The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-10-01
AMUSEMENT NOTES
elsie Of Spice" at The Barre Opera
House Saturday Night.


With fresh scenery, faces, costumes,
electrical and stage effects, the elsie of
Spice" ,. e. Whitney's piquant must
cal mixture comes TO the opera house
next Saturday night
It ia only mythical isle" that is
supposed to lie in the sea of Japan,
somewhere between sakhalin and FOR
mosa, but il il always summer there.
always merry and tnnefnl, and the in.
habitants live their lives as do other
folks; have their love affairs, their
Joys, their sorrows. and make their fun
/ NY little laws. Hence the plot Of the
lplay King Rompopka takes unto him.
self wife every seven years These
wives according 10 a decree Of the king
and his chief advisors, Lord kasron the
court treasurer, and his brother. Lord
Konner, have 10 undergo period oi
training in the Tomb of Silence for seven
years. AT the end Of this time, she Is
supposed to know enough to hold her
tongue, SO she Is released and married
To the king Teresa the hereditary
0wner Of one half the spice fields IN the
I kingdom. has been educated in America,
and while there meets a young officer
lof the u. s. marines. Lieutenant Kat
chalI, and there is q mutual love affair.
Slpon her return to her native isle,
Teresa is selected BY the king for his
ncxt wifo. Teresa, IF course. objects
strenuously to the tomb and the king
\ Kashon and Konner insist that Teresa
90 to the tomb in order to conform
to the law. and to further their own
scheme To place AsbeHa, their ally, on
the throne The king endeavors TO have
the atomb. law set aside, This Is OPP
posed by Kashon and Konner, who are
| planning To get Teresa put away for
seven years, SO as to get possession Of
her rich spice fields. This is the condi-
| tion of affairs when Lieut. katchail
| lands on the island with detachment
lof marines from the II s. gunboat
| Roosevelt. katchall meets Teresa,
| learns the state Of things, and TO pre-
vent the marriage places the island nm
der the flag 81 the United States Two
marines, Mackinaw and OGrady, are
sent up in balloon for practices the
balloon lands on the island near the
! kings palace and the occupants are
taken for messengers from the sun.
These men are introduced to the king
! BY Kashon as magician and an astro
| logger. The Ning commands the astro
logger to proQace money for him, and on
his failure to do so, they are both sent
to the ~Tomh Of Silence" as a substi
tute for Teresa, and then the king or.
ders preparations for hts wedding.
The Lieutenant trains the guns Of his
warship on the kings palace; Teresa
turns over the spice fields to the king;
the sailors are released; the king mar
ries the candidate who has been in the
.'tomb" tAsbenal and there is happy
understanding for all.
The musical numbers in the isle Of
Spice have become famous and con
sist Of sThe Goo Goo Man" Peggy
Brady" "Silly Sailors "You and II
the gorgeous transformation finale,
aThe star If Fate eThe Broomstick
Witches" "Uncle Sans Marines and
others. which are rendered by the great
IB. G. Whitney American Beauty chorus.
The cast consists Of Chas A. Pusey,
Alice Clark, Louise Gould, Carrie Hu
bert. Jack Collins, Frank Sterling, Wal
ter Coupe, Joe Gettings and 0rson Il.
Meyers.