The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-25
BcuIah Poynter at Bijou

Commencing with a special matinee
 Monday, Beulah Poynter will present at
 the Bijou her new play, "The Little Girl
 He Forgot the story of which follows; June Holly, a litle orphan girl, together
 with her little brother Bennie and her lit- | tie sister Bessie, raised by her Uncle Jim and Grandma Martin June is 17 when the play opens. a happy, yellow-haired girl loving novels, flowers and every
 thing beautiful, and inheriting an artistic nature from her shiftess father. Dave Stone a young lumberman, is in love with her. but her nature revolts against settling in the swamps forever, and when young Allan Powell, the mill owner, first | meets her, she falls in love with him. as
 much for his beauty and what he seems
 to represent as for himself. Allan loves
 the young girl in return.
 1 It is a primitive love, with no thought of future or marriage; but the boy is suddenly called away on business and comes late at night to tell his sweethear. goodby David arrives in time to find | June in his arms and the frightened girl runs away leaving the two men alone. David demands the truth, but Allan, seek ing to protect Junes good name, swears there is nothing between them, that he does not even love her. David demands
 that he leave her forever rather than 1 cause her pain and thinking only to save her good name Allan tells her in Davids presence that he does not love her. Too late June realizes the consequence of her
 sin. and frightened and heart broken she starts to find Allan-only to miss him. At last she wanders back to the mill, a half-crazed, miserable woman, where she | is arrested for the murder of her child.
 There is a scene of wonderful power she denounces mankind in general and falls
 at the feet of the jailer.
 l But June is too young to die. and the | bov who has accomplished her ruin saves her at last.
 | In the character of June Miss Poynter
 has the best role of her career, blending
 comedy with pathos, sentiment with emo | tion. and strength with tragedy, in all | heinz a most versatile part, and wholly l sympathetic and sweet showing the in" 1 0uence of environment and prominquity l The cast supporting her is an excellent
 one including John Bowers, as young l Allan Powell. Sadie Steelsmith as Grand
 ma Martin, Edwina Levin as Emmy, a colored girl: Nettie Loudon as little Ben
 n;e Mildred Jeannet as little Bessie, Hand Harrington as Martha Moore, and others The scenery is of special beauty, heinz laid in the swamps of Missouri, where the pools of water, the pond lilies,
 
 over-hanging moss and great trees make | n perfect bower of beauty.
 There is a performance nightly. com
 mencing Monday. and matinees Monday,
 Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. PLAYHOUSE GOSSIP
 l "The Merry Widow" which will revisit
 this city, to play at the Shubert theatre January 5-6, offers an excellent illustra- tion of what the public wants. Under the managerial direction of Henry w.. Savage, Franz Lehar's delightful operetta
 was produced in New York about three years ago--to be exact, on Monday night. | october 2l 190-at the New Amsterdaw theatre, where it enjoyed continuous engagement of one solid year. The com pany that will be seen here was selected by MT. Savage to make the trans-conti- mental tour from New York to San Fran cisco last season. It includes Mabel Will
 Der, Charles Meakins, R. E. Graham,