St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-03-09
To the Miss billiard Recita-
lions at Mrs. Weyerhaeus-
er's Last Night.
A Very Enjoyable Function
and Those Who ParCici-
pated in 1t.
The Fleeing Bliss Of Eloping
Weber Ended by a Sc
pious Charge.
Mrs. Ehlies Firmly Believes
That Her Husband Met
Foul Play.

HC eUlIr6 lower uOOF vi Tile WcyeT-
haeuser home on Summit avenue was
converted into one beautiful audience
room last night. Chairs were placed in
the main hall, and part of the audi
ence overfowed into the drawing room,
the dining room, and the reception
room, which were separated from the
entrance hall by the arches of the fold
Ing doors alone. 1t was large audience
that greeted Miss Evelyne billiards.
second appearance in st. Paul. and it
was sympathetic and discriminating
audience. Applause was not lavlshed,
but there was no dearth of appreciation,
and the charming young reader more
than justified the expectations her first
reading raised.
HA Chopin impromptu, played with
appreciation and in good style by E.
E. Murdoch. was the first number OF
the programme. as announced by Mrs.
Graves, who acted as mistress of cere
monies. Miss Hilliard was then intro
duced. The reader wore charming
demi-train toilette of white pOmpadour
silk, the petticoat edged with rutfle of
chiffon. Sleeves of the same gauZy
material yelled Miss billiards. arms,
and an artistic chiffon drapery was ar
ranged on the VShaped cor
sage. The sleeves and corsage
were garnished with old rose
velvet ribbons. Miss billiards. first
recitation-for she called it recitation,
in the good old fashion, and not a "read-
ing" after the manner of the modern
observation-disclosures "The Pride of Battery
B." wartime story of little Southern
nirl Iuh n n
to borrow tobacco for her friends. "Out
at Old Aunt Mary's," tenderly pathet-
ic bit of "reminiscences, came next, and
was followed by Rudyard Kipling's
Her Rival" the complaint Of ingenious
seventeen who is forsaken for worldly
wise and fascinating forty-nine. Miss
Hilliard gave it delightfully."-, and i'll
pats Letter." her next selection, her
clever Irish dialect was highly appre-
ciated.
Miss Daisy Davidson, who has not
been heard often enough in ST. Paul
since her return from Paris, sang Mar
guerite's aria and the 'Jewel Song"
from Faust" Miss Davidson was suf-
ferng from slight cold, but sang in a
clear, sweet voice OF unusual resonance,
especially in athc lower register. Her
gown was heliotrope faile Ell traine.
A puff of heliotrope velvet bordered
the petticoat, and the sleeveless
V-shaped bodice was trimmed
with feathers. Constance Wool
sons story of noble dog, ''Tom,"
was the recitation next given, and given
with certain suppressed excitement
which made it very real to the listeners.
James Whitcomb Riley's absurd story
of 1.-THE Tree Toad was in a very diff
ferent vein, but was given admirably.
'Calisthenics," sketch given by Miss
Hilliard Oh Saturday, was repeated by
request, and to the minuet music from
Figaro" played by Mrs. Graves. 1.-The
Minuet," dainty bit of Old-time grace.
was recited. Riley's familiar "Jim,"
1.-The Gobble Unso and ''Prior to Miss
Bell's Appearance" were entertainingly
recited in the drawing Hoosier dialect.
Mr.. Murdoch played short and brill
liant Chopin waltz. and then 'Lasca,"
an unusual story OF Texas life, cowboy
love and W0man's heroism, gave Miss
billiard an opportunity to display her
wonderful versatility. '"The Photog-
rapher's Studio" in which the idiotic
"baby talk' of mother whose infant
is to be photographed is mimicked, was
the hit; of the evening. and with
Riley'S "Raggedy Man" the entertain
Miss billiards third reading will be
given Friday afternoon at $3.50. at Mrs.
Upham's, 476 Summit avenue.
Some of the people who listened to
Miss billiard last night were:
Mrs Al Sibley. Miss Louise jackson, Mrs.
Jackson. Mrs. Lindeke Mrs. GreVe Mr.. and
Mrs. De Coster, Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore
Schurmeier, Mr.. and Mrs. G. j. Thompson,
Mr.. and Mrs. Weide, Mrs. De Puy, Mrs. f.
Jay Haynes, Mr. and Mrs. C. o. Rice, Miss
Weide, Mrs. John l.. Snapp, Mrs. John
harrington, Mrs D. A. Monfort, Miss Ham
mond, Mrs. William G. Robertson, H. S.
Fairchild, Mrs. Russell Dorr Mrs. II. R.
Bigelow, the Misses Weyerhaeuser. Mrs.
Owens, Mrs. DR.. c.. Vittum, Miss Warner,
George Warner, Mr.. and Mrs. w. T. Peet
Miss Fairchild, Mr.. and Mrs. L. K. Stone
Mrs. L. L. C. Brooks. Mrs. Harden
burgh. Mrs. W. F. Graves Mr.. and
Mrs. Gardner Corning Mrs. Merrill, Mr.. and
MRS. Mum, Mrs. Flagg, Mr.. and Mrs. Rob-
bins, Mrs. Pascal Smith, Mrs. Joseph A.
Wheelock Miss Wheelock, Mr.. and Mrs
Mead, Mr.. and Mrs. e. E. Davidson,
Mrs. c. w. Mcintyre, Mrs. II. P.
Upham, Miss Morehouse, George Theobold
Mrs. Uri Lamprey, Mrs Q. E. Flandran, Mrs
Weyerhaeuser, Mrs. Metcalf. Mrs. A. B. Dris-
coll, Mrs. ii. T. Stevens. Miss Boardman,
Miss Austin, Mrs. Gibson, Mrs. George C.
Squires, Miss Secomb. E. C. Murdoch. Miss
Daisy Davidson, the Misses Gilfllan.