New-York tribune., 1905-01-13
MANY HOTEL MEN DINE.
Littleton on Household Cares-4
Cold Keeps McAdoo from Sidedoor.

Many we'll known New-Yorkers were present last
night at the annual dinner Of the New-York City
Hotel Association at Delmonico's. There were
more than six hundred covers. Two hundred men
had to dine in a smaller hall, the big dinner
being too small TO hold everybody.
James H. Breslin proprietor OF the Hotel Bres
lin. toastmaster. At his table. among others,
were President Fornes of the Aldermen. Judge
Cowing Of General Sessions, Sheriff Eranger and
Justices Fitzgeald, Blanchard. Dowling Davis,
Scott and Bischof. of the Supreme Court.
Police Commissioner McAdoo to speak, but
sent letter of regret He said he had cold He
knew. he declared, that he violating
cepted tradition that mo cop he'd refused a
good 'sidedoor' invitation from a hotel man"
He went to say in his letter:
You hotel men have an advantage me. You
hold your critics in your Own power from rom bed & 70
the line he has to take to the street. do not
eea Egt 10 co9 yo ean hammer m into
insensibty at any time with the old reliable bill
.New-York has the pest hotels in the world and
II there ADLER or better fellows than the hotel
keepers Of this city nave never met them.
The menu cards were handsome and OF twelve
pages Each page was II by IA inches On the
front was an illuminated set of initials for the
society's name
Mr. Breslin expressed his qualification at seeing
many hotel men from out of town present He
introduced the president of the association, Wash
ington L. JaQues. The greeting to Mr.. Jaques last
ed several minutes. He said in part:
Our membership has kept abreast of the pros
pectiVe prosperous times. and close the year 1904
with n most substantial increase. do not hesitate
predict that If the building of hotels continues
in the last five years it will be only short
time before membership may equal that of the
State association.
l wish tender the thanks Of this association to
the members of the legislature and Ex-Governor
Ode for their assistance in preventing the passage
the last session of the legislature of any bills
detrimental to the hotel interests of this State.
The Rev DR.. w. H. Rider the next speaker
He spoke especially of the hotels as raekng for
cheerfulness.
Borough President Lttleton of Brooklyn said in
part:
Hotels are divided into two classes: those where
people go to be seen and those where they don't.
These two classes have two different of
ing meals; in the proprietor gets back the
money and the meal-and the other he gets only the
money II thought by wise who make
laws that If the influence Of hotel life could
lie thrown around ordinary ginInill would
of the baneful character of the hotel or the de-
morallzing character of the ginmill In this
have been sOrely disappointed, for the worst OF
each of these survived.
The future OF the American family in the city
will probably be spent in hotels where also. they
will spend of their money. Circumstances
over which we have control are driving out OF
the house and fiat into the hotel. In the short
space Of two years, owing to emergencies in my
household l have all but learned four different
languages.
What we want with a hotel is not for economy,
much for comfort, but what wish is TO
escape that particular class of human society with
whom We spend most Of time nowadays and
convert the lucid style of English into sort Of
broken Dutch