to ocean hlRhwny Now York to San Francisco, via Now Yorlc, Washington, Wheollng, Indianapolis, St. Joseph, Colorado Springs, Salt hake City nml Hcno. National old trails Washington to T.os Angeles, via Wheeling, Inulnnniiolls, St. Louis, Kansas City, Trinidad and Albmiuoniue. Yellowstone trail I'uget Sound to Plymouth llocls; Plymouth and Hoston to Seattle and Tacoma, via 1'oiiRllHocpsle, t'lovolnml, Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis, Livingston (with sldo route to Yellowstone National Park). .Missoula (with sldo routo to filacler National Park) and Spokane. Trull of the Sunset and Santa Fo trail Now York to San Diego, via Chicago, Kansas City, Trinidad, Phoenix uml Yumn. Southern National Highway Washington to San Diego, via Itlchtnond,. Durham, Nashville. Memphis, Little Hock, Dallas, Fort Worth, Hoswell. HI Paso. Phoenix and Yuma. old Spanish trail Florida to Sun Dlogo. via Mobile, Now Orleans, Houston, HI Paso and Yuma. NORTH AND SOUTH Atlantic Highway Culals to Miami, via Hoston, New York, Washington, Savannah and Jacksonville. Meridian Hoad Pembina to Galveston, via Fargo, Columbus, Wichita, Fort Worth and Houston. Paclllc Highway Vancouver to San Diego, vln Seattle, Portland, San Frnu else) and Los Angeles. Dlxlo Highway Chicago to Miami, via Indianapolis, NashvIKo and Atlanta. Jefferson Highway New Orleans to St. Paul and Minneapolis, via Shroveport, Denlson, Muskogee. Joplln or Fort Scott, Kansas City. Des Molnos ami Albert Lea. Jackson Highway Chicago to New Orleans, via Louisville and Nashville. ure Is tho object, a louring ear furnishes the ready answer. Tho number of persons for which tho car hi Intended will dotcrmlne the seating ca pacity. There Is n tendency to underesti mate this. The nnclen't Joko (almost thlr toen years old) about one's friends Increas ing In number with the advent of one's mo torcar Is based upon fact, ns aro most jests of this nature Actually, thu owner of an nutomobllo often llnds that his car Is not largo enough for tho purpose for which ho Intended It. Ho should, however, not go to tho other extreme of Investing in a ponderous seven-passenger machine which has the only duty of taking him to Ids olllco and his wife on n cross-country spin. As there is a wldo iirlety from which to select, due rcllcctlon should toad otic ailglu. There are cars that arc more fitted than others for line on the smooth Htieet of cities. Ono of these should be the i Ikhi'i if you do not contemplate driving mir car off tho paved highways. Hut If your business or pleasure will lend you to rugged country and poor roads, nu nutomobllo of light yet durahlo construction Is the car for y :i Thought of lines and beauty shoiil I play a minor part here. The Hist important element of your car buying having been disposed of, next con sider tlie second Impurtaut element tho price. What can you afford lo pay for the car that you want? This question perhaps is of too intimate a nature to bo bruited about publicly. It can bn answered best by nn interview with your hank account, your conscience and your wife. Here's Your Chance Iniici.-Von don't own nn nutomobllo and never expect tu. Why In tho name of gaso line do you go to iho automobile show? tirones Just for tho sensation of seeing .t flo( K of them without dodging. 1 he Year-Ahead. Beauty-Car Drlght flnlnh, Inn itrnln, Trench mm iipliolnterj. I.tlturlntinly Iniprnred sent emblem unit linrka. Moulding HnMi conceal nit 'tiplinMcrj' fastening. Neierieek fnM-colnr top, blnrk otitihle, tan lnble. Tnnnenti qunrtrr rtirtalnt, cut Integrnl with the t"H front nnd rear editfn of top nnlbrd with moulding. How Kprenderrt lo carry top whrn folded. New "MfMlie-Hot" fnnlfnern for nlde cuHalna. llnor-rtirtnln rnrrlrri fold with riiHnln, nnd ilrnp Into til.'iir Imttnntly, Tnnnrim entpet fimlenrd wild nni fitljnrr. T.iti- iriiii m 'iirtriri, i.iiuip ,u, ...... - Hn!ln-nnlh Iniinimrnl plat. Ammeter npplld t how rate oi nailery cnurgo ,uu uhvuwic, llnnd nrlp-imd. on door. Improved door haodln. Larger door pocket, with neltbted flapi. Ilodlm, lltipmoblle bhiel hood and fenders blsek. More imlnt nnd rnrnltli, hndomer flnlh. New.tspe demountnlile rlm, New tjpe rim carrier. Adjustable foot peilali. Clutch actldn Tery lljclit. New rnrlmrrtor nlr control. One anltch for Ignition nnd lighting. Xtw dimming deilce grndnntea brilliance of brnd IlKlita. I nil lamp operalr Independenlty of other lamp. Look for no car equaling this new Hlipniobile, even in externals, for twelve months to come. It was the world's finest Four before. Now it is the yenr-nhcad beauty-car as well. More than $750,000 spent for factory improvements in 191G paved the way. Wo needed larger production to spread the cost of excess goodness. And new factories to fjcl the production. Now we have, them both. . And you get the beauty-car a year ahead. Engine Fit for a $3,000 Car We have held fast to llupniobilc stand ards and pulled down the over-head. Critics (among them a leading car builder) called the llupniobilc motor "a Attention, Dealers We have opened a branch nt Harris burg end have some territory open adjacent to that point. AUo some ter ritory open in Southern Jersey for dealers wiihinj to handle a high-clais line. Sec Mr. D. M. Garher or Mr. R. M. McCormick at tho Htipmobilc ex-, hibit nt the show or at the salesroom at 332 North Broad Street. Telephone, Spruce 4905. power plant lit for a $3,000 car." And so it is, They said we could cheapen the rear axle, use a clutch less costly, and so on. BttW we refused to take the obvious course. Nearly a riiillion dollars spent in factory-saving and efficiency looked bettor to us iWJu lowering llupniobilc ideals. A Wonder-Car in Performance The Ilupmobile has always been a wonder-car in performance. Its su premacy has not stopped short with su premacy over all other Tours. It wins every day against Sixes, blights and Twelves- as any Ilupmobile dealer will gladly show you. Sec the Hupmobile Models at the Show Booth 5 Five-Past. Tourini Car, Roadster JU8S $1185 Yesr-'Round Tourini' Vesr-'Round Coupe 1370" Car, 5138S Sedan. 173S Stren-Pan. Tourint Car, ' j 13.IO f. 0. b. Detroit Now it wears a sheath worthy of it steel. The ltigh-duty-car has also be come the rarc-bcauty-car". The Glory of Good Looks The Ilupmobile will always be sold on performance. Dealers will continue to court competitive tests. Owners will continue to boast of the superiority of "their" car. But a new glory is added the glory of extraordinary good looks and social distinction. The Show will not disclose an equal value. Looking a year ahead, nothing equals it in sight. You cannot buy wisely unless you see The .New Ilupmobile. Hupp Motor Cnr Corporation, Detroit, Mich. r10 Mar p Superior Motor Car Strrtco Capital-to-Capito.1 Car Story Read of the Capital-to-Capital Hup mobile on its 20,000-mile tour to all the State capitals. It has crowded three years of ordinary service into four grinding months. Get the story of this greatest motor car endurance test, at our exhibit pictures of all State Capitols; absorbing adventure; human interest. upmoblle Sales Corporation R. M. McCormick, General Manager Salesroom, 332 North Broad Street Ben, spruce Service Station, 441-451 North Broad Street Benpopiar t w ,. m .i n ii w n y it . u l a u n a r ii ii in n n n n a n a n n a n.ti ii it ii ii ti in ii a n n a n w u.n a u hi n n m n a u a n nu n n B n n h a n it h n h n n 1,1 n n ni g ga,-..jJ8La-HJii a v 11 11 n n nu mi a i u u mi n mum un c imnnnnannnt ii,. i ni . H, i i,i ., i 'fi'ir tititt TiT'iiriT!" TiTi' TnTTiTi'iTiTiTri 'iM'i'i,iM,i'ti,iN,rrri,iM,i,i,iwM,i'M'i,i'riMviMM,r(M'ri,f'tvriM,i'iri,riM,''i'!'f i,i'i,'i'riri,i'i,i,''i,j,i''r;,( i'i'r, i'1'i r,'t,i'i'i'i,i'!,i'i'i,i,;,t,i',' r, r'ri'iN'iMi'iMM'iM'iw'iM'iNMWN'ii'i'ri'rri'i'i'i'i'ri'i'i'ri'i'ri'j''ri'i'i'ri'i'ri'i'rri'rrri'j'i'iw'rrj'ri'rj'ri'ri'i'i'ri'r pMttywwttwaMmuf IBaiBaiB(BaiBaiBaiBaiBaBaiBaiBaiB1iii(BaMiMi . 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