Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-06-04


submit. tothe rule d Zsphra and calls upon
his commander. SCION. - .ead The revolt
against the Queen. Scion refuses, and
comba. takes place between the tvo. SCION
beng di.aImed. Dec.ls spares him. how
ever. thinking he Will have plenty q fol-
lowers iu his revolt. The champions Of
the Queen come on the scene and the sol
d.-rs of Dec.us dese-; him. He is then
ordered bau.sh-i from the kingdom, but
before be leaves be is brought face 20
face with the fairy. who calls 70 mind The
promise which be made 20 befTiend the
Princess.
Then follows an exhibition Of magic
I power. Neyera being reunited with Juna.
/ This scene .s III the frozen palace Of dia-
mouds and there are severa. tablezux. The
/ chorus renders popular songs, including
/ Mistress Mary, "Bastus on Parade.
[ etc. George Ch.lis appeared as a charm
/ ing soubret,e and sang Louisiana Lou,
Z With chorus.
/ The mos, notable feature OF The pr03uc-
/ ton came in the Amazouian march, in
which u young women joined. There
were six different sets Of costumes.
/ Of velvet, plush and satin, heavily span
/ gleJ. and the central colors By fOurs be-
/ ing purple. red, pink. green, brown and
/ lavender. NlsOrs. shields and spears con-
pleted the Amazonian garb. The com
/ pany went through the drill in strictly mil
I itary style f1rmn g in ;wOs. fours and
/ Fights, breaking without falter, and re-
/ uniting 10 a hollow square. phalanX. etc.
/ The audience broke out into applause re-
/ pe4ted.y as the different evolutions revealed
/ new pictures Of precision and beauty.
Scene fourth is again in the garden and
/ the blessing Of Unis comes to all who are
/ loyal ~ the Queen. Tie grand transfer
matioA scene is one Of the finest eXhibi-
/ tons Of the kind ever seen on the stage.
| and a series Of tab,eaux with shifting
/ scenes brings the delightful performance
/ 70 a close
/ The audience was cOnvulsed with laugh
ter and insisted On more Of the "danse
/ eccentric which Marjorie Crosby and
/ Helen CLilts gave before the curtain dur
! ing the preparation for the transformation
scene. They were in costumes which sug-
/ ges,ed "kids Of the patch and executed
| an Irish ll.t with complete abandon.
Mrs. James Pul.en looked and acted the
| Queen 20 perfection. The par. is a speak
ing one, without singing and in the adj
/ dresses 20 her subjects and in the stormy
scene with Decius, the role was filed with
becoming dignity. Alice Holbrook Of At
! tleboro, Mass, as Neyera, showed dramatic
ability Of high order. Ida Partridge was a
beautiful and graceful fairy and her lines
were handled with effect. Minnie BrasOr
/ lF.oraj gave a finished rendition OF her
/ part. and told the story Of Duc.us cruelty
/ with tue el0cut.0nary effect
The houors Of the cast were easily with
/ Frank Brasor. NJ. B-asor has previously
I given evidence Of rare natural talent. bu,
the naughty and arrogant Decius gave him
his frs, opportunity 20 display his his,ri-
/ onic ability a; its best. His singing. also was
highly enjoyable l. X. Willis OF Pitts
field. Mass. AL old-tine Bra,tleboro favor
tie, was warmly greeted as Juna. the
1 prince. His rich baritone voice was heard
1 70 good advantage in solos and duets. E
+. CoXson as Alexis, the Queens chamber
lain; J. II. Es,ey as Scion, captain Of
Decius's guard: and Edward Morse as
Thoras. herald OF the court, filed their
roles with dignity and ability.
Performances Of Zephra will be given
| this evening and tomorrow evening and
| there will be a matinee tomorrow after
noon, when there will be special prices. es-
pecially for the children. The participants
in the dances. and the chaperons Of the
several corps, are as follows:
| BROWNIE ChAperous. Mrs W Cbil5s
! Ms y 7. Websteri-Arthur scott. Car. Ellis
| Fred Norse. Lawrence White, Lister Barber.
] W III Richardson. harry Knight Ralph Petite
| Harry Bingham, Lawrence Barber Glenn Jones
| Edward LEONARD, Rollen White. Horace Scott.
| NEwsBaYs- ChAperons, Mrs. Geo c. Averil
| Mrs Geo. 4. Eels Geo Chids H : Wellman
| Kendall Severance. Carl LeitsinE-r. l. |. Allen.
| Chas. Stolte Robert Mitchell
L. CIGALE- Chaperons: Ms. : O. Miner. Mrs
! T .. Whitney Blanche Powers Ellen Hunt.
| Edwards Grace NcQuaide Bella Coleman. Rose
| Putnam Leonora Richardson. Harriet Barrows
E6wina Whitney. Ethel Randall Addie WarpeT
| MAb-l Barr0ws. Louise Davenport.
GRAcEs Chaperons: Mrs. H F Brooks. Ms
| 6. +. Barber Edith FAIR. Grace Eels. Aimee
| Jones, Maud Young Julia Allen.
| NAIADs- ChaI-rons Mrs.C H Thompson. Mrs.
| Hall, Cora Pratt. Stella Stickney, Barbara Muir.
! ply Catherine Dunlevy, Lena Henkel Florence
| Lamson. Edith Parkess
New WoNEN-J Estey r B. Putnam louis
! Henkel Harry Randall L. Z. Miller.
| BLACkHIRDs- Chaperons Mrs. Frank Burnett
| Mrs ". H Minor Blanche Powers Hattie tir1,.
ware CAME LayrlIe Mary Frost Grace Me.
! Quai1e Nellie OIeary. Josie TYLER Hattie
! Young. Zetta Weld, Elizabeth Tuthiu. Helen
Leonard, May Spear.
MERRY G.-RoCNp - Ghaperons: Mrs. c. W
! Durham. Mrs. + X Barrows Elizabeth White
! Lillian Cray, Charlotte kiiier, Mary CuniiT
| Mabel Hunt. Alice Colt. Meta Stolte Pearl Glib
son. Marcia Parker Layiuia Lawrence Putb
! Chllcs Ruth Hunt Nellie Dunevy. Edna Hardy
| May Layelie Emma Hardy. May Coleman. Ethel
| Durham.
| ROYAL GUARD>- Chaperons: Mrs H. H. eros
! by Mrs V. o. Jones MAZE Durgin bora Mitch.
! ell, Edith Greene. Florence Wellman Sarah Perry
| Bessie Reed. Anna Austin. Carrie Vaughan Mar.
| jorie White. Florence White Meta Schilimil-r
| Lena Schildmiller. Rose Putnam Adele Childs
| Luanna Franklin, Cressy Mclean: Lucia Foster
| Celia Brian, Minnie Haskins Mary Messer, Minnie
StocEwtn Louise Kinson. Elizabeth Kenney
| Zllla Streeter.
| TENoRs-H ". Wood h W Eddy. F. R Dur.
| gin, Frank Nichols Guy Howe e Y Morse
| George Childs, J. f. Haynes. L. l. Allen, II s.
| Wellman, W. 5. Stearns, John Robinson
| BAssEs-D. c. Webster, c. F. Bingham, F. Car.
! ruthers. Eric Landry, {. II. Thompson, A. H.
brasor' v 5 hszer, Clayton Hackley. W. P. De-
| vine, Z. A. Smith, w S Pratt