AMUSEMENTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 24 February 1926, Page 1

AMUSEMENTS.

" are you a MASON? ” PR i XCE.SS Tl I KATRE—TO-XIGILT. The above J. C. Williamson success is being presented by the D. J!. O'Connor combination of comedians, and is probably unique as regards plot. Era lilt IViry. a young man of gay habits, promises bis wife when she goes for a itoliday. that be "ill join the .Masonic Lodge by tlie lime she returns. She lias a particular reason for this, as her father, Amos Bloodgoud. is a Grand .Master of the Lodge. I’erry is too busy having a good time while his wife is away to worry about, .Masonic Lodges and when she returns be paints a ■fanciful picture of the initiation at the Lodge, etc. His wife is perfectly satisfied at the explanation, and then she gleefully informs him that he will soon meet a brother Mason, she having jnst received word from l|:er father /the aforesaid Grand Master) that be is arriving at the house that very day. i’erry is completely “ onted ” hut determines to bluff" it out. Father then arrives and his daughter tells him that his son-in-law, Frank I’erry. lias recently become a Mason. Father immediately collapses, as be is a deceiver also, ho bating pretended for nearly twenty years that 'he is a Mason, so that lie ian get out at night for a game of linker and protend lie was a! the Lodge. The two supposed Masons now meet and things begin to 'happen. They both watch each other for .Masonic signs, and oxoruoiatinglv funny situations keep (he audience in one continuous roar of laughter. Musical numbers are well in keeping with the re-t of the story, and the whole collection of fun and melody makes a wonderful evening's enjoyment. The box plans are open at Misses Mclntosh’s, where scats may be reserved without any extra cost.