, 1873-02-13
"L'ONCLE SAM"

7nrdou'n Nc.v Play About Tho Anacri-
csin"-hf" A"ppressao'l ffy tho French
g., taovor',,1,ena. 81, ~,
Standard.
tolo.rapl1et1 TO you Inst ntrht that M. oar-
valho, tho manager Of tho ynudovillo Theatre,
toa ,noo , ,,;tars,,aoa ~ v.nns,i,aa J., n1a, raar y.
roranado NJ. Thiora to nlIow N. victorlon sar-
dou's mucl,-la1l<cl-of comedy "Onclo Sa1n," to
DO played ut tho tl,oatro wlloro tho sumo cleyor
moro sonuos than Ono lila limo laat .; year: 1
should not have Thought such matter worth
to}egrapbipg about Dorilnns 1ot oven worth writ
Ing about, wore it not Tilt tho ii sartlou-Wa
days' wonior. 0'''0 '' '''' N'''e
30 many contradictory Of thcm utterly
latod, that hayo thought It worth while to call
OH McpBrg, Wnshburuo aud Hardou tto two
people most likely 10 know tho trut. ebout the
matter. Tho wllole story Ia go characteristic Of
tho anomalous roglme--1oIthor q fish, nor losh.
nor good rod-herring which no yego-
fac as told sno By ~ mepsrs sardou M % and #aso sho
burno, with tho remark, in pasging, tllat tho
storloa Of both gentlemen agroo in the nlnalieat
dctaila with one another. ' " ''@ '''''''''''
e@S @ Tst' xa 5s II II m sFdeq s e,2 sysaef a Of
mombors Of that mighty aud myntorio,is bo;lv.
tho Oorguro. to receive their appreciation wt;6,,
out Which, 1 need hardly sny, no dramatic work
roturned to II. sardou in duo course. our '': with THh
, tho simple observation that some Of the author'a
gulps at that hlghly:respoctahlc =, body,
tho municipality Of Now, York, might possibly
valet, two radical ox-mombors Of tho Municipal
Council Of Paris, tho former Of whom is actually
in prison for swindfng. NJ. sardou at onco
promised to tone down this part OF bis play, aud
u. Carvalho, who. has lad tlroo other pieces
stopped recently by the hgher powers, aot
about rehoarBing "Onc1o Sam with grea. nc
tiyity, and the premiere was announced for tho
aurroptjtiously obtained copy Of tho manu-
script Of tho Forthcoming nfay, published a
sketch Of tho plot, and hintod that Mr. Wash
tor. Thoroupon, NJ. Jules Simon, tho Younger.
who is a much greater radical than Ais father.
since that worthy mombor Of the "intornn.
tionale " has become minister, Interested him
Bolf in the mattor, and camo to rehenranl Of
tho new picco by the a,1thor Of 'sTabaQaB,"
Tho budding republioanism Of the youthful
Simon wau, it see1nB, greatly scanlalIzed by tho
manner In which III. aardou donlt with Republic
ems "ovor tho water" and .ho egged On his
Cabinet Council. Tho result Of this vag TINT
fow days aftorward, H.. sarlou, not a little to
his astonislment, WAS requested to attond
again before tho censuro, and informed tthat his
he IN. sarlou) called upon tho A1uericnn Minis-
tor. Mr., Washbuyuo. and Obtained that eontio-
NUNS consent, In writing to tie plaY boii,r mt
foreirn M3n;star to hnve " NAV 10 Tranc, - 49,
tbor 6,aya1 in tho onn;ta1 F' n Fr,nco waa ~
Earlou's yorv natural a,swcr The Genara ma1 wn ~,
infoxibie nnd a. tia mattor stnod t. fnr nM1 To1
daye rhnn fr;eu7 ~ nnnr Nir GoruolI,o,. I rIm
il na1t,,Tov t,o ataat em fyoro ~ ~ na,, ~
nro1mctnn ~ ,,ia"a Ia ~ ,'nI s11 nuu ~
GOOD right 10 oxnecE ,yom]i iii s l,is
tGoatre Tor ono hundred ninbta oa1ind
NJ tho Amcricon 1ooot;nn md aag IT. Wn.i'1
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