The sun., 1908-04-14

and Immediately, when Senator Bird and
hls wife, Mrs. Bird. learn from whore they
have walked they give them each 10 drink
Of an old fashioned Bourbon cocktail,
unahak0n.
NrS. Bird has lost a white child Of her
own and knows the suffering OF Ehfd. 80
chs unlooka a drawer and brings forth
the little white kid shoes Of her own child
and gives them TO little HGnI TO play patty
cake and shoot craps In. But across me
yard, as seen from the window, come three
men. Alercifu) heavensl
It's Legreel The old person named
Wilson has called too. 'Liarl' says LeQTee
10 Hr. Wilson among other things. Pull
on your coat, old Sir. WilSA, for a gentle:
man and q eoldior has been called out OF
his name. HoOrarl RevOlvers. Take that
you sooundrell And take that And far
Across Lincoln Square the walters 10 Hea-
lays are rushing 10 tho windows and whis-
peFing In aweslruck tones, 'Whlshtl' Cur
tain.
At the rise Of the next curtain We see
the deck Of q steamboat on lts way to
College Point but which has slowed down
opposlte the back drop, showing the shoot
the chutes Of North Beach,
Don't wait, Legree,' cries Marks Ghe
part Of comedy shyster lawyer. His
words are lost, for Just then on the roof
Of the whselhouse appears Mrs. spoouer
herself a. Ophslid. All, then you should
have heard the hearty cheers And when
she said, 'Haow shiftleas,' we'll
Uncle Tom IL in chains on the deck sur
rounded by a crowd Of manacled smokes,
Le0ree won't even give him drink Of
water although the old faithful slave hasn't
had q drink since Thursday. Legree may
own hla poor old braok body, hut Uncle
nd
character. Lille Erd, brings him a drink.
After that Lihls Rpd goes over 10 the side
OF the steamboat and falls into Hell Gate
and URcle Tom saves her, So Epd's father
buys URcls Tom without even asking that
q pair Of suuspenders be thrown in, be-
cause URcle Tom not only had saved the
uhlld's young life but had brought her
out Of the water perfectly dry
She never got over that duCking, though,
Erd didn't. In the next act she IL seated
In her fathers garden surrounded by
artificial palms and solid gold garden
vases. Uhcls Tom Is now In evening clothes
and is telling her about the bright spirits
sUncie Tom, I've seen those spirits
bright lisps the wlnsome child up
there; up there. I'm going TO join them
soon. URela Tom She has hunch.
Pete's dead, 'too-more trouble. Pete is
Uaels Tome boy. But Eva recalls that
| Pete Ia a little black angel now and Ia happy,
and the old man revives. But his heart
drops again when he learns that 81. Cldir
has sold him 10 Le0ree for % 900 and couple
| Of Smithheld hams.
The little blond haired child learns that
| Tom IL going away into real slavery again
She gathers Tom TO her heart as she re-
| clIues in her invalid tricycle. and asks the
| old man TO remain while she takes a look
at the setting sun for the last time; for she
still has that hunch that she is going to pass
| out soon,
The dying sun is golden in the gardens
! as poor old Uncle Tom bends over her. i
! ace the golden yates ajar," she murmurs
| sTll wait for you there, Uncle Tom
Around her gather the line OF slaves with
! two tall ones as end men, Afar on music
| il playing softly and sobbing Is heard
With a tiny gasp she sinks backward al
the sun drops low, and She's gonel' groani
Uncle Tom. One by one the faithful blacks
chant the refrain, doubtfully, Can yuh tel
me whn nah ErdS gomez And as the
curtain slowly drops the child np and per
ishes. But she was great KID Whlle she
lasted.
There's another act after this in which
Simon gets sOused TO the gills and kicks
| the life out OF Uncle Tom. That's about all
except the tableau showing angels and
stuff
Although Miss Spooner appears on the
stage only for few minutes Of one act
never has she appeared TO better advantage
The support Is more than adequate, but
the play, inasmuch as II is the exposition
OF q political ideal that Is oaviare to the
general is doomed 80 far a. popular success :,,
q concerned Uncle Toms Cabin will
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