The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1893-10-07

OF the mcst exclusive circles OF Une rour
Hundred
Miss billiards plan is rather novel one.
She will be preceded from town to town by
O competent manager who will arrange the
detail Is Of the engagement, besides profusely
"photographing" the place, for Miss Hill
lard will use no Autographs or wall paper
Of any kind Shcwill have letters Of intro
duction 10 the prominent people in almost
every city she visits and will therefore be
assured of n cordial hearing at least. Besides
dramatic readings, in which line Of work
Miss Hilliard has had a good deal Of ex-
perience, she will give as part of her regu-
| lar programme a monologue entitled
| "Grimy Murkins," which was written es-
pecially for her, and which is in three acts,
with scenery, costumes and all the other
| appurtenances of a well regulated comedy
Miss Hilliard is a Buffalo girl, and she
does credit to her native city, for she is a
tall, regal looking woman, with particu-
| larly strong and handsome face. That she
| is shrewd cannot be denied, for who, after
reading Of the plan she has mapped out,
can Justly exclaim with the cynic, "a wo-
man can never be a first class business
manW
The foreign hordes, including actors and
singers, will soon be upon us Abbey's
| magnificent new theater on Broadway is
| being rushed along to completion, for IL is
necessary that it shall be ready for Henry
Irving's opening performance in this city,
and the Metropolitan Opera House has to be
put in apple pie order for the coming of the
! company, which it is confidently expected
will be the strongest operatic organization
| the world has ever seen. With all these
and the Coquelin-Hading Comedie Fran
caise aggregation, besides several stars who
have become pretty well Americanized, and
some other foreigners who have not yet de
cided whether or not they will favor"
| Americans will have better opportunity
to see the leading European artists than
they could enjoy even after the discomfort
of q trip across the big pond. Most of the
best Of the other side will be in America
this season. And yet there are those who
contend that this is country in which
dramatic and musical art are not appreci-
ated.
Persons not connected with the drama are
apt to invest those mysterious regions "be-
hind the scenes" with an ablebodied halo
which nothing but disappointing expert
ence as an elevator of the stage will suffice
to dispel. Women are as prone to regard
the space behind the curtain with as much
curiosity and interest as the men, but their
opportunities for investigation are neces-
sarily more limited. Delicacy deters most
females from attempts at voyages of explo-
ration in that direction usually, though
not always for a few days ago, during a
matinee performance of Liberty Hall, u
two stylishly dressed young ladies ap-
preached Manager Charles Frohman, and
despite his strict regulations excluding
everybody except employees from the stage
induced him to take them back" at the
opening of the third act ''just to see Tod
mans bookshop."
Well, they saw Todman's shop It's real
doors and practicable windows, its rows OF
real books and wooden shelves, its bell that
rang as they came in and its solid counter
all filled them with wonder. They peeped
through the curtains out into the back par
lor where Henry Miller and Viola Allen
were making love in their gentle, poetic
heart winning way, and took look at the