, 1873-03-21
F" UNCLE SAM" !"
Production In Now Eorlz OF Snrdot,7s
Ncxy pGely.

NGNy Lktys,
From tht Ntto 1'orl Herald, AfareA ia,
Tho production Of tho long-pronliuod play of
rUuclo Sam" at tho Grand Opern-1IollAo last
night, wag grent eucceHs, both In its roproacn-
tation aud tho number Of porsons 'y,io wtncuab1
boon prohibited in Paris, oatonnibly bocauBo ii
waB liloly to bo ofrousiyoto tho American people,
only served to'advortiao it and tncreaso tho do
Biro to SEQ It. In consequence, tho imncnao
theatre was fllod by Of tho largest audiences
oyor gathered within its walls.
called comedy, but is il, fact drama. There
Is not real Amoriean lady or gontlosnon in tho
pssS rhS & thread d,,d Of thS Il STORY t. +, OK +;
promoualo-deck OF tho 1I,tdso on ltivcr Btcamor
Bt. John. When tho curtain rsos, traditional
taSes arong dor on Lis Way e
New York to give concert at stoinway Hall is
the first to outor aud is SOON joined unexpected
1y by former friond, tho Aiar4"is de Roche.
0ze Ihen come ' a s ta .; @a mo
about Amorica md tlso 'imporial city," NTne.
nsy 10 ymotos e it TM vonr t ind ry Ey
encountered. Bho haa good reason to be dis
grBtcd, for she had bought land in Keutucky,
whicl. wap bog, and took in all itn proprieto1a,
aud lad lawsuit in two Sta.os for property ait
aachugotts. Sllo gained her suit IN Connecticut
and lost 1t III Massachusetts, :nl thou appealed,
gaining it in Massachusetts and losing it in
Connecticut In the end, tho courta Of tho ono
courts Of tic other garo tho bedroom to llor I'D
vcruary. Tho purpose OF: all this talk B to pro-
pare for tho introduction Of Hiss Sarah Tappte-
bot, tho niece Of Sam ;Tappleoot,, Now York
Miss Sarah, with some Of lor friends. has boon
at camp-nlooting at West Point. Tho French
description Of The oamp-moeting ia very funny.
E.iot rolateu how the Iieu: Jedediah Button do
11r1or 1nf3
instead Tho "Colcbrated Indian Ditsoss--Hoalth
estoratiyo-B-r-1690- Which was to
DO Lad only ut g BoumIs, No. l7s East Twenty
second street" street. EE!loh @ descrlbcs M =, Cd Sam.
broomsoller ut u, q pork-pacler at II, md q
manufacturer Of blacking t2J, who mado fortune
iu cocoa, was repeatedly ruinod ana finally obtab-
tho ladies appoar-Graco Flt1burtS, It(iotrs ox-
,yifo; Bcisy, u tnusic toacher nnd strong mind
cd, and Miss Sarah. Iobe'a do Roche'noTe ID ill.,
trotlucod 10 Sarah, md WHOM tho boat arrives in
Now York aho taAos hia arm and forcbly walks
Linn of, with M'ne. Bctanays " Beware !" sound
in Ills oarD
Tho second act shows uH San. himself in his
private pnrlors Ills frat duty iB to recoivo Fair
far, lawyer, and Jyp Direson, politician, WHO
Common Council. Then his family como to-
gother, Uiysses, his eldoat son, who has just
failod for q million and founded bank upon his
bury, his daughter, whom ho has not seon for a
year !; Col. Nathaniel Flibbuny Ills nowly dis
covered son-in-law, and tho other nlo'la-
bora of the Tapplehot family, including
everybody to dinner, and almost at the ramo
moment the Marquis comes to taho tea at tho
! invitation Of Hiss Sarah. D'fot a1Ho appears,
ind Madame Bei2amy Htops Sam OIL his wny to
dinner with proposition to buy some moro land
in 1afIlobot city. According to Madame Bel
| ian.y and iNr. Hdrlon, tho young latiios of New
York always visit their friends attended, by their
"bea,,x," and 80, aftor dinner, tho room is filled
cyczia Hro,o,,, Mss Cora Ltuings'on afiss Clara
Reawich, and Hiss Lydia PoAemus, zach Mt
tcndod by hor hcau. Miss Sarah forwards hor
conrtship with tia Marquis, and the act euda
her new lover accompanying her.
Tho third oct ta1ep place at Long Branch, and
consists OF buainesa, Iko the SECOND cot, tho
tho amazomont Of tho Freuohuau thnt lo could
] DO wcttlcd ut q soda water fountain, and q pecn-
liar qunrrol botweon Miss Sarah and tho Marquis,
With notification to tho latter from Sam and
Tai'Ja1 that he will be compelled to pay for tho
| injury done to that part Of Sarah 8 anatomy she
| calls her loart. In the last net, dine. Belldmy
J completes her purchase and clrcun1yontB Sam;
his son Ulysses cheats l0 father out Of the cleo
( tiou Tor Common Councilman. FGi,Jar uud the
| Marquis fight with plntols i'll tho Fifth .Avonuo
Hotel, and ovofybody is reconcilcd, nccording to
ru1e. .-..~--.
| M. bafucua play IL not play on American
society and manners. It is not oven caricaturo
upon American society and manuers. Yet it il
bitter md not entirely unjust -Batiro Oh many
things that aro' American. Thip ,satiro III, OF
hays Ind foundation in faot, md wo IRA not
disposed to overlook tho truth it'containB, or to
| cry out III anger against tho los3on it toaohos.
"Unclo Sum is just such n play aa M into]li-
gent foreigner, whoao knowledge Of America wag
drawn from bcoks, and newspapers, and sloldy
tourists, would writo. Tho weakest Character in
tho play is UAcle SAM Tnpp!ebot himeolf, for tho
typo owhich ho il supposed to belong never
Naihaniel FlibJurty on tho other hand, :sntrong,
because Dickens Furnished the ideal for him aud
for Tapp1obot City iu - Martin GAuzzlewt." In
evory part Of tho play aro evitoncos;of II. Sar-
dou'a rouaing. Iepwortll Dixon's = ''Spiritual
| Wives supplied him NTH his jdeas Of tic froo:
love teudeucieH Of f.Amoricau womon. He gon-
ornlizes from tho stories about tho Oneida conf
munity, tho insane utterances OF u fow people
like Mrs. Woodruff and newspaper talk about
Chicago and indiana divorces. Though ho
speaks of tho virtuea of thin country, to his i'm
agination tho whole American Continent is not
MS great In extout, or 10 diversified IN manners
nellamy, who married . Creole, md wont to 1.-Two
In the South is in tho NORTH. Her Western
property-tEe Tapplobot City lotH-is In Ken-
tucky, and hor Southern property on tho line ho-
\ tween Connecticut aua Massachusetts. His idea
Of the behavior Of respectable American ladies' Is
| quiton rs absurd Rs bis notions Of American geog-
raphy. Saral, Tapplebot iB ecarcaly as modest
or Ms woll brod RR the worst Of abandoned
women. At their first interview Blle invitoa tho
Marquis do Roohemoro to take tos with her at
tho Fifth Avenue Hotel. She gets from him
something like writton promise Of marriage
tho same evening, and goeB with him to Sara
toga in the middle u t1e night, spending three
tion. Mrs. Graco Tllbbnrty, described In tho
bills Of the Grand Opera House "a "a married
butterfly. with d penchant for divorces. is