E MICHIGAN ................. in Theatrical Ciro All TH' )AJSC .1 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. I 6' illiam Gillette, Blanche Mari