The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-11-06
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WA e Company In u Ilosritn'1-ThoAr-
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nv, a,svsn q, ,ncrgoncy hospital and
= 49, ~ ,,,nrnvinrS the opportunity while
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- 30 !, rcn ,'t plastcrs as big as
presidential election pa'''tS'
! N,yrS ra,,on, from ,heavcn--not real
ss.vem OF course, but Al Initiation
celestial abode madp 81 rnsNnna UP,
risS,s rlcRnty cross, pm lscs' Gnsleaehed
Z .sss,lnr and tnsel. am burned,
banged and battered, ii t'ie Eva IS IN
che next room and Simon LeS''S ID ~
ward 10, sursicaE His hS2' knes and
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climb. to. heaven. 80,
we were all amateurs OF the most
& amataurish. sort and we gave the pinS
s In the. county sRIe opera house ter Ans
4 bAn9IIt OF Svttrtt children who sur Nlveu
: theT sIopcment OF their only mpthcr
With n sewing machine agent. 1t wa
hastily arranged ard was led by Nat-
\ tery into Joining the company for
\ one-niSht stand. The allotmeltS OF tN'
cast. were made by drawing shps frNf'
n hat without, regnrd to the possieIs
h!strunIc talnnt Of the persons con-
d cerratl The result was that by the hfSt
lotSsry Z WIS sslacts,i 10 play Aunt
! oaaslin. and a young woman VINO
works IN. a human hair store dreW
/ Marks, tina lawSer. rhcreunon the plan
OF ut least considering distinction VI
sex was adopted,
ON the second deal came In. for the
privilege OF being Gncits TorL, whIca
atsg Included my standing h tcSs Wigs
Z and baySlg BIKE blondhognds while Eli
IN NpS acttrss as L she had q skate Oh
In the 0hho, river scene Aunt CnLpeS
part devolved upon mite OF 4 miss as
Y high as barrel and the Character OF
3 Topsy was drawn by veritablc giant
ess OF thu. angular sort wEo could
stand hesS1een raindrops without set
ting wet George Harris was n slS-foot-
z two bass singer. ST. Clair was 4 sawed
oft gas-meter man aud Mrs. 81. Clair
was the most cogpulent woman In 1--WE
wards. Aunt 0phena was, a sn!ckertrS
i ls-h-schooi girl and LItths Eva was
one OF those precocious kids who de-
serve. but do not gensrallS receive.
spanking every six minutes for appall-
: ing impUdence which their parents
think funny. Simon Legree was the
man whose goat once ate up my OIL
stove in the back yard and our rcla-
lions have been strained evcr since.
& heard that he retolcel when hs learned
that he, could crack a whip at me and
that h. hoastsd that he would draw
it-nnls court on my back and rnnde
other vulgar and bloodthlrsty remarks.
A Very Stirring Production.
We studied all day and sehearsfd
nightly for two weeks. until things
went pretty smoothly. considering the
disparity OF our sizes and our lack Of
Z intimate acquaintance with things the
atrical When the eventful night came
we logged out In two stages Into the
country and made up" In the village
Inn. It was well that we did noS face
hypocritNcal audience in the opera
= house. for nearly every performer had
more or less difficulty with his or her
costume. In my case my wig was sew
7 eral sizes too large and the padding
which / put on my back 20 deaden the
force % LeSTee's blows, persisted IN
4 working around To my chest. Topsy
blaekened her; face, but not her arms
and George Harris appeared as II
carved from ebony. ST. Clnir wore an
ulster In the midsummer garden scene
ard Marks, the lawyer. Insisted Ga fe7e-
Z stulling history by appearing on 4
bicycle. When lines were forgotten, as
lines viii be. the voice " tho pr0mp-
ter could be heard with startling DIS
tinctrsss, and when I forgot TO do thu
bloodhound act, he shouted: Bay, jim.
bay" In i manner that 50 confused
Z me that Eliza was across the ice be-
fore could even bark like pug dog.
In one Of Topsy's dances she Kicked
her shoe into the baldhcad row and
nearly Drained tho county treasurer.
and In the death-bed scene st. Clair
leaned so heavily on Eva's cot that he
almost smashed Il ard the angry re-
monstrance. Don't You break the bed.
you fool" from Mrs. st. Clair could be
i heard all over the house. In the knock
out scene Legree kept his threat OF al
most doing me UP md acted his part
with 4 natural ferror which was welt
nigh fatal 10 me. Tins we worried
along until I had duly dhd and the
general murder OF the drama had been
completed.
The climax. OF course. was the iEevi-
table, bewildering. beautiful transfor-
nation scene OF Eva and Uncle Tom
in. heaven,ilmminated by one full pound
OF colored FIRE, Eva dressed In white
swiss and wearing bronze shoes and n
Il rel coral necklace. was 70 stand on n
tolSt IN the Dashboard clouds. while
was TO be perchcd with outstretrhed
hands on n l1ddcr near her. wearing
an expression OF perfect satisfaction al
{ the change In my circumstances
Eva reached the joist all right and
climbed the ladder. fourteen rounds. In
safety and posed as I thought a spirit
should pose. The curtain bell Was runc
and Legrce. who was at the bottom OF
the ladder Set of the red fire AS the
curtain ro9e. | do not know what the
audience saw, but my gaze was met
Z by an nprolling volume OF smoke, which
bcdGd no good for Angel Eva on her
ghOst!y Uncle Thomas b. adoption. The
smoke came up at the ratio OF eleven
feet Il second. and az we were only
i!fleen feet away We were soon enyel-
opca. Eva cotlghcd out. "Oh, mamma, i"
ana clutched me around the neck. Then
know-I will swear lt-Lecrrc kick
ed the ladder, Heaven was dIsp4Il",l
Ike dream md the fall must have
been something Ike LucIter's and Ius,
MS rapid, ! think my wig beat me to the
stage and | landed on Legrcr. with one
nand In the red fire. LcEree used pro.
Zane Language right out loud and E,vn
xtruck the top OF the heap, Rcrranlnr,
IKE screcch-0wl, until Aunt OphellI
Marks ana T0psy had sufficient pres.
chCe OF mind n throw some water, nail
anu MI. INTO the scene OF devastation.