The New York herald., 1921-12-31
BUSINESS LEADERS
HONOR ]. NJ. GIDDING
500 Merchants and Personal
Friends Wish Him Success i'm
His New Building.
BANQUET AT THE PLAZA
John Wanamaker Among the
Many Sending Greetings
Praise by Prominent Men.

Five hundred of the business and per-
sonal friends of j. NJ. Gliding. meeting
at dinner last night at the Hotel Plaza,
paid their compliments to Mr.. Gliding
and wished him success in his new
building in Fifth avenue, between Fifty
sixth and Fifty-seventh streets, which
will be opened to the public next Tues
day morning.
Speakers referred to the business
career of Mr.. Gliding. which began
thirty years ago. when he was selling
newspapers in Scranton. Pa. They also
praised the qualities which. they said,
made possible the position he has
achieved since he came to this city
eleven years ago. And Mr. Gliding
himself. when the. other speakers had
finished. said: r-.-.
at believe' that men are moved by
much the same impulses, the same mo-
tives. that moved them when they were
children, and the matter of building
reputation always has been very seri-
GUS to me. 1t should be serious to
every young man in business And
to those young men who are in the
first few years of their business
careers l want to say. and say en-
phatically. that there is just as much
chance to do great things now as there
was twenty years ago. The same old
elements still make success. Let them
he patient, wait little while and Surn
a candle sometimes at night instead of
going on too many parties.
World Is Getting BETTER.
aNrd I,ara ;o Sar,at,,ip, al.o Tor +ba
young man in business to think about /:
The world must be getting better or all
these business men would not be sitting
down at dinner with me as they are to-
night. They are encouraging me; they
are my friends, not my competitors
They want me to do well, just as 1 want
them to do we'll"
George T.. Wilson was POSTMASTER
Other speakers we're: Daniel Frohman,
Adolph S. Ochs. Louis Wiley. Franklin
Simon and Edward Ford. Mr.. Simon,
as president Of the National Garment
Retailers Association, handed to Mr.
Gliding a framed copy Of resolutions
adopted by the association and assured
him of the high regard in which he is
held by other business men. Mr.. Froh-
man said that Integrity has built Fifth
avenue" and added:
1T is honest prices and fair dealing
that have given Fifth avenue its pre-
eminence in this country. And this din
ner Mr.. Gliding. is "a tribute both to
you and to that idea
Prominent Men Present.
The guests included Joseph W. Harri-
man, Fred Godfrey. Charles Thorley,
Francis ID. Gallatin, George J. Baruch.
Niles r. Becker Henry Birrell Maurice
Bloch, Samuel j. Bloomingdale Robert
Grier Cooke, Ralph A. Day, ID. b. De
Many, Walter Dreicer, Percy T.. Hart,
Richard ]. Hickson. I. D. Levy. II. r.
Mallinson, d. 1. Nemerov. Louis c. Ped
lar, Benjamin Ptman, James p. Silo,
Erwin Wardman, Richard Jaeckel, r.
b. Van Tassel, Hal Fink. George Gold
smith, Nat B. Spingold, Guy H. Tolman,
Theophile Schneider. e. J. Ridgway,
Frank Russek, /. II. Russek. Horace
Saks, Otto p. Shulhof, Howard Davis,
Milton Wolf and William r. Dewart.
Messages to Mr.. Gliding were sent by
Charles NJ. Schwab, John Wanamaker,
Charles e. Mitchell. Charles p. Taft and
others.