THE CASANI CLUB ORCHESTRA
Directed by CHARLES Kunz
Relayed from Casani's Club
5.15Daventry
The Children's Hour
'Look pleasant, please,' said the Little Princess, by Rene Worley , told by MARY O'FARRELL
' Running Fire' a play by ARTHUR DAVENPORT
THIS PLAY by Arthur Davenport is very apt for the summer, especially for a summer when there has been a drought, and grass is dried up, and a cigarette end or a lighted match may set acres ablaze.
Some children are crossing a moor and they meet a party of careless picnickers. It is quite evident that the fire they have lit is dangerous. Grass smoulders and blazes up. You may even stamp it out and it will blaze up again. The children warn them and are snubbed for their pains.
But it is just as they .thought. A fire starts, and the dried-up moor goes up in a blaze. The picnickers are panic-stricken ; the children keep their heads. One has a pony and dashes off for help. Will he get it in time ? Or are lives to be lost-lives of beasts and birds and even human beings ? It is a thrilling moment. This little play will grip you to the end.