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A typed document--extract of a review from the New York Herald of B. C. Hilliam's performance at the New York Hippodrome, May 23, 1917.

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  • .^ r> i , ; H u. , mr 83, in?* * -nether «star,and a new or*«, who will add luetre to the 3«mday nightprogram, is bient*B* u Hilllam of the Canadian Volunteer tangr* ffcs Uberiy lend fools amoh pleased at being »bl© to hew« him. He rut.« hie first apj earnnoe is America at a Hippodrome pwtftmmmmlaet ttimday night, and he literally took tkfco great crowd toy storm. idf. Hilliam is an dsitaur. He had been ©pending months entertaining the Canadian soldiers, & ö ©sessional^ wing hie tali at in far wester® Canada to help along war charities. But no one had ever suggested that he become a profeocion&l entertainer. And in fact he probably never will, unices, after the war, he falls victim to eeim of the frhuloue ©if ora » hi eh «anofers are seid to he ready to mil:« to hi» a» a rmmlt of his first Hip voir Gtas appeorniise. He was a eity editor of a new® paper in horth Van® over, B.C. at hsat once volunteered, fie scald always play a piano w.su sing, but no one knew hot’ well antII he b©fmn to oorsj o«e e,.d sing so. gc for the saldiere. AttHEXOb fii-.il, KB, When he appeared »t tue Hlpj edro«ae .unüay night in his Lieutenant's uniform, there we« seme healtation ».bout letting him go on. It was generally expect ;& t at »to vscald play a simple SSl«otioa end harry off the eiere, hat he didn't. ft© gar# on© of ti.e most finished rarforaar.uee over «et« at the SippSiVOme and the 6,00t) persons there wem »wept off their feet. Hie piano playlnir la mrvelca«, end v e patriotic seogn He sin o, of his own oompeeition, are bean« to m&otmtaetsas. lie wii Pi# own aoeoarpao iaeo ts » "The Bare Hing o«" of tu> All iee*, w^h© Hallies Howe a Bawful not to Bus" e.nd goseibly '’Uncle Sma is Abb Ureeeed tip and line a Pino« to $o% met undey night he war ««cored till he absolutely refused to tale up more time. He Is by long odd® one of the meet refreshing and rcerleahle entertainer» seen in hew fork in many year©» and there la a patriotic touch and » irenon »tnioepher® to all hie work which sml e him on« of is © real 'finde* of recent years,. But he iea soldier and he look® it."
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