Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1907-11-28
PLOT OF THE OPERETTA.
'.The House That Jack Built" Given
Dec e-7. Benefit Public Library.

Dec. 6-7, Benefit Public Library.
Waen the curtain rises, a group o.
fairies has Just discovered the house
TINT Jack built for his mother and
they sing the opening chorus, which
gives the name to the opera, "Oh,
This is the House That Jack Built"
rhey are frightened away BY che aP-
,parance Of Mother Goose and her son
Jack; the boys birthday L. at hand
aud because he has pleased her 80
much in the matter Of the house
Mother Goose has deter
mined to give him a party. She dis
closes her plan and proceeds to give
him q list OF the guests to be invited.
or course this list includes the char
acters who are familiar to us through
the nursery rhymes.
After all have been named, Mother
Goose tells Jack to bring the Humpty-
Dumpty eggs flor use when the Queen
OF Hearts arrives,) lock them in the
house, hang the key at the side OF the
door, then go out and deliver his in
yitations. All this he does and
Mother Goose starts ITO market, to
buy fat pig" in other words she
goes to procure refreshments for the
party.
As soon as the mother and son art
out Of sight, the Knave Of Hearts, who
is the villain Of the play, appears; NJ
informs the Four and Twenty Black
birds and the Three Black Crows thai
thew are not included in the list to b'
invited and incites them to steal tht
key to the house SO that when 'n'
party is in full swing and the Queer
Of Hearts is ready to make her famous
tarts. there will be no eggs and tina
part Of the entertainment will be
failure This is accomplished ex
cept that the action is seen BY SOM
fairies.
Mother Goose and Jack return, tn
guests begin to arrive. Among then
are troops Of flower fairies who sing
.Pl4a.e Mother Goose, May We Com
to Your PartyP" Each and all ar
welcomed graciously. generally VIII
song. and everything moves haPPll
to the end of the first act which close
with the announcements, made D
their respective p ges, that Alng ool
and the Queen Of Hearts, each with
train Of attendants, will grace the en-
tertaiamrnt by their presence.
The second act opens on stag
l
darkeued 10 represent early evening
tie guests are seated on the gras
resting from their sports. The "Ma
in the Moon" appears, is greeted BY
solo, which is followed by a dance Q
Stars and Moonbeams. When thes
fade from sight flourish of trumpet
announce King Cole, who enters wit
his train and is greeted with en-
thusiasm. Another blast from tn
trumpets and the Queen OF Heart
with her beautiful maidens arrive
| Then the fun begins in earnest A.
the guests march by and do homag
to the royal p,ir, many sPeclaltieS ar
given for their enjoyment, but in tn
midst of the merry making 1t
whispered around that the eggs ar
locked within the house and there
no prospect Of tarts, Whereupon tn
fairies tell about the stealing OF th
the key. The poor blackbirds ar
captured and condemned to be bake
in a pie, but before the lid is put OF
the Knave Of Hearts is brought il
confesses his crime, glories in it an
in his misdeeds and is killed in a du'
with the queens little page tn
key is returned by the crows tn
blsckbirds released, the eggs az
brought to the queen and all ends
joyful chorus,