The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-09
"The White Slave"

The revival of a drama set in the ante bellum period marks this weeks bill board ct the Bijou, and this play, which unfortunately has a name that might raise a question in the minds of those contemplating attendance, is none other than the stirring, romantic clean pie torial review of southern life, 'The White Slave" The genuine negro chorus, sing ing plantation songs, made decided hit with the audience and the comedy sifted among the tragic scenes that give it . flavor of the melodrama makes an en tirity of satisfaction and altogether a nenitorious production.
 The stage appointments are brought with the play and are exceedingly high classed many of the effects obtained through electricity and other means be- ing very effective. A cotton field tableau is especially good and that of Red Devil s Island is equally so. Robert Campbell the son of the playwright of "The White Slave" is director of this production and personally supervises every per formance.
 The story of the seven tableaux that compose the acts of the play hinges upon the hidden identity of a beautiful young slave girl, Lsa who is in reality dthe granddaughter of Judge Hardin. 'her owner at the time the curtain rises She is the child of the judges only daughter and marduise, who were. not married, and Lisa was reared as the daughter Of the duadroon housekeeper of the judge that the name of Grace Hardin might be spared of dishonor. When the judge dies his estate proves to be heavily mort gagged by his ward, Clay Britton, who sells the slaves on the place to pay this off With them goes Lisa because she is known as a slave and because the papers giving her freedom have been declared illegal as they were framed after the attaching of the first mortgage to the property. The purchaser of the slaves, William Lacy, is a cad and pre- sents very unpleasant phase of the times before the war in his villainy and brutality. The rebellion of Lisa when Lacy offers to make her mistress of his vast acres, her subsequent flight with Clay Britton, her lover, and the. strange trick of Fate that unhes her with her mother and shipwrecks them upon an island in the Mississippi, affords a thrill ine round of events that reaches happy termination and proper climax in the closing act
 Miss Grace Atwell as Lisa is very pretty and an actress of ability, who adds grace and winsomeness to her character portrayal. Miss Harriet Joceyn as Mrs fidfl1eL Lee Ol NlISliiid anu d most humorous role divides honors with Miss Charlotte Lambert as the mother of Lisa. Miss Augusta Gardner as Lefty Lee gives decided promise of attaining larger roles and Carlotta as Aunt Mar tha, the Mandy" of the plantation. inn proves with each act James Cooper as Mir Stitch is capital in the part of the chesty old lawyer and William Ferris as Will Lacy makes a fairly threatening villain. but uses affected manner Of speaking that partially interferes- with his dstinctness of pronunciation. Rich ard Quilter as Job, the butler and a preacher at the Hardin estate, represents a typical old darky who says that "di- vorce is like cutting off a mans head to cure the toothache" during one of his admonitions to his fellow slaves. Edwin Mordant as Clay Britton is prominent among those present and acquits him self well. The singing of a quartet of the darkies from the chorus was encored again and again which was but a just expression of their exceptionally enjoy able rendition of popular airs.
 The regular matinees will be produced on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday with performances each evening.