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DRUG EVILDRAMA
ATMAJESTIC SOON
Durants Story Coming in Moving Pic-
tures on Monday and
Tuesday
HENRY WOODRUFF HERO OF PLAY
H. R. Durant, the famous novelist,
and at present one of the editors of the
Munsey magazines, has developed an
excellent story for moving picture pur-
poses in his four-part Mutual Master-
picture, "A-Man and His Mate," now
released in the series inaugurated by
the Mutual Film Corporation in ac-
cordance with its policy of anticipating
the public demand for "better motion
pictures." This drama of the drug evil
was produced for the Reliance Com-
pany under the direction of John G.
Adolfi. It was a costly picture, but
expense has evidently been of no mo-
ment in the masterpictures. A remark-
able cast was -assembled to interpret
the tensely dramatic story.
That celebrated star of the legitimate
stage, Henry Woodruff, famously iden-
tified with the character of "Brown of
Harvard," is the hero. Mr. Woodfuff
is capably supported by Gladys Brock-
well, F. A. Turner, Sam de Grasse,
Walter Long, Josephine Crowell and
Fred Hamer. The scenes are all laid
in the west and move with cumulative
force toward a dramatic conclusion.
This is the story in brief:
A Kentucky colonel-one of those de-
lightful old gentlemen whose very at-
tractiveness is indicative of a weak na-
ture-has gone west for his health. He
has been a morphine fiend, but, due to
the' devoted attention of his daughter,
he has recovered slowly and shaken off
the influence of the drug. This daugh-
ter, Betty, is young, strong minded and
attractive and makes it very clear that
she does not love Taylor, their neigh-
bor back home in Kentucky.
Nor does she love Choo, the young
Chinaman who has just graduated
from Yale as a mining engineer. Tay-
lor has followed her father west to sell
him a mine, but the old man is wary.
He sends Choo to look the property
over, and when the oriental reports it is
worthless the old man turns Taylor
down. Taylor is enraged, but mean-
while another complication has devel-
oped. Betty has fallen in love.
The man that she has centered her
affections on is named Ogden He is of
good family, but a black sheep. Among
his other faults is a tenacious grip on
the morphine habit, and this so demor-
alizes him that he goes from bad to
worse. Just after Betty meets him he
is caught by a posse, tried and convict-
ed of being a horse thief and condemn-
ed to be hung. Betty gets him free,
hides him in her own room and nurses
him back to health. Once he has thrown
off the morphine habit, he tells Betty
lie intends to slip away, see his folks
and come back then with the money to
marry her. He will be back, he says, in
three days.
As Ogden steals away Taylor, who
has been watching, shoots. Not Og-
den, but the colonel, on his way home
with money for his ranchmen, is hit
and killed. Taylor, however, lets Bet-
ty believe that Ogden did it. She plans
her revenge in this way: Telling the
boys Ogden will be back in three days,
she makes them promise to let him
come to her first, saying they can rush
in and lynch him when she rings the
bell three times.
When Ogden does come he tries to

convince Betty of his innocence, but
his efforts are unavailing till Taylor'
appears in a drunken rage and gives
the truth away. It is Choo, who has
loved her all the .time, who saves the
two of them. Killing Taylor, he guards
against pursuit while the lovers flee.
Then he rings the bell. The ranchmen
find him sitting on Taylor's body smok-
ing a cigarette.
"A Man and His Mate" will be shown
at the Majestic theater on Monday and
Tuesday of this week.
"It is good to see her face again," a
man remarked recently. He had just
seen the four-part Mutual Masterpic-
ture, "A Man and His Mate," thrown
on the screen, and the face referred to
is Josephine Crowell's. Miss Crowell's
motherly fineness gets into film as it
gets into the lives of her associates,
and she bids fair to become as popular
with enthusiasts who view her only
in pictures as she already is with her
numerous friends at the Mutual's
Hollywood studios in Los Angeles.

TWO
IN

EXCEPTIONAL ACTRESSES
MUTUAL MASTERPICTURE

Beautiful women warring for a man's
heart have rarely been more attrac-
tively personified than by Mary Alden
and Billie West in the four-part Mutual
Masterpicture "Man's Prerogative,"
which will be shown at the Majestic
theater on Friday and Saturday of this
week. Miss West is already famous
for her beauty with the devotees of
the movies, and Miss Alden is known
as an actress who specializes with
success in character parts and emo-
tional roles that require particularly
dignity tempered by force. Both have
long been identified with the produc-
tions D. W. Griffith, the world's most
famous director, lays his magic hand
on.
Edeson in Mutual Masterpicture
Robert Edeson, star of "Strongheart"
and for years the idol of the matinee
girl's heart, has deserted the legitimate
stage to appear in motion pictures.
His excellent impersonation of the par-
son, called by westerners a "sky pilot,"
in the Mutual Masterpicture "On the
Night Stage," has been followed now
by his dignified characterization of
Oliver, the famous lawyer, who plays
the leading role in the strong drama of
life and sdciey, "Man's Prerogative."
Gets Arrested for Playing Ills Part
Walter Long, who takes the part of
Taylor in the four-part Mutual Master-
picture by H. R. Durant, autho and
editor, was arrested the other day,
much to the amusement of his friends.
It wasn't so amusing to Long. He
feels that kind friends will manage to
mention in company for some time to
come the fact that he was, to quote the
vernacular, "pinched." "Remember
that time you were arrested?" will be-
come a favorite phrase with them. It
all happened after Taylor fired the
shot that laid the colonel low. An en-
terprising constable didn't wait to ask
any questions, but arrested Long on
the spot, and it took a lot of explaining
to make it clear to his official intelli-
gence that it was only for the movies.
Famous Author Writes Masterpicture
H. R. Durant, author of the four-part
Mutual Masterpicture "A Man -and His
Mate," has had a distinguished career
as a writer of novels and an editor. He
is now one of the big editors on the
staff of the Munsey publications. Sev-
eral of his novels have run through
many editions and been listed among
the best sellers, but he is devoting his
attention now mostly to the photo
drama. While he is a master of dia-
logue and enjoys writing plays for the
stage, he says that moving pictures, to
his mind, have the biggest future of
any of the arts. "A Man and His
Mate" will be shown at the Majestic
theater on Monday and Tuesday of
this week.
De Grasse as an Oriental
Sam De Grasse, one of the most
popular of the Mutual stock company
actors, has surpassed all previous per-
formances credited to him by his re-
markable impersonation of the China-
man in "A Man and His Mate," the
four-part Mutual Masterpiece by H. R.
Durant, author and editor. This China-
man is an engineer and a graduate of
Yale. The way Mr. De Grasse sug-
gests at once the underlying oriental-
ism and the superficial western polish
is commendable.
Henry Woodruff in Masterpicture
Henry Woodruff, remembered for his
appearance in Henry Miller's produc-

tions of "Brown of Harvard" and
"When We Were Twenty-one," was
long the most popular juvenile one the
American stage. His curly blond hair
and the long lashes that drooped so fas-
cinatingly over his deep blue eyes was
the despair of adoring matinee girls.
That his classical features lose none of
their charm in the silent drama is
shown by Mr. Woodruff's appearance
in the leading role of "A Man and His
Mate," the four-part Mutual Master-
picture which will be shown at the
Majestic theater on Monday and Tues-
day of this week.
Kent Coming in Movies
S. Miller Kent, famous for his work
in the stage production of "Raffles,"
appears in "The Cowboy and the
Lady," Wednesday and Thursday, at
the Majestic.

OFFICIALS DISCUSS MEANS OF
SETTLING REGATTA PROBLEMS
Transportation, Booths and Prizes to
Be Better Than Those of
Former Years .
Transportation, booths and prizes
for the annual Boat club regatta have
been the subjects of discussion in re-
cent meetings of the officers of the
club and the regatta committee chair-
men. The surpassing of those of for-
mer years is the goal that has. been
set by the club supporters. At a meet-
ing of the chairmen set for 10:30
o'clock Sunday morning at the Union,
manyof the other questions will be
decided.
Taxicab concerns in Ann Arbor are
being interviewed, and reasonable
terms are expected for carrying the
crowds to and from Barton pond on
the day of the aquatic carnival. The
Michigan Central authorities have
been consulted and they have agreed
to run a special train at low rates to
the grounds, provided sufficient guar-
antees be made by the water organ-
ization. After the final figure is set-
tied by the company, it is expected
that the club will meet the guarantee.
R. C. Jeter, '16E, will be in general
charge of the transportation work.
Concessions for "hamburgers" and
similar stands will be sold to various
local business concerns, while ice
cream cone stands and the like will
be under care of fraternities. A lov-
ing cup will be presented to the fra-
ternity stand which sells the most on
the day of the regatta. Ample pro-
visions will be made for furnishing
the crowds with suppers. Most of the
medals and cups to be awarded for
winners in the different contests have
beerf arranged for. Sidney T. Steen,
'16E, is in charge of the prizes com-
mittee.
-William J. Hiller, '15, has been ap-
pointed assistant actuary of the Old
Line Banker's Life Insurance com-
pany, of Lincoln, Neb. He will assume
the duties of the office on July 1.
-To assist campus beautification, an
iron railing has been erected along
the walk in front of the pharmacolog-
ical and economic buildings. Most of
the grass along the walk has been de-
stroyed and. the department of build-
ings and grounds hopes to repair the
lawn with the protection of the rail-
ing.
Photo-Plays Coming to the Majestic
Edmund Breese, the eminent dramat-
ic star, will be seen in a five-part
play, "The Shooting of Dan McGrew,"
from the poem of Robert W. Service,
at the Majestic soon. Other big mo-
tion picture features coming, are Mrs.
Fiske's greatest stage success, "The
High Road," in which Valli Valli will
play the leading role, Richard Hard-
ing Davis' "Captain Macklin," and
"The Cup of Life," with Bessie Bar-
riscale.
WORK OF ELECTRIFICATION OF
NEW POWER HOUSE SPUR BEGUN
Work has begun on the electrifica-
tion of the power house spur of the
'Michigan Central railroad. All of the
material for the overhead construction
has been received and poles are being
put up along the line at present. The
electric locomotive, which will be used
on the spur, will arrive about June 1,
and the department of buildings and
grounds of the university expects to
have the trolley line ready by that
time.

LAST CALL ISSUE! FOR CLASS
TRACK MEN AT FERRY FIELD
Intramural Director Rowe again is-
sues a call for class track men to
turn out and practice at Ferry field
this week. Owing to the inclement
weather of last week it was impossible
for many men to get any practice, and
it is extremely necessary that they
turn out this week so as to get in con-
dition by the last of the month, when
the annual meet is to take place.
Director Rowe is willing to help any
men who will report to him, and it is
hoped that many men will take advan-
tage of this excellent opportunity.
Tau Beta Pi Holds Faculty Reception
Tau Beta Pi, engineering honor fra-
ternity, held its annual reception to
the members of the engineering col-j
lege faculty and their wives Friday
night at Granger's academy. Follow-
ing the reception a dance was held for
the guests.

AT THEMAJESTIC
The management of the Majestic
will continue to offer the greatest
photo-plays that are produced in the
country. Mr. Herbert will see the pic-
tures in Detroit during their first run,
and will engage them just as soon as
they are released front the large cities.
Some of the early bookings will be
Miss Emily Stevens in the highly in-
teresting photo-play in five acts "Cora."
Miss Emily Stevens is the well-known
New York star who made such a great
success in "Today." Miss Stevens is
a niece of Mrs. Fiske and received her
training with her in her greatest plays.
One of the stars that Manager He-
bert will bring to the Majestic is
Howard Estabrook, the well-known
Detroit boy, who was with William
Collier a number of years and has now
gone into pictures. Francis X. Bush-
man, now a permanent Metro Player,
will soon be at the Majestic.
Ann Murdock undoubtedly one of the
foremost present day dramatic act-
resses and the youngest star now ap-
pearing on Broadway will be at the
Majestic with Max Figman with that
other well-known star William Faver-
sham. There is no greater star than
William Faversham-and by reason of
his connecting with B. A. Rolfe for ex-
clusive and sole appearances in Rolfe
productions, exhibitors on the roster
of the Metro Pictures corporation, in
addition to the dozen other big names,
will have one more real big one to
juggle with.
Plays that will be seen in the near
future will come from the pen of
David Belasco, George Broadhurst,
George Ade, Edgar Sheldon, Sir Gil-
bert Parker, George Bronson Howard,
Channing Pollock and Hallie Erminie
Rives. The Metro policy is nothing too
big, nothing too costly-if it only ap-
peals to the patrons of the theaters
like the Majestic and such theaters
where the Metro pictures are shown.
One of the great stars that have
just signed a long contract with the
Metro corporation is Mme. Olga Petro-
va. This wonderful star was being
sought after by numerous big produc-
ing companies and when she signed
her contract with Popular Plays and
Players she said, "I want to make
other pictures because it, to me is
one of the greatest forms of divertise-
ment for the people and the greatest
form of testing the actual powers of
an actress. One conveys by a shrug,
a gesture, a movement, what,- in the
spoken drama, requires 10 minutes of
speech. I received my early training
in the great schools of Europe, where
we were drummed with pantomime.
Now I have the opportunity of using
that schooling and besides I love the
work." Acting upon this gentle in-
ference, the directors forthwith offer-
ed her a blank contract, with the sal-
ary, number of years and dates blank.
To this wonderful actress's credit let
it be said that when she filled it out
she wrote in the space allotted to
salary a sum of $100 per week less
than she received for the first two pic-
tures in which she worked.
The prices at the Majestic will be
10 cents at most all photo-plays. Once
in a while great pictures like the
"Hypocrites" that cost twice as much
to bring to Ann Arbor as the ordinary
pictures that are shown in most
houses, and the prices will be advanced
for that production. These great pic-
tures that the prices are raised upon
have been shown in New York city
and Chicago and other large cities for
$1.50 a seat, but in Ann Arbor the

prices will never be higher than 10
and 15 cents at matinees and 20
and 25 cents in the evening. The great
feature pictures will be advertised well
in advance at other times. The prices
will always be 10 cents.
Knows How to Act in Kentucky
When it comes to dealing with Ken-
tuckians, Henry Woodruff, the dis-
tinguished actor who plays the lead-
ing role in the four-part Mutual Mas-
terpicture, "A Man and His Mate," by
H. R. Durant, author and editor, knows
how to act in more ways than one. In
this photo drama Mr. Woodruff takes
the part of the suitor for the hand of,
the daughter of a Kentucky colonel.
When the director began giving Mr.
Woodruff his instructions for winning
the heroine's love, the actor interrupt-
ed: "I know how. You see I've been
in Kentucky," he said. "First you fix
dad up with his mint julep and then
you go walking with daughter."