The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-07-14
BIRMINGHAM TO HAVE A BLUE BOOK"  
 e to n Fall

Blrminghams going to have Blue Book
 1 Now doesn't that sound classy?'
 Here we are. an immense city of close on to 10000 inhabitants, and with all the genius and wit and cleverness and talent among us. and no one up to the present time has ever compiled one of the great est needs of great cty-namely-a N"Bue Book"
 1 Every town of any size that makes any pretense whatsoever toward being up | to-date," and strictly ''ln the swim,' has | It's Blue Book" and once you've gotten used to such commodity, why it's like ''Castoria" "-"Children cry for it; old maids sigh for it'-and all the rest would ''die for it. because they just simply CAN'T do without it.
 Whats a Blue Book good for?" some 1 body asks.
 l Now let me tell you:
 l It's invaluable a guide to the society of a town
 | It's almost a necessity for the hostess. l It's helpful to the business man who is seeking desirable clientele. 1 It's a great convenience to stranger 1 coming to a big city.
 | It's fine advertising medium. l It's pretty addition to a library. In fact. there are fifty seven varieties" of reasons. WHY Blue Book is abso- | lutey necessary to a refined and pro- gressive community.
 As to the author and compiler of Bir- | mingham's Blue Book
 l Mir Thomas K Byrn-, one of the clev- crest and most wide awake. one of the most successful and popuarly known l young men about town. both in business i .I,,l& aIn ftt, hn i,ht of the ''hustler' saw some time ago the | necessity for such a publication as the | Blue Book, and so he got busy and | formulated his plans and "copyrghted' the Blue Book for Birmingham. | It has taken much of his time and en- | ergy to compile the book, and he deserves l special credit for the accuracy and con | ciseness which he has displayed, with | the vast amount of material that had to be reduced to readable form. Of course I am spea9ing from "behind l the scenes, as 1t were, that being one of 1 tho privileges accorded newspaper folk and while the book will not be 'on the market before the early fall, it is prac- tically, completed-only the finishing touches to be added. and which l have been lucky enough to zee.
 Chatting with MT. Byrne about the Blue Book few days ago. he said: | There is scarcely q city in the south tof course all the larger northern cities have their Blue Book) within the past de- cade which has not supported its Blue
 Book. Savannah. Atlanta. Richmond,
 Louisville. Jacksonvile. Fla. New Or
 leans-in fact all the larger southern
 towns have their Blue Book and consider
 1t an invaluable asset.
 Tt really means quite a good deal to
 be in the Blue Book, doesn't it?" I asked
 interestingly Sort of I'm IT. or some
 thing of the kind.'
 "Of course the society of a town is
 judged by it's Blue Book" MT. Byrne
 replied. The names of all the prominent
 families in a town are used. each family s
 name and address. with every member
 the telephone number. the day At Home
 which the ladies of the family observed
 the number of the house and the name ot
 the street are given in full. This means
 d saving of much trouble for hostesses in
 entertaining, as well as for all Church So | cieties and Club affairs. when they get
 ready to arrange their lists for any sort ol | occasion. Strangers arriving in the city , and wishing to find out where their friends
 reside will find full information in tho