New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-02-15
THE BLUE FIVE THOUSAND.
BROOKLYN HAS A LIST CASTING THE 4oo
INTO THE SHADE.

ALL HERSELF AND STILL LIvEs-MoSEf
PAID FOR NAMES TO BE PRINTED
xrvER,-PRoMINENT CITIZENS WHO
ARE NOT IN THE MAGIC CIRCLE.
prook,vn society people have awaited 'he
snpaarance of the first Brooklyn Blue doom
with interest New-York City has hau D'
Rock for several years. and the mental wre'c"-
edness II has caused among the outcas's "'''S
names have not been printed therein mas w"
considerable Copies of the first volume OF '"e
kind published In the City or Churcnes -"
inst been distributed to subscribers Inc '0''
Is a little octave volume. with l4o pases Va
names II Is bound in blue cloth' anu 'he NV
is inlaid on the cover in pure goiu' ai'"o"e" ~
gliding has no social significance Next 10 '"e
covers are thirty-two pages Of advertisements
The advertisements extol the merits OF various
things from bicycles and carpet-cieaners 10
chiropodsts and Turkish baths. Protec'eo ny
the advertisements is the sacred ron OF hohoi'
which NAV be the cause of much heart-ouriihe
10 the people in Brooklyn who always thoush'
they were "in society. and noW' lor INC "''
time, fnd that they are not
400 CAST INTO THE SHADE.
Brooklvn society. according to the tiny VOL
ume is composed of about four thousand ian
lies and five thousand individuals. Ihls leaves
about 0s5 900 Brooklynites at the outer "oriu'
The inner social sanctuary of New-1ork |nS
is supposed to have a capacity OF 4oo Peopie'
BROOKLYN has 1900 people who are ent'ieu 10 NC
invited to church fairs. sewing circles anu SUI"
day-school picnics This shows that brooN'S"
Is away ahead of her sister city. IL mas oee"
suspected for a long time that she couid give
Naw-york cards and spades and defeat her
Gratis. all of the olden kind, and the Blue BOOK
confirms the suspicion Brooklyn may be oehhu
the metropolis in one or two trivial things but
Brooklvn has twelve and one-half times the
number of real society people" that New-fork
has and her aJ-otheosis is complete Brooklyn
IL is proved with mathematical certainty. mas
more society to the square yard than New-forK
and Hoboken can muster between them.
THE WOMAN WHO DID.
All this is proved by the Blue Book. Mrs. S. L.
BIss who has an office in the Arbucke Build
ing. has been preparing the booking for more
than TWO wears The book costs SO volume. and
there is no discount off TO people who can trace
their ancestry back to the original Podsnaps and
Veneerings The first edition is 5000, just enough
for the people who want TO see their names III
the Blue Book print. This edition may soon De
exhausted by subscriptions, and another editioh
&c heinp nrenared II II be issued, 1t will con-
tain probably an addition of several hundred
names. so rapidly does Brooklyns 5000 grow
# is expected that Blue Book will be issued
next year and the year after that. so long as the
social lamp burns. Next years book may be
larger than the present one, and II the list OF
anointed ones continues to grow at the present
rate-and there is no reason why IT shouldh 90
so-the Blue Book of 1906 may be as large as
tc har 1y
ever. that the pruning knife may be applied, and
that decayed and fruitless branches on the social
tree may be Topped off Nobody knows what next
years gazetteer Of Brooklyn aristocracy may
bring forth. and unpleasant anxiety is felt IN
the midst of our best people"
ENvIOUs CRITICISM.
peonle Yesterday were criticising many of the
names in the little volume. Some OF them
laughed.
The preface OF the first Blue Book begins In
this way: The necessity for work Of refer
ence TO tighten the labors which the strict per-
Torrance of societys duties imposes upon the
select classes Of large city has long been feit
in Brooklyn. The Brooklyn Blue Book is an
alphabetical register Of the representative ana
prominent families of the city OF Brooklyn. the
names are arranged in family groups, ana each
group contains all its members. an abbreviated
list of the clubs to which they belong. wives
maiden names, marriages and deaths during the
wear recent arrivals from and departures to Eu-
rome" Departures to Chicago and Philadelphia
are not noted.
.Unexpected obstacles have delayed publica-
ton. but these have been overcome Great
care has been exercised in the selection Of these
lists and each name composing them has first
been submitted to the scrutiny of committees
of representative members of Brooklyn society.
II may, nevertheless be possible that some
names entitled to be in the book do not appear
in this issue" Each copy is stamped with It's
own individual number in red ink, to provide
against the book falling into the hands of I'M
holy Phistines and the hoi poiioi
HOWELL AND WHITNEY NOT IN IT
Brcoklyn's ex-Mayors who live in the city
are named in the book. with the exception OF
ex-Mayors Howell and Whitney. Mayor Wur-
ster is within the magic circle. Andrew d.
Baird. the Bridge Commissioner. is not men
toned Timothy l.. Woodruffs name is there
and so is that of r. Ross Appleton, the Tax Col
lector. DR. Il. Taylor Emery, the Health Com
missioner, and William Cullen Bryant the Fire
Commissioner, have been made happy by the
book. They are In It, The other members OF
the Mayors cabinet are not. Henry A. Powell.
Register of Arrears, who has been pastor of the
Lee Avenue congregational OHuIch' anu HIS
wife who is a member OF the Board Of Educa-
ton are neglected Richard X Lambeer and
J. Lott Nostrand the only Police Justices
In the inner circle. Frank d. Beard the we'll
known member Of the Riding and Driving Club
with his fellow member, A. ]. Nutting. is not
in the book Miss Katherine l.. Maltby, who
has a school is mentioned but workers in the
same feld-Miss Whitcomb Miss Sadie Cotton
and Miss Rounds-are not John ID Smitners
ono ~ the originators Of the ST. Valentines
lean year ball at the Pouch Mansion. is left out
in the cold Edward VI. Shepard and Edward
NJ Crout are on the list DistrctAttorney
Rackus and Mrs Backus disregarded.
Among others whose names are omitted are
County Judge Asphalt Mirabeau l.. Towns,
Senator p II. McNulty. ex-senator Charles ~,