The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-03-10
UpROAR OVER UNCLE TOM.
LIVELY TINES BEHIND TIVE SCENES ON
THE PLAYS FIRST NIGHT.
.oicndid Calm Of street Art In
Tr,ing Circunstances The Managers Blus
Atmosphere Eliza on the Ice Cake-The
Fierce Dogs and the Composed Horses.

I, was Iust s o'clock. The din and clancor
b.hind the scenes completely drowned tho
nIsir OF tho orchestra on the other side Of
~. curtain and shut out the turbulent human
hum that came from tho crowded p..5uet
and ,op-heavv galleries.
From below stairs AT intervals sou nded the
toe, having ~ the hounds. A gentleman
from Thompson street made up ov er his own
face with a white wo~,l wig and whisk ers,
sali unelsl'r
-pcm dawgs II break looss Z dem fool
nIcraha don't toxic good ca'ah."
six splendid horses. saddlsd and bridled.
ouiet anil tho din and with a dignity that
pas a reproach 70 tho widowed crowd OF
pushing. iostlins. swearing people. appeared
politely at tho stage door a. though they
had been rolled In on wheels. They were
ready f1r their cue.
T. sd. only Uncle Toms Cabin" but tho
tension hehind the scenes last onday night
was similar 10 that which prevails at an open
fig night Of grand opera, On such COCA
,rrs some ~ tho great song birds have their
Physicians In their dressing rooms 10 keep
item together. on Monday night II was
Js' lse that in Fourteenth street.
only while Jean and Edouard and Nelba
AM Tllucon 70 about trillins little passages
" relieve tho pressure, the Uncle Tommers.
Tie managers anu IUHF HlUes went hhpit Win
SCI faces and blue rings around their eyes
that matched the blue rings around their
language.
only the representative s from
Streets artistic circles were calm. A mighty
peace hrooded over them except sometimes,
when the hounds hark-d and then the whites
Of their ewes would seem 10 wabble. But
there u a repose about the Thompson street
temperament that refu scs 20 he rur'ed by
falling scenery an language that fairly
rs'ied.
Here was q contrast far more mary ellous
than the play itself. which has outliv 81 a
generation. Here the earnest student OF
human nature could see distinct silhouettes
tho over nerved white man and tho nerveless
negro.
The managers voice roa.ed over the crash
ing u the tlnhers, IL said:
Would Won kindly give him this cnrd'"
,..e! a reporter. who wanted 70 ses the
rsnagsr.
4 wouldn't give him anything now for a
hundra t-ioIlar bill " answered the boy.
l"gIo-, with a red bardanna about her
head cancbIcd
-TharsM l-'oh Brady. she said, admirin ely.
''hlt l..le white man in his shirt sleeves that
sweaaeh5 so. He writ the play. Deed. he
id He freed tho slaves"
4 dlgr!t ed co.ured man in street clothes
told her SOY evhs' deliberately 70 shut UP.
and she subsidized The man seemed to have
charge Of the Thompson street delegation
He had a system Of yollow tickets. He gave
them out, and he took them In as II they were
street car transfers.
L looked as though IL mi eht be interesting
e. end out what IL was all about. hut II seemed
e'-n-us ~ .. .,1t.nsal - n -n,.a - l.,l.. |
This oegta!rig was no time or place to Inquire
Into Il. B"sido-. the curtain had gone up.
Pistol shotl and q woman's shrieks were
coming froA the chaotic mass OF trembling
canvas and fr9wc work with calcium light |
ta!irs among u As though IL would all burst
g. 10 a H.."
MAJ The XIV rlne down and hit him In
q" hact oi ~" r"k! DO Won think the audi
Nah, Hear that They'r re clappingl They
think ~ a part 4 The play"
,.s Ai 5sii /, tine Z oco tho 81; mtshty horses were
e3d' the deafeniinnss Din; Men IN I $ cos,up5s
fn'tins shoir heck. sottir in sdmira,i T%s. q
their Rood conduct No one could look Mt
b. ,hrlr compoSurA In the midst Of this Inferno
~ noise and confusion.
A. the horses 60 on the bayinC sounds
louder from below, Growing So. Wild and fer"
tha' the oolored women In their CAV turbsu~
l'aroh under their rouge and the men laugh
w q Gle"r piiver oil the eyes.
Atyor bursts opap. and there stand the dogs
tir-0.ng and painting NJ IN" ends. Of heavy
Showing rcd rs blood.
Tie crowd falls hack respectfully. The
oos~ are The only ones that in this scene have
Q respectful circle left around them, the
dog- and tho manager
They ara oorce, thirsty looking hounds. |
Fran Corn, the blonde ingenue bloodhound
G1r"'- ust on the head aud call nice doggie "
lrr 49," '." "Nnperon. IL muzzled az well
o claimed ~he 4, coal black and bavs IN
Gee? musical minor
N.rr = sUn"ll"d End seems tired He II,
t1Sh"on an Z nol" Tunmcr IN the palmy DAYS
Ia sroIl.s 20 r'r.rarck. his side partner. |
tt.'t
What a fuss tuoy acem TO be making about
'o-g sh' D." stvs INT first nights on
Fourteenth e'roH' lro alAays fierce affairs. |
go t.nr aI seem to act kind Of fossv
W., vs n. 4 .r 70 through this act with
ewes s. md Jumped from one town
'r..' .iiIst up 10 Brunette and asked
q 1N.It t. % wIEllo Sh" was q little short
."rs ~ r', cage hands got CAV at re-
~t"tN.s. I'd. f. f...a of laarlar and 1 took "A