The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1878-06-11
UNCLE TOM.
An Incident Of Two Concerning this
Famous Play.

An Incident OF Two Concerning this
Famous Play.
During the $500 times that Mrs. G. G..
Howard has played Topsy, she has met
with many laughable adventures. 1t was
necessary on one occasion to leave on a
midnight train, after the performance,
for distant city in which to play the
following Monday night. Hurry as they
did, the curtain fell very late, only Civ.
ing her time to seize her travelling cloak
and baggage and reach this outgoing
train. With the Eva of this tour by the
hand and her anxious Howard, loaded
with satchels, the party boarded the cars
while in motion out Of the depot.
Mrs. Howard, who has no time to wash
up, attracted little attention, being ac-
cepted as the nurse of the lovely little
Eva, but once ensconced in their "sec-
tons" the original Topsy seized toilet
satchel and made for the ladies dressing
room. A young colored girl, consider
ing this good opportunity to get ac-
quainted with the other darkey nurse,
followed her in and then she beheld her
supposed cOuntry-wOman undergoing a
transition inky fluid poured over
Topsy's face each time leaving it light
er shade.
Then the colored girl stopped not upon
the order of leaving, but left at once,
shouting through the car, "She's done
come white; fo' de Lord dat niger is
all washin' off! Peers like it was de
soap. Run, boss, an l never will forgin
We. Only get me some of dat ar soap!'
Thus the excited darkey whooped up
and down the car till every passenger
was Oh end with curiosity and anxiety
to know if collision had taken place,
and many a hearty laugh was had with
the quiet little lady who had "done
come white" the night before.
During long run of Uncle Tom "
in an eastern city the family of the
gentle Eva went to housekeeping; and
during the occupation of the elder forces
a small boy-brother of Eva (the Eva
on this occasion being Miss Lulu Prior,
-strayed away and was lost in the
strange city. Moving was suspended
and hunting commenced; but the chile
was not found. Audiences must not be
disappointed, however, and so the pool
little sister was forced to array hersel
for her part, wash off the tears, and try
to forget that her little brother was lost
But during the evening the runaway
was found, and the parents, to relieve
the little daughters mind, took him di
rectly to the theater.
The death scene OF Eva was on; Top
sy, with her apron on her head, crouchec
on the floor. Seeing out of corner tn,
recovered youth, Topsy, said in wits
per: "Hold young observation-disclosures
up
Eva lay On the couch-St. Clair ben
ever her with the question:
"What do you see, Eva, darlingT II
which the dying child was only the re
ply, j,
dead upon The pillow
Just as Eva raised feebly, lifted heI
hand and commenced the broken sen
tence, she spied the rebound brother
With cry of joy she extendel her little
hand toward him, and broke out:
ooh, see, see, he's found! he's there
and l never thought to see my littl'
brother again." then, recollecting he
part, she gave great gulp of fright, fel
back spasmodically to the studied words
and cried out, Glove! Joy! peacen
and dropped her head upon the pillow
The scene was never more affecting
sobs were heard on all sides. The speed
was so heartfelt that the audience fel
sure it was part of the play-that tn,
dying Eva was supposed to hbve vision
of lost brother, waiting on the mystic
shore for the launching of the little iif
leaving this-and many of them, NJ
doubt, feeicheated to this day of cieveI
point by the cutting down of Eva
death speech to the words ;;Love joy
peacel"