The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-09-17
AMUSEMENT NOTES.
"Bunty Pulls the Strings" at Barre
Opera House September a.

"Bunty Pulls the Strings" will 10 thu
attraction at the opera house on des
day, Sept. "a, and it is fact that nS
| play imported from over the pond il
the last decade has attained so great o
popularity as this same "Bunty Pull:
the Strings One well-known New
York writer claimed that it has devel.
oped a great big wave of "Buntyitis,
and it is spreading very fast and sweep.
ing everything before it, theatrically. 1t
is one OF those quaint, simple comedies
that just get you" SO to speak. Laid
in the early sixties, at the time when
beaYer hats, hoop skirts and other quaint
costumes were the fashion, it lends its
charm to both the eve and ear, and there
is such a quantity of a simple, kindly
sentiment in the piece that it is never
theatric; makes one feel that he has not
been attending theatre, but has been
visiting with a class of folk whom he
never knew, and he was very pleased
with the visit. The charm does not lie
in the plot, for the thread is somewhat
frail.
The comedy is more series of incl
dents in the life of small village in the
interior of Scotland. where the folk
know absolutely nothing of the outside
world, where "Glasca' is considered a
metropolis on a par with London, Paris
and New York The story is about one
Tammas Bggar and his family affairs.
Tammas, when young man, was to
have been married to fine buxom lasse,
but on his wedding morning, fearing
the expense of married life would be too
great, he deserted his bride ODE and
left her waiting at the church" in all
her bridal array, and to shoulder the
expense of the wedding breakfast that
cost a pound in English money As
he afterwards tells her. whenever be
treated her he had to Ego wi'out his
dinner" So he took French leave. and
went TO the small village of Lintiehaugh
where he married the daughter of
prosperous grocer, whose business he in
herited on the death of his father-in
law, He becomes the father of a family
of three, one girl, "Bunty," and two
sons. Rab and Jamie. The latter, through
the harsh methods of his father, runs
away to Glasgow, and straightway be.
comes defaulter to the tune of one
hundred and twenty pounds. Tammas'
wife dies and "Bunty" becomes his
housekeeper in her mothers place.
At the opening of the play Tammas
is in very bad straits, as he has used
money belonging to Susie Simpson, a
old maid, who proposes
to him as the cancellation of
the debt, which Tammas is unable to
pay. About the same time Eelen Dun
lop, the girl whom he deserted 30 years
before, has Unexpectedly turned up, and
Tammas is in quandary. Then "Bun-
ty," who is a master diplomat in her
way, steps in, and begins pulling the |
strings to set matters right. She ar
ranges in the first place to rid her father |
IF his uncomfortable guest in the per-
son of Susie Simpson; also to get the |
character of Eelen, who is known as the |
perpetual bride" and if satisfactory
arrange for their marriage; further she
plans for her own marriage with Weelum |
Sprunt, local carpenter, and for the
love affair of her brother, Rab, and
reenie, his sweetheart. She pulls the
strings so Systematically and so diplo
that no one seems to be aware
If it but herself. and. in the end. smooths |
everything to the entire satisfaction of
LII concerned.