The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-01-24
ADJUSTMENTS
-AcndcnS-IIoncy Hoy NItnsircIs.
f'li"u--"Fhc Little Girl Tint lie For.
got"
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Subfcst at the DiJou.

sobfcst at the DiJou.
Beulah POINTER, she who made
Lena Rivers name to conjurc with
among the patrons OF the Bijou Theatre
lust few short years ago. returned
iast night and repeated her former tri-
umphs, though she presented this time
another creature of her brain, in ..Thc
Little Girl That He Forgot
Not even Miss Poynter herself will
deny that she has written story which
VIII start tho pump going on ones
storehouso OF ''cryables." It Is pre-.
cminently a play which will appeal 10
those who run to the lachrymoso In
things theatrical. Beginning in q
swamp home in Southern Missouri. and
ending III folon's cell. with the hero
bringing a pardon just as his lady love
IS aeout TO mount the scaffold, from
which she is TO swing for the murder
OF her child, one Is shown through
the whole gamut of LIES trials and
woes and tribulations ls
But Miss Poynter knows Miss Poyn-
! ter bly, better than anybody on
! earth, and as Miss Poynter wrote tho
| play for Miss POINTER. and further. a s
she Is named in the program as tho
stage director, or rather directress. It
follows that Miss Poynter has written
a success
y country girl. with a pretty face
and winsome, sirlish ways, mixed with
little more education than those
among whom she lives, causing an am
| bition for better things, is tho hnh
around which The playwright has built
her drama. The first scene is set in
tho home of the girl Enter rich mans
son. The two meet and love. Then
there is an honest lumbernun who
also loves the girl She can't love
both. so she chooses the rich man IS
son.
Telegram comes from home calling
the rich mans son 10 Europe for !
year. IN the meanwhile many things
happen to the girl. She has been IN
discreet. She returns home after an
absence of three months. and is ac-
cused of the murder OF her child She
is convicted and carried to the scat
, roid. when the rich mans son. who has
loved her all the while, rushes into the
Ijail fourishing {; pardon and all ends
! merry as wedding bell.
MISS Poynter is the girl and she
| looks charming enough to capture the
heart of any rich mans SON. Then
she is some actress. She can play with
the emotions like some virtuoso with
ms nddle strings. And she comes on
minus shoes and stockings. Laughter
and tears. smiles and sobs. IL makes
little difference to Miss Poynter; she
mas them all 1t her finger tips The
men last night looked hard and STRAIGHT
TO hide their tears, while the women
simply threw propriety to tho wind
and cried aloud. 1t was a sobfcst. but
1t was OF the enjoyable kind Any
BODY VIII enjoy crying for the sake OF
Miss Poynter
john Bowers. is the rich mans son,
was capable and looked good Edwin,
Dale. as the honest Zimmerman, filed
The part Sadie steeismth. as Grand
ma Martin, was great as an old woman.
while Edwlna Levin was the best negro
housemaid ever on the Bijou stage.
But next to Miss Poynter. who certain
~ does carry off the honors, come Net
tie Louden and Mildred Jeannctt as
Bennie and Bessie Holly. respectively.
They are children, but they act better
than whole lot of grown-ups
The play is in four acts and four
sets, each Of which Is a. picture It's a
show with a moral. and Will doubtless
pack the theatre for tho rest Of the
week, and it should G. Nj.
James J. C0rbett, Interlocutor.
!, e George, Honey Boy. Evans has
Of James J. Corbett to act as tho In
ierlocutor Of the Honey Boy Ministries
. .aas y as When is1 this Organization is
morrow matinee and night. "Gentleman
lin. will he In the middle chair of the
gorgeous Crimson Trellis" first part,
and theatre soers will find that he is
fully competent for the position. II
is in the middle portion OF The pro-
gram that Mr.. Corbett appears in white
face and tells his interesting story Of
the Reno meeting between ferries and
Johnson This talk Is not a simnIe
description Of the contest 1t Ia Tho
deduction of an expert athlete WIN
was In charge OF Jeffriess training
camp for eight weeks prior to thu
contest, and Is a graphic story OF ali
those eight weeks of nard work
AttcIl Ontpoints Allen.
/ syracuse, n. y. January 23-Abc
EAttcll, fcatherweight champion OF the