The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-02-24
AMUSEMENT NOTES
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Use q splce. :

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Nath fresh scenery. faces, costumes
electrical and stage effects. the Isle 81
Spice 3, 6 Whisney'S piquaul musical
mixtures comes 20 the opera house next
/ Friday evening Feb. p. Ii IS only
mythical isle that Is supposed 10
lie III the sea OF Japan. somewhere h..
tween Sakhalin and Formosa. bat Il IS
always summer there, always merry ard
tuneful, and the inhabitants live their
lives as do other folks haYe their love
Affairs, their joys. taeir sWrows. ans
make their funan littie avs Z
the plot q the play King Bompopka
takes unto himself vito egers zen
Years. Each Of these wives. according
70 q deelae q The king and has chief
advisers, Lord kash0n the court treas
urefs and his brother. Lord Konnor. has
te undergo j period Of training III The
tomb q silence for seven wears. At
the end Of this time slie i supposed to
know enough 10 held her tongue, rs
she is released and married to the King.
Teresa, the hereditary owners of one
half IF the spice fields in the kingdom.
has been educated ia America. and while
there meets a Young officer 81 the Laited
states marines Lieutenant ketehalI. and
there Is mutual love affair. Upon
her return 10 her native isle. Teresa
Is selected by the king for bis next wife.
Teresa. Of course objects streauouslv
10 the tomb, and To tire king Kashon
aud k0nnor insist that Teresa 80 10
the tomb III order to conform "a the
Law, and 10 further their own scheme IL
pace Asbena, their ally. on the throne
The king eiDieayors to have the tomb
law set aside. This Is opposed bv Kash.
on and Konnor who are planning to pet
Teresa put away for seven years 80
as 70 get possession o. her rich spice
fields. This is the condition Of affairs
when Lieutenant Ketehali lands Oh the
island With . detachment oi marines
from the Emitted States gInboat Roase.
Welt ketehall meets Teresa, learns the
state Of things. and io prevent tlia mar
riagc places tlp island under the FLAG
ol the United States Two marines,
Maekinaw and OGrady. are sent lip IN
a balloon for practice the balloon lamis
on the island near the kings palace, and
the occupants are taken for messengers
from The sun. These men are introduced
to the king b. kasaon as i magician
and an astrologer The king commands
the astrologer 10 produce money for him.
and on his failure to do 80. they are
both sent TO the tomb 81 silence as a
substitute for Teresa. and then the king
orders preparations for his wedding.
The lieutenant trains the guns 81 lii |
warship on the kings palace. Teresa
turns over the spice fields to the king, /
the sailors are released. the king mar.
RES the candidate who has been n the
tomb Asbena) and there Is happy |
for al
The musical numbers ia Tho Isle oi /
Spice have become fa0oas and consisl I
Of The Goo Goo Man Peggy Brady. i
silly Sailors" "You and / = the gor
geous transformation fine, THE star Of /
Fate THE Rroomstiek Witches, In /
lie Sans Marines" and Others which /
arc rendered bs the great 3, G Whitney /
American Beauty chorus.
The cast ii headed BY that famous +
comedian. Charles A. Pussy, supported 4
81 Bert Wainwright Frank Woods,
lack leslie. } A Armstrong, Louis CONS
stock, Marie I.aDue fouise Gould, Mi
lerpa Chnnbaire Relle Tufts. Margier
Ne Wood. Lulu Mefnmber. Maud Yale,
Alma Heller Viyian Langton and a host
II other wellknown artists.