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The Majestic will offer an entire
new bill of vaudeville which opens
Monday matinee, and the bill is one
that is full of variety. The opening
number is the three Dixon sisters who
have an artistic dancing novelty act.
They also sing and play the banjo.
Wallace & Rose are two men who
bill themselves as "The Two Noble
Nuts;" they have a lot of smart dia-
logue and sing a couple of songs at
the finish of the act, and as both men
possess good voices they put their act
across to a decided hit. Win. B. Mor-
ris and Grace Thurston offer the
miniature musical farce, "Whose Little
Girl Are You." This number is a
comedy sketch that is interloped with
songs and dances. Morris & Thurs-
ton were the stars of the above named
and other tabloids for the past several
seasons and they have boiled a tabloid
down to about 18 minutes. Hopkins
& Axtell are a man and woman pre-
senting a singing, talking, dancing act
with a special drop showing the in-
terior of a sleeping car; they manage
to get a lot of comedy from the trials
and tribulations of a railroad journey
from coast to coast. The four Lloyds
are four men who have the best cast-
ing act in the show business and these
men are acrobats who work with
speed, and the daring tricks they per-
form hold the audience in suspense
until the finish of their number.
qs,.NfRZOCK HOLMEIII %
\Vhitney theater, Tuesday, April 6.
vill play here. Her final English
nph came when she was "com-
Led" to appear in "Diplomacy" be-
the King and Queen at Windsor.
Bates is credited with having
d dne of the most emphatic suc-
s of her career as Countess Zicka,
ole giving her ample opportuni-
for the display' of those forceful
artistic capabilities to which she
her fame.
iplomacy" is a splendid vehicle
he three actors, since each has
idual opportunity in roles of even
equal importance. The play it-
is unquestionably Sardou's great-
work and needs no introduction
Its intensely absorbing story,
1 times gripping one's interest, its
characterizations, and its tense
tions have all tended to make the
a a classic since its premiere
iplomacy," is perhaps, to Amer-
the best known of Sardou's
> since many famous productions
he past have made the drama
iar. Its subtlety of plot, the hu-
ty of its characterization and the
gging interest maintained in the
as Sardou unfolded it, are not
n the American adaptation. Mr.
man, has produced "Diplomacy"
his customary attention to de-
and good taste. The four acts
ay settings that are splendid
mens of scenic art.
e company surrounding the three
contain such distinguished play-
s Bertha Fordyce, Jeffreys Lewis,'
.e Sheridan, Gustave Von Seyf-'
z, Elliott Dexter, Norman Tharp,
;io Majeroni, Henry Dornton,- and
William Gillette, Co-star with Miss Blanche Bates and Marie Doro in "Diplomacy" at the Whitney theater, Easter
Monday, April 5.
with Chauncey Olcott at the Whitney
theater, Tuesday night, April 6.
"Damaged Goods" Coming Here Soon
Manager F. Butterfield of the Whit-
ney will offer Richard Bennett's Co-
workers, in Eugene Brieux's eugenic
drama, "Damaged Goods," on Thurs-
day night, April 8.
"Damaged Goods" sets forth the
truth in so living a manner and with
such clean artistic force that the mind
is impressed as it could possibly be in
no other manner. With a blinding
flash of truth, the play reveals the
hideous possibilities of evil to the in-
nocent as well as to the guilty.
MAJESTIC REVIVES,
BIG COUNTRY STORE
Theater Management to Offer Feature
Affair on Wednesday Night
March 31
WVILL GIVE AWAY $100 IN PRIZES
Manager Frank H. Butterfield, of
the Majestic theater, announces that
on Wednesday night, March 31, the
Majestic will give another "Big Coun-
try Store," and on that night will give
away $100 in prizes absolutely free.
These prizes have been donated by
the leading merchants of Ann Arbor,
and will consist of about 35 articles
consisting of groceries, meats, furni-
ture, clothing, shoes, etc.
Seats for the "Big Country Store"
night are now on sale and if you are
going you had better get your seats
early. No seats will be held after
7:00 p. m. Wednesday.
For list of prizes donated by the
leading merchants of Ann Arbor, see
the Majestic ad in this paper.
SPORTING EXTRA INTERESTS
GREAT SHAKESPEAREAN ACTOR
Robert Mantell, while devoted to
Shakespearean stage art, does not
spend all his spare moments pouring
over the Variorum, but finds ample
time to read the sporting extra. The
World's Series interests him quite as
much as a man, as a new point of
view of "Hamlet" interests him as
an artist. The sporting blood tingles
so strongly in Mr. Mantell's veins in
fact, that he has bought a race horse,
with a pedigree as long as Noah's,
and this horse is a trotter named
Hobe. She is only three years old now
and has not yet appeared on the track.
Mr. Mantell is having her carefully
trained at his summer home at At-
lantic Highlands, N. J., and he expects
some day to "bring home the bacon,"
as he expresses it, falling from
Shakespeare into the vernacular of
the sporting editor. Mr. Mantell'is
engagement at the Whitney is Satur-
day, April 24.
CHAUNCEY OLCOTT COMING IN
"THE HEART OF PADDY WHACK"
Chauncey Olcott started his road
tour in January, after having played
his usual long engagements at the
Grand Opera House, New York, and
the Walnut in Philadelphia. "The
Heart of Paddy Whack," which Rachel
Crothers wrote for him, is said to be
superior to any play in the Olcott
repertoire. Its scenes are laid ii
a rural Irish town in the time of the
Georges, and in it Mr. Olcott plays the
BlIEUX'S "WA3AGED GOODS"
COMING HERE ON APRIL 8
Richard Bennett's co-workers in
"Damaged Goods," Eugene Brieux's
sexual drama, is to be the offering at
the Whitney theater for Thursday
night, April 8.
The endorsements generally given
to Brieux's dramatized sermon are all
favorable. The effect of the play is
wholesome. There is no vulgarity or
Three Dixon Sisters at -the Majestic, Monday, Tuesday,
29, 30, 31.
Wednesday, March
role of a bachelor full of day-dreams
and sacrifices, wioo enters upon a love-
story that is said to be full of senti-
ment and humor. Mr. Olcott's new
songs this year include a half dozen
ballads while his audiences have forc-
ed him to sing "Tipperary" and several
of the old time favorites in his musi-
cal repertoire, "My Wild Irish Rose"
and "Mother Macree" being among the
number. He is booked for an en-
gagement here at the Whitney theater,
Tuesday night, April 6.
Will Appear in New Comedy
Chauncey Olcott's engagement at
the Whitney theater, Tuesday, April 6,
will bring this favorite lyric star, un-
under Henry Miller's direction, in the
new comedy which Rachel Crothers
wrote for his vehicle this season. "The
Heart of Paddy Whack" is the quaint
title of the new play, which is de-
clared extremely different from the
usual type of Celtic dramas. Its story
is a bachelor's romance' set in the
picturesqueness of old Ireland in 1830.
In it Mr. Olcott introduces a half doz-
en new songs and ballads especially
written for him.
unnecessary fact. It offers a strong
argument against hypocrisy and
makes a tremendous appeal for the
decencies. It has developed into one
of the greatest sermons ever prea.ched
from stage or pulpit.
Chauncey Olcott to Appear Soon
Manager Frank Butterfield of the
Whitney, announces the coming ap-
pearance of Chauncey Olcott in "The
Heart of Paddy Whack." Mr. Olcott
comes direct from his long engage-
ments in New York and Philadelphia,
having played his twentieth annual
engagement at the famous old Walnut
Street theater in the Quaker City, New
Year's week. The success of "The
Heart of Paddy Whack," which Rachel
Crothers wrote for his tour this sea-
son, has been so great that Mr. Olcott
has not been many miles from New
York since he opened in September.
He is under the direction of Henry
Miller.
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