The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-13
SIMEON FORD GETS
HIS OWN MEDICINE
Guest Of Other Professional
Hotel Humorists at
Dinner.
FAREWELL LOVING CUP
Closing Of Grand Union Drives
City's Best Known Land.
lord to Retire.
FAREWELL LOVING CUP

A great many things have been said
during his career about the Hon. s. line
On Ford. whose principal distinction at
present is that the Public Service Com.
mission did not condemn him along with
his late hotel the Grand Union. for sub
way or other purposes. In reply the Hon.
Mr.. Ford, Ryes leading citizen and cx-
poneIt has said a number OF things, in
fact numbc rless things.
That's all very well too. but when
eleven great big. strong lunsed persons
representing the eleven ages OF humor
and other civic ORGANIZATIONS GO; rsht up
in ! public meeting and try ~ steal your
stun you quite naturally rebel.
The night Has very dark last night
when the e,cven huniorlsts Joined With
others in trying TO say sood-by to the
Hon. Simeon Ford. late U. tho Grand
Union and now OF and FOR Rye. Mr.. Ford
would certainly wish that the lists OF fi-
ture fame should forever trumpet aloud
their names. so here they are
Gustav Baumann Of the BlltmoTc, George
9. BOldt of the Waldorf. pa;rict Francis
Murphy. job T.. fledses. George 4. VII
son. who once spent an entire night 4. til.
Grand Union and admits Il. Fred A. Reed
OF the Park Avenue Hote'. VINO grabbed
all the ancient guests ~" T.. =. q. threw
out into Park aveune fT~rn She Grand
| Union: John McGlynn % Troy ard prcs.-
dent OF the State Hotel Mems Association,
George W. sweeney OF the American Hotel
Mems Association. tho president thereof
i. y. Balm. who preceded Mr. sweeney
Gardner Wetherbee OF the Manhattan and
Charles y. villas.
The Waldorf Apartment In the Waldorf
was where (; happened and Who're George
! T. Wilson presented 30 Nj. Ford in he
half OF his fellow humor!s;s a lars.
silver loving cup in coInmemorstion of
his activity IN the c1use of uubvidlei
after dinner speaking
Mr.. McGlynn the pres der. spo,;e rht
others then got the .dcs that {; was y
Ford condenina iun proceeding 10 top Oft
the Grand Union deal. Mr.. NcGlynr
gave the history If NJ. Fogd's life and
|, character II these words
As "A little child asking questions o.
its mother said Mamma, who Was the
grea, man who wrote lie who Is robbed
and doesn't know u Is not robbie nj all >"
The mother replied. That was william,
Shakespeare We'll. mamma. who wrote
DO unto others as you would have them
| do unto you" Tile mother said, why
that was Confucius.' Well. mamma. who
was II said. What kind Of "A nut hasn't
got shell? The answer il a doughaut'
The mother replied. Why. that, my child
was Simeon Ford
So there YOU have him. and then The
! guest OF the evening gets up and looks
| sc0rnfully around ana he starts in and
he says:
II have always warned lay wife tina,
| in case o: my deceasc | hadn't friends
, enough TO make up complete set OF
, pallbearers. She always told me not &c
worry. for II the worst came TO the worst
shed have III" cremate ed and then the ash.
| man could officiate | wish she were here
/ TO see this turnout OF men, willing I,
cough up ten bones in these hard time.
/ for this beautiful dinner. including me
| wine and cigars"
! There was very real sentiment o.
/ regret among the hotel mon last night
the Joyous element entering when IL Wal
realized that Mr., Ford will have all hi
time free now Tor dinner speaking an,
| won't have to go To the Grand Union nov