Putnam patriot., 1911-03-03
Bradley Theater
TIE FLAMING ARRow.

An absorbing story simply and elo- quently told, is The Flaming ArrO". j. This play is possessed of a charm ana daintiness seldom seen in modern drama. The fact that this play mas had nine successful seasons goes To sustain the fact that il is one that pleases all classes. IL is an historical play. founded on incidents that hap pen in the vicinity Of Fort Reno, and that Is picturesque, romantic and real istic. The action Is sensational yet natural. The comedy is excellent, and of the nature that pieases the.'masses. The elements of character are deplcted by fr0ntiersmen, C. =. soldiers and Indians also introducing the military band at the fort. During the acton of the second act an eclipse Of the moon takes place which Is very realis- tie. In all it is a wonderful scenic and electrical production, which will appear at the Bradley theatre on FH day, March
 THE TIME, THE PLACE AND THE GIRL.
 The Time, the Place and the Girl, which will De the attraction at Bradley theatre on Monday, March 6, 1911 Is the result Of the collaboration of Jos. E. Howard Will NJ. Hough and Frank R. Adams. The combining oi a story that can be understood with music of the whistling sort, numerous "girly" effects sll done in attractive settings, are the pivotal features of the play.
 It all happens in the mountains Of Virginia at rest cure sanitarium. To this piace comes Johnny Hicks, a happy-go. lucky gambler, and Tom Cunningham, rich mans son and bosom friend of Hicks. They are fleeing to escape arrest because of an encounter the night previous with card sharp, in which the latter was se- riously wounded When Hicks and Cunningham reach the rest cure Tom finds that his sweetheart, "the girl' of the play, is there with her father, a rich farmer, and her brother. Before the officers pursuing Hicks and Gun ningham reach the rest cure, the place is placed under quarantine. Others caught by the health order is an at traclive widow and her son, an Italian organ grinder, who, in borrowed dress suit, makes ardent love to the widow, coal heaver whose wedding is scheduled to take place on the mof- row and who is frequent in his pro- tests and attempts to escape, and a lot of boarding school girls. Added to the quarantine complications are servant problem troubles, the help being barred after the isolation line is estab- lished To get around this difficulty Cunningham is chosen dictator to as- | sign duties to each of the guests The | girl who has rejected the dictator's pro- | posal is put to scrubbng. Hicks whose know ledge of cooking is as bad as his use of English, k made chef. A l rival Of Cunnningham' for the girls l favor leads strike, and affairs reach a 1 chaotic state, when still another upset appears The card sharp, injured by | Cunningham the night before, is l brought to the sanitarium. He is iden
 tiGed as the brother of the head nurse | Molly Kelly, with whom Hicks has
 fallen in love. In order to help his
 friend, Hicks shoulders the blame fol
 the blow delivered to the nurses
 brother; this he does before he finds out the man is her brother Hicks has
 an uphill battle attempting to make
 love in his typical slangy way, and
 also to obtain forgiveness of Molly; but
 all ends happily for everybody, except
 the Italian, whose wounded heart the l widow refuses to heal.