The sun., 1895-01-11
HOTEL LANDLORDS DINE.
THEY SING JOLLY SONGS AND cHAFr
ONE ANOTHER.

| enrcssu, for the Modcrn shyscr,,.r
Whom 275 landlords Of this city and their
chosen friends gather together with the sole OBJ.
jcct OF having good time, they are pretty sure
| 10 have It, whatever may happen. and ns moth.
| ing untoward did happen Mt Dclmonico's lns
| night, the sixteenth annual dinner OF the New
| York City Hotel Association was In every unv
success. They drank Just enough to enjoy IN,
| speeches. and they sang until Toastmnstcr Brea-
| lin grew red In the face beating Oh tho tnblc In
r,store quiet, that tho speakers might hnvcs
| show.
Singing is one Of the features ot the ho,e,
mems bnnquets. They always have tho orche,.
ira play most of the latest tunes and all Of tho
| old ones, and II they don't know tho words W
the verses they Join In tho Choruses, and IL they
| don't know any of the words they ln.la
| through the whole. for all know tho
| tunes. IL being q standing order that no unta-
| miliar music shall be played after the third
wine. 1t soon became evident last night that
the old songs were still the most popular, possi-
bly, because they were better known.
When the flddlos and the horns began the
prelude to "Swcot Marie" there was sound OF
clearing of thronts from one end OF the hall to
the other. backs were Strengthened. and every
one started In to outsnE his ncighbor. Tho
melody was little mixed at times, ie-
cause tho singers insisted upon constantly
repeating tho chorus, and tho orchestra
would play tho verses and chorus IN the proper
order. But nobody cared for they all knew II.
"Dixie,"" Suwanee River" Maggie Murphy's
Home" brought out huge volume of sound
and tremendous applause when they were
finished.
There was room for a solemn mass, even IL
tho hotel men have for the last year been living
"for their landlords and their payrolls." as
Toastmastor Breslin put It. Even during tho
speeches there not tired look to be
in tho room, for the hotel men have
found out that they have speakers in their
association who know how to make bright
speech. The speakers did not expatinte
on the work OF the Lexow committee or con-
gra tulate themselves over the results of tho
election of Nov. O. OF course those events were
mentioned Polite. in u national way was also
and the way that was received would intimate
that the landlords weren't half so badly off ns
the evening were we're made made by Mr.. A. c. Foster @ T and
Mr.. Simeon Ford
long tables were arranged side B by side I across
the room, and at right angles to them on the
seated Fp ifS' wHfH
liam Sulzer. the Rev. q. l.. living, Judge Roger
uFssys PyG l. T. T. Ksa4Hs Hs4nEEp as sdfS l..sans:
James H; BresIin; the toastmnster: Comp.
ee n'eS qdfs Fannsp nisPh judge M Ps sbS:
guests were Recorder iof. Speaker Hamil-
i. NJ Tierny President Of tie state Hotel Asso.
Ssiati9}nS, and E; A: ThaysT; President of the the
ent was Mr.. Hiram Hitchcock, who, Mr.. Bres-
In said, had run into Broadway cable and got
When the time for speechmakin came Presi-
come and introduced James II. Brcslin as toast
master. master, The first speaker Of the evening was
socation, who responded to the toast. "The
Hotel Association Of New York City" lie
tory of the association since it was formed.
sixtecn years ago and to the benefits that have
ter protection Of the hotel Keepers and tie pro.
motion OF better acquaintance and better feel
:" Time viii not permit me to dwell upon all
the reforms that have been brought about by
session OF the Pss at nS %hcR ahere a
not been introduced measure OF some kind
@oaG hane Secome sM bSt for
your timely and vigorous protest. The business
Of hotel Ell keeping PIN in this city has reached point
prise. When We consider the aggregate amount
or capital invested. the aggregate number OF
people employed. and the volume OF business
rep,essntea by the ageregate purchase and sale
high as those representing any other branch OF
sponsa TO the toast. Our t;ncsts," tod OF the
part he took in calling the Nttent IN Of the pub
ago. and the vast number Of hotels now. there.
;, Then Mr. 4. {. Foster Of the New @ Amsterdam
pus. or Peter Puzzled" written by Mr. Douglas
4; Lryien. II was about committee sent from
found the members OF tho Hotel Association
most deserving a welcome In Olympus.
abolish the system o: tips, on the ground that IL
was nfair and un- n-American and also begged
Her lie rccomnended that a ministerial annex be-
added to each hotel, that spiritual needs ght
ow arc tS SF S% the
Mr.. simeon Ford OF the Grand Union devoted
most of his speech to Joking his fellow mem-
rhs Es%G jgss passed" he said has been
noticeable for the number Of new and elegant
hotels which have been closed In. fact. the
comparatively easy. 70 open, but it is often very
about these tail hotels In Tho first place tie
guests get fine air, and whom n person Of mod:
pays for his room he hasn't much money left,
and he naturally loose for wholesome, nutri-
And now we are TO have a tai one still.
think the idea Of building new hotel was sug-
who slept in his spare room. That event must
have awakened in John Jacobs breast wild
himself: "rHe glory OF my family wHs begun BY
the hHyinG and selling OF Tins on the borders.
can do il the way Of skins on the 6oarders my.
self | will put up n house so big and fine that
Cousin Bill will think he's rum ling tfteen cent
lodging house next door And 10! Jacob fell
asleep, and he dreamed and beheld ladder set
M on the earth, and the top OF it reached to
heaven, and behold, tho four hundred assembled
and descended upon it,
"What a change has come over the hotel
business in the last few years! read not long
ago OF gentleman who returning home In the
still watches of the night, found man slum-
hering sweetly on the marb floor of his vestl-
bule, lis head pillOwed on the woven-wirs door
mat When aroused he mumbled; Didn't
cave word not to lie called till o'clockI This
Is the last time IN ever sleep in the Ashland
They didn't expect so much. Nowadays, II you
Odgc n man for dollar, he comes down and
,xpostnlates II he hasn't got a and-painted
piano In the room.
1T should be n fundamental principle with
hotel men never 10 let guest escape unsatisfied.
should you inadvertently chance upon n guest
N the act OF absorbing some trhing article Of
or brtc-A-brac or an eight-day clock.
1r pair OF blankets, with true deliracy turn
haR nH nnf ~ haU i'm, lalt