New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-02-21
BLUE-BOOH RETALIATION.
MRS. BLISS. THE COMPILER SAYS SHE
WILL SUE FOR ISLANDER.
FX-MAYOR HOWELL MENTIONED AS A PROSPECT
I'VE DEFENDANT-sOCIAL HEARTBuRNINGS
CAUSED BY THE BOOK-A BARRIERS
SWEEPING; DENIAL. OF A STORY THAT


CAUSED BY THE BoOK-A BARRIERS
SWEEPING DENIAL OF a STORY THAT
HE HAD BEEN APPROACHED.
Brooklvn's Blue Book from the frs, day of its
publication has caused social heartourninss. Inc
press notices and interviews. some OF when prac'i
cally charged It's publisher with having demanded
money for the insertion Of certain names, nave
finally brought Mrs. Bliss to the verge of desperate
retaliation Yesterday Mrs. Bliss announced that
she was going 10 bring suits for SANDER, one
against ex-Mayor Howell, President of the Brooklyn
Bridge Trustees The other prospective defendant
is The New-York Press
Mrs Bliss's grievance against Mr. Howell arose
from the following publication which appeared IN
The Brooklyn Eagle" last Saturday;
am glad they have cassed me with such men d
ex-Mayor Whitney andrew ~ t'aru ,i 1u as work
ngman. and am proud Of IL ana aiMaSe pay ih hs
funkeyism and snobbshness that are at present SO
strongly prevalent in this country We haNe zen zen
anine English manners, customs and dress SO long
that il is not surprising that have copied them IN
this matter also Some time ago sonebody cdlleu d.
my sogs d bae booR of Rrookyn best people
the payment of SO OF course i,lusru te V &C.,
mills 10 haze my name in all the blue books in the
world ! don't say that they Wese me Sa NJ, III
who got out this book, hut this is the only nue BOOK
| have heard of. and don't care iii TACT rather
prefer it. If my name is not in the DOOR
HER LAWYER SEES MR.. HOWELL
In explaining her reasons for the coming suit Mrs
Bliss said yesterday that she dd not OBJECT 50 SER
ously to the newspaper articles which mace run OF
her enterprise as she did that anybody should so
much iniure her as to say that she asked none! lot
the insertion Of names in her book. AS to the
money charges nothing could compensate her, she
said for the annoyance to which she has been SUD-
jected and the injury TO her name among hef many
friends in society in this city. In regard 10 MI.
Howell" Mrs Bliss explained, II made up my MIND
\ in 20
action in these matters Last Monday my attorney
whose name do not care to mention to-day Sent
an attache of his Office to Mr.. Howell, asking an eA
planation. The article credited to him was SHOWN
and when asked about it, he hedged ana wou'uh
say ANYTHING direct in explanation. The represeh-
! tat!ve asked him this question: Has any peiS"n
called upon YOU Mr.. Howell. saying that we woula
nut vour name in the Blue Book on payment OF S'o!
! II so describe him Mr.. Howell said that ne coulu
not describe the person. That interview was llha.iS
erded by Mr. Howell. who said that he wouia tahe
he matter home and think it over. He must nave
oudoauod his brains very hard Monday night for on
Tuesday when my LAWYERS representative called on
him MI Howell said he had no explanation 10
! make Now | have been injured and Thoroughly
exasperated and not getting any satisfaction or
any tangible denals. shall certainly 90 ahea" anu
| bring suit.
Vre Riss then EXPLAINED her grievance against
| ..rhe New-York Press" she referred TO some OF
the articles in its Brooklyn edition. Wnich mae, maze
! practically the same charges that Mr. ho"ei
made and which she declared We're "l1e"' s'"'''
A BARBER Is SURPRISED.
Mrs bliss has another grievance which is partly
| assuaged. from the fact that she cannot mo 'he
! author OF IT, Wilson 0. Knabe is a barber in the
, Pierrepont House. Just after the book was pup
! ushed a ,etter appeared in The Brooklyn Easie
| Of January Is to the effect that Mr.. knabe had
! said that a representative Of the Blue Book Com
paay had approached him. and had received s. on
! the understanding ,ha; his name was to appear
| A New-York paper also published this. When Mrs
piss saw those letters her indignation knew TO
bounds and she sought out Mr.. Knabe. The
barber surprised DAY or two ago when d
! woman, accompanied by an escort, came into MS
shop and called him aside As Mrs Bliss eN-
| planed aer mission. the big blue eyes Of the
barber opened wider and wider. and In his amaze p
/ Ia the floor As soon as ne understood what Mrs
! Bliss meant he voluntarily offered TO write letter
| wrote the following letter over MS own signature.
= hereby beg To- fas sa II h1 as s1aeT @ an
! which has been ascribed 10 me-. was never written
By e and TsuS So' sFa5ns ITS that
representative OF the Brooklyn Blue Book has ever
maj ndHe book Of he kind ANY s. or s. to
Morning Journal IS also mos; absolute fraud.
ferring to Knabe were sent to the two newspapers
in question and Were received and printed IN h good
grievance against either.
CLUB TALK.
As an instance OF how the stories had affected
her Mrs. Bliss told OF recent meeting OF the
Daughters Of the Revolution. one woman OF this
city whose name is a synonyme for social prestige
began a discussion the Blue Book. and said that
she believed Mr. Howell. and also thought that
money had been paid In advance by people who
wanted their names in the Blue Book. Mrs. Bliss
had heard Of the same thing being said In some OF
the clubs In .he city. where young men not only
made those statements based upon the newspaper
articles but jOked at the expense Of their fellow
| members whose names were not in the book.
Whatever may be the merits or dement's OF the
Blue Book II has certainly caused more Ill feeling
and heart burning the part OF some people who
supposed they were in society and whose names
have left out than anything Of social nature
which has come up In society for long time
The mandamus which Mirabeau Towns Is said "a
threatened in order 10 compel the publisher OF
| the Blue Book place his client, Gerald Foley
Fitzg ibbons. OF the First Ward, the scion OF long
line OF Irish kings her list is said to be slight
In comparison TO some OF the kicking heard on The
| Hill" and THE Heights 20 say nothing OF the
select social precinct OF Williamsburg and other
gilt-edged localities
Many OF those. people whose names were left
out" said Mrs. Bliss ARE ready TO throw their old
shoes at me: bu: can't help that. | did the best
7 could Why my lawyer was Inadvertently
left out and glad to say that he does not fee
badly about II. He has TOO much sense"