A Red-hot Critic

A new reporter from the wild and West camealong last week full of hope and New Mexico aqnadiente and applied for work. The dramatic critic was sick, and the managing editor pent the new acquisition up to cnticise "Uncle Tom's Cabin." He dropped in about eleven o'clock with tl e following: "This new and thriHing drama was playea for trio nrsi lime ai me upcia house last night after a run of one consecutive night in Harlem to an immense audience. The drama is founded on stirring incidents which were unusually intereetáng about twenty years ago, and would be mteresting yet but for one reason- they are not. It is very sad, but ít is a fact, The principal characters ín the play are some inoffensive bloodhounds and a very savage donkey. The donkey chases a colorea lady across a river full of ice and water.but she snoceeds in getting previous and matóng the fierce pursuing mimal quite subsequent The ice is not real, but the bloodhounds and colored lady are very life-like 'Únele Tom' is a nice oíd eolored man, with a voice like a bas singer in a eoal hole and a state of intoxication. The heroïne is a very dizzy little girl named 'Eva,' who becomes too fly for her years, and goes up in the flies in the third act and a state ot felicity. Il is said theatre managers charge troupes tliis drama doublé rent, because êverybody cries so mucü matine carpeta are ruined. It is a very elevating drama and somewhat oheerful in some parte, especially that part when the curtam ffoes down on the last act. The aetors have played their part so of ten thatthey die very naturally. Some critios say that the saddest part of the play is the thoueht that the actors do nut reallv die. 'Unc!o Torn' is not reallv a colored man. He was borne in Ballynaslough, ( ounty Kerrv and is therefore a Germán, but lic has the dialect down fine and keeps ui) his end." The reporter was told he was a cymc, and would nevcr make a dramatic critic.