Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 110, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 May 1917 — UNCLE TOM’S CABIN UNDER A BIG TENT [ARTICLE]
UNCLE TOM’S CABIN UNDER A BIG TENT
Harmount and Raiser big scenic production of Uncle Tom’s Cabin is billed to play here under a big tent this Wednesday evening. This .s beyond a doubt the world’s largest and best traveling in their own special fleet of autos and trucks with a cash investment of over $20,000. The company carries 40 people and their own concert band and orchestra. A pack of genuine Siberian k bloodhounds, all special scenery for each and every act of the play and a company of talented actors and actresses capable of producing the grand old play as you have never seen before and may never have the opportunity to see again. Life like senes of the north and south before the war, such as Phineas Fletcher’s tavern and the grand old quaker. Eliza corpsing the. ice pursued by a pack of fierce man eating blood hounds. Little Eva’s southern home with its tropical gardens and magnolia’s in full bloom. The famous New Orleans slave market, the sale of Unde Tom to Simon Legree, the terror of Red River, the death of Uncle Tom and the grand allegorical scene representing Little Eva in the realms of Heaven. The prices have been reduced to 25 cents for children and 35 cents for adults. Seats for 3,000 people.
