THEATRE 11 I' Sun-on-7-8-All star cast in "The Other Men's Shoes" and Harold Lloyd in "From Hand to Mouth" a two-reel comedy and colored review. Adults 35c, children 10c. Tues-Wed-9-10-Shirley Mason in "Her Elephant Man" with a kinogram weekly and comedy, "Chicken Chasers." Adults 30c, children 10c Thurs-Fri-I1-12-All star cast in "The Gay Old Dog" with a comedy, "Good Little Brownie." Sat-13-"Mother Love and the Lay" with a news weekly and comedy. ~JAPANESE EMPEROR" GIVES U. S. OFFICER HIGH HONOR Washington, March 6.-The 'emper- or of Japan has conferred the "Order of the Rising Sun" on Lieut. Col. Wil- Liam L. Redles of the United States' Marine Corps, and the decoration is now at Marine Corps headquarters IMAJESTIC SUNDAY - MONDAY - TUESDAY I "Sonia, " Work of Stephen mcKenna, £4dmirable Story THE NEW BOOKS Seen and He, in Picture Satisfies Whole Family " " r l- 1 °A MI 10; TT^. ro- 'Dllhliah_ in "Broken magazine and in "Eye for I I i SCHLANDERER & SEYFRIED SUET Y: from ight S. State HOBART BOSWORTH, LEN 11[X!3 Nldll i13 4 SEYFRID ' Eua[grys FR i q . rued silnn rrn + e JEWELERS -of - Quality and Service 113 E. Liberty St. Ann Arbor. Mich Ein E" "BEHIND THE DOOR" S-IC SH. I NCE Presents. * ldmb 1 R. '+-" S I. PH I." I tI i& I~~~~~~YY " .aaol!r~hV6'C~r TH Character Analysis and Study of Eg- lsh Schools Makes Production Praiseworthy (By Stewart T. Beach) In such a period of post-bellum transition as that through which we are now passing, when educators are noting with interest and even alarm the apparent tendency upon the part of studentshtohsit back in their chairs and allow their fellows to carrq' the brunt of the work upon the campus, we may well take it upon ourselves to consider our present school system and ask ourselves if such a condition is the foreshadowing of any impending change in our present mode of college life. We might even wonder if the out- come of it will be a reversion to the English system in a moderate sense. Beyond doubt, this system has its faults, but there is also much to be said favor of it. Stephen McKenna, a 'brilliant member of England's younger school writers, has given us in the opening chapters of his "Sonia" a most vivid picture of, the pre-war status of this educational system of England, and perhaps he too, hints of changes to come. Wrote "Soula" Students of literature; a well as those interested solely in education, might do well to peruse this'"Sonia" which appeared early in 1917 when the war, feeling was at its highest pitch. And yet it is not a war book. Mr. McKenna gives us the key to its sign- ificance when he sub-tit3s it "Be- tween Two Worlds,"-the England of the old regime, the easy going, self- satisfied Britain, and the England which as a result of the war has seen a higher, more noble duty to perform." There is just a hint 'hf allegorical treatment in the book, and- some have conjectured that in the delightful characters which the author has pre- sented to us, it has been his aim to presonify the dfferent viewpoints which Britons have assumed. Lorng, tall, handsome, easy-going, is the Eng- land of the old days, while O'Rane, fiery, impetuQus, impressed with his ideals of the new spirit which is to infuse Great Bitain, is the England of the new regime. "Sonia" is but the second of Mr. McKenna's novels, the first having ap- peared shortly before it under the title of "Ninety-Six Hours Leave," but even now the young author shows a re- markable gift of character delineation. He says just enough in his first des- criptions, and his word pictures leave us with a vivid impression of the char- acter whom he is endeavoring to place before us Chaacer Study As we have called' attention to "Sonia" from the point of view of its excellent exposition of English school systems; let us go farther and assure, the reader that he will find in it no dry humdrum matter of curricula and hours, but rather the sort of education which the lads receive is shown in the results upon their own characters. Old Burgess with his frayed silk cas- sock, and his untidy room is a delight- ful personage which Mr. McKenna touches with the hand of a master. He is, the author's ideal representa- tion of the school master-living in his Latin and his Greek, yet with mind softened by his close association with many successive generations of youths who have suffered under his iron rule. Sonia, herself, for whom the book is named seems an enigma, and we wonder; time after time, just what will be the result of her flitting, but- te~fly existence. Finally, atthe end of the story, we feel as she gos to O'Rane, that the guiding hand of that most excellent and pathetic figure will keep her in check. What a pity that the author has destroyed that illusion in his later book, "Sonia Married"; how much better it would have been if he had left her in August, 1916, with the man with wh~om she thought herself in love. Even' in his later book, how- ever, Mr. McKenna leaves her char- acter unsolved, but in the peculiar manner of his book6, suddenly cuts off his story and there we are: Impressive Style But taken all in all, the book is as! entertaining as any which has been published of late years, principally smoke of high-priced cigarettes; this 'is the music of twentieth century cru- Aaders living in a land where civiliza- tion was ruffing at loose ends. ,"Yanks" is the work of service men satisfied with the privilege of serv- ing, and with the philosophy of, "the next thing that happens is the best possible thing that can happen." because of the quietly expressive style of the author, which unconsciously brings us to assume his viewpoint. Let it suffice to say in closing, that the book must live as one of the finest which our day as'produced. MARTHA WASHINOTON CANDIES at Tices' Drug Store, 117 S. Main St. Fresh every Friday.--Adv. 0 "anks," . L. I1.Verse.:uu~iis-'" Many flattering compliments have ed by G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York. been received by Hatrison Ford, who -Yanks! has just completed "The Young Mrs. Here you will find a collection of Winthrop" for Paramount-Arteraft, verse thoroughly masculine in char- but the highest' paid him appeared in ,aster, thoroughly lacking in anything a letter. recently from a male puto- effeminate, though often permeated play patron in New York. with delicate touches worthy of a The letter reads, "You ire. mother's woman's nature. idea of a perfect young man, my fa- It is as typically American as that ther's idea of an ideal son, my sister's official organ of the A. E. F.in which idea of a perfect lover, and my own it was first published,-The Stars and idea of a "regular fellow." Stripes. And it is as nearly all-Amer-- ican as writing ever was. For here AL. St. John on the Gridiron we have lines of the "Priv" who, "fre- Al St. John, star of the Paramount- quent inhabits the guard house," of Al St. John comedies, was the center the captain "a-leadin' a column," and of interest for several minutes before of the chaplain who knows the fight- the Harvard-Oregon football game ing men. New Year's day at Pasadena, Cal., This is not the production of fin- when he flew over the field and drop- ished poets; this is not war poetry in- ped the football, decorated with the spired by the 'waving of flags and colors of both universities, into the home-town parades; this is not verse gridiron as a signal to start the con- composed in luxurious dens amid the test. i i . l i - GARRICK THEATR DETROIT . .. E STUDENT VOLUNTEER REPORTS TO BE .DISTRIBUTED SOON - Messages from the Student Volunt- eer convention held recently in Des ,Moines, as presented in platform ses- sions and sectional meetings, will soon be made available both for delegates and others interested in the movecent. According to word received from the Student Volunteer headquarters in New York, the report of- the conven- tion will be ready for distribution about March 15. Mr. Robert Wilder, originator of the movement writes as follows in regard to the report of. the convention: "This last iconventio, gives promise of being as fully epoch- al as those which-have gone before." SECOND WEEK Louis Mann in the sensational comedy success by Samuel Shipman and Aaron Ioffman. FRIENDLY ENEMIES' Not since "The Music Master" has there been a play that so completely sells out atwevey performance. - :IN "That Man Belongs To Me" voice wastheir captain's-strange-terrible; and in a flash the mob of maddened sea- mbered.r wifei" they whispered. "At last he has found the fiend that"-and, hushed as if in stole away. * n Captain Otto Krug, once called "coward," even "traitor,? had his hour-there be- A story of love and the sea, that will "get" you-every second. r BESIMER'S GRILL ' ADDED ATTACTION St John _ -S-E LD$ Charcoal Grilled Porterhouse Steaks.. FIVE HUNDRED MILES A MINUTE! Some Speed! That's the speed that Al St. John makes in his first Paramount Comedy. He's a messenger boy wjth a trained bicycle. St. John isn't the only speedy thing in it! The whole comedy runs along faster than lightning. It'll leave you gasp- ing for breath. M ajestic Orchestra / I 4. 1 1:3*a.m. *tO1:3:oPm 5:10 P.M. to 8. p.m.. TO-DAY For First Time ... .............285c e ::::.:::::::.:o TOMORROW TUESDAY x SHOWS TODAY "1:30, 3:00, 4:30, 7:00,8:30 13 W. Huron St.-- Upstairs Opp. Interurban Station over Rae'Theatre -THURSDAY--DOROTHY DALTON In "MARKET OF SOULS" 7RDAY-THE GREAT HOUDINI In "THE GRIM GAME" p AT THE Douglas Fairbanks N PHE UM TOMORROW "When the'Clouds Roll By" I;