“ARE YOU A MASON?”
Scarcely necessary to again remind readers that Mr J. C. W lliamson s new Comedy Company., headed by the celebrated London comedian, Mr Ceo. Giddens, will make their first appearance m New Zealand at Hisi Majesty's Theatre, on Monday evening next, presenting the latest farcical comedy, “ Are You a Mason ?” Certain it is that the bare announcement is sufficient, for both company and piece have been so well boomed that everybody is now jocularly asking everybody else, “ Are You a Mason '?” or “How Old isi Your Mother ?” whilst the booking at Wildman, Lyell, and Arey's is such that success ist assured. With what the Sydney Press unanimously describe as the most brilliant comedy combination that has ever appeared cm the Australian stage, the ladies of which are all beautiful, as well as renowned actresses, wearing the most elegant costumes of the latest designs, and. with a piece that is chock full of laughter-provoking dialogue and situations, what more does one want. Are You a Mason ? yes, from Monday night onwards • _ . The gowns worn by Miss Ethel Knight Mollison are from the latest designs in Paris, created by Mme. Theresa Morgan, of Fifth Avenue' New York. The pastel grey crepe de chene is a masterpiece of' dressmaker's art. The lace, chenile, and chiffon were dved to Older by the art dyer, Mme. Pauline, of Sixteenth-street, New York. The lace coat worn in Act I. is a direct importation from the great French modiste Paquin. r l he jewels worn by Miss Mollison are genuine, each matching in colour the gown it is worn with. The rubies in Act I. were given Miss Mol-
lison by the great American actor, Mr Richard Mansfield, and are said to have been owned by Louis XIV. of France. Miss Eileen Munro wears in Act I. a poppy red cloth. The skirt has a yoke of the cloth, from which straps of the same material, reaching to the hem, are stitched on to the underskirt. The bodice is finished with a vest of ivory satin spotted in red, and has a small turn-over collar, -with a scarf of black ’crepe de chene with long fringed ends. In Act IT. she has a toilette of heliotrope crepe de chene. The skirt is accordeon pleated, with a gathered yoke. The bodice has a deep collar of twine ' coloured lace, fringed all round, with long ends in front. The waist belt is of three shades of heliotrope, and is carried up the bodice at the back, giving a most becoming slope. In Act 111. she wears an evening gown of tucked ivory crepe de chene, the skirt having a cuirass of fine jet sequins, from which depend bunches of grapes of the same. The decollete bodice is composed almost entirely of the sequined net, and has a large choux of orange pannel on the left of the corsage.
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New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume IX, Issue 692, 11 June 1903, Page 11
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