The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-11-14
"SHRINERS" TO HAVE "KATIE DID"
 HERE THIS WEEK

Unless all present signs fail, the an nual ShrinerS' night which is sched- uled to take place at Jackson's Thea tre next Friday evening, November IS, is sure to prove a most enjoyable occasion and the gala night of the present theatrical season. Never be- fore in the history of their gatherings has the intense interest prevailed that has been shown in this coming ceIe- bration, and this is due mostly to the fact that for this years offering they have secured one of current seasons greatest musical comedy successes, Katie Did, As has been previously from the works of one of America s greatest musical comedy producers, Joseph Gaites, who has to his credit such we'll known hits as Three Twins, Bright Eyes. Girl of My Dreams, etc. In every city that Katie Did' has been presented, it has met with great and instantaneous favor. and in many instances has been proclaimed the biggest and best thing MT. Gaites has ever offered. AS both Three Twins and Bright Eyes have been seen here and proven record breaking. hits, it can be readily seen that local p1aygoers have an un- questionable treat in store for them selves.
 
 comedy with music and reason, and is said to be fresh and pretty, funny and tuneful and has a snap and vim SO seldom found in comic musicalities. The jokes are keenly witty and entire ly original, the situations excruciat- ingly funny, and though at times there is a dramatic situation or a tenderly pathetic line, they are introduced with deftness and tact which only height ems their enjoyment as a contrast to the fun of a moment before. Another merit of the play is that 1t is abso- lutely clean, and there is not a sug- gestive line or action in it. As to the girls. one critic in his review of them said. "No prettier, more youthful or The show girls are really beautiful, yet have no lack of animation, while the girls are childishly eager and happy in their delightful songs and dances"
 The book of Katie Did'' is, a trans position of that enormously successful and popular farce of a few years ago, My Friend From India. and it is said that in the transposing none of the original humor has been lost. The musical end of the play has been at tended to by Karl Hoschna,~ who has more real money-making successes to his credit than any other musician of the present day. he having written the music for "Three Twins''. Bright Eyes, 'The Girl of My Dreams, Madame Sherry. and others. His musical numbers in this new play are quite up to the standard set in these previous hits, and are of that whist able variety.
 The presenting company is a large and able one, numbering we'll over 60 persons. and is headed by the follow ing well known favorites: May Vokes, John E. Young. Fred Nice. Josie In tropodi, Eveleen Dunsmore. Florence May, Anna Wilkes, Bert Baker, Louis Simon. MT. Gaites has given this play an unsurpassed stage production. while the costumic investiture is said to be gorgeous. .
 The box office will be opened on Monday and Tuesday for the ex- change of those holding Shriners' tick cts. while the general public seat sale will commence Wednesday. Judging from the widespread interest display ed in all parts of the city, an audience of mammoth proportions is expected.