ENTERTAINMENTS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 250, 12 March 1913, Page 8

ENTERTAINMENTS.

THE GRKEX ISLE. _ This year a greater effort firm usual is being made to celebrate the feast day of Ireland's patron Saint. On Monday evening next, in the Theatre Royal there will be given a concert' which 'the promoters (the local branch of the Iliberian Australasian Catholic Benefit Society) believe will be one of (be most successful, from an artistic as well as an attendance point of view, that has been' held in this town for very many years. No effort has been spared" to secure the best available local talent, and the promoters are even going to the expense of bringing from Auckland, a lady singer, Miss Ethel Rae, .of whom much has been said in praise by the Auckland press and public. There is a charm about Irish songs that appeals to everyone whether he or she be from the Old Sod or some other part of the Empire, and the programme committee has seen to it that many of the items to be given on Monjday evening are essentially national. Irish and Scotch (lances, recitations, and a specially prepared chorus will complete |an evening's entertainment that must I please all who attend the concert.

EAST EXD BEACH. j In this issue will he found the programme of the land and water sports ■which will be held by the East End! Bathing Committee on Easter Monday. A largely attended meeting of the committeemen was held oh Monday, at which final arrangements were made, and the programme drawn out. The committee has set itself a big task, Lut ; its success in the past is a sufficient guarantee of its capability of carrying it through to a successful ending. Several new features have been included, the chief of which is open to all-comers. (There are already a large number of entries for this event, and as the nominations do not close till the 20th others will probably received. The prize offered is a valuable one, and will depend on the number of entries, but twelve entries will ensure its being £7 7s, while if fifteen compete it will be rafsed to £lO 10s. A novel guessing competition will be held for the younger fry. A large doll will be purchased.* which in its undressed state will be of the value of £1 Is. This doll will be dressed by two of tlie local milliners free of charge, and will 'be, it is promised, a "dream of beauty," The name of the doll will be chosen' by a Wanganui lady, who will post-it to New Plymouth., and the letter unopened will lie placed alongside the doll. 'Competitors will then guess what the name'ls. and the lucky guesscr will become the owner of the doll. Should more than one child guess the name correctly they will ballot for the prize. Bran-tubs, sheep-guessing, donkey rides, and all the usual popular items will be provided, and the Waitara Brass Band has been engaged for the occasion. In the evening a moving picture entertainment will be provided".

"OUR MTSS (fl BBS"-TO-MORROW NIGHT. "Our .Miss- Gibbs," the world-famed comic opera, to be staged at the Theatre to-morrow night by the Merry Widow Opera Company, may be summed up as follows: —A wonderful lot of laughable nonsense,'exceedingly pretty music, and fine- dressing and' mounting,, associated with the telling of a simple story of a shop girl's love. The play, although founded on romance, is intended to amuse, but here and there are touches of emotion and sentiment', which serve to heighten the merriment by contrast. The shop girl", Miss Mary fiibbs, loves ayoung fellow who passes himself off as a bank clerk, but is in reality Lord' Eynesford. When the fact is revealed to Miss Gibbs that her lover is a scion of nobility, she does not become hysterical with exultation at the prospect. Onthe contrary, she casts him olf for having deceived her by courting her under an assumed name. Lord Eynesford's father, the Earl of St. Ives, "is a selfmade man, who takes a broad view of life, and is greatly impressed with Miss Gibbs, whom he accidentally meets. Tt is through him that eventually the pair are, brought together again and" the wedding arranged. Miss Eva Moore is said to fascinate the house with her charming interpretation of the part of Miss Gibbs. The box plan is at Collier's', where the booking of seats is still going along merrily.