Show THREE MEN MN ARE EROES Chicago Oct 2 Three hundred women and children nin nm en from r m the FIrst rr t Congregational church of or Oak Prk P yesterday when ben the tho hangings on a temporary stage erected l for the presentation of o a n Hal Halloween loween play iday caught ht fire lire and threat threatened threatened ened cried the destruction of the Ule building Three men mon tho th only ones In the church were tho the heroes of o the occa occasion occasion sion slon Di D fly quick work orK they the succeeded In extinguishing the flames names and avoid avoiding ing log a possible disaster Dorothy Dorothr Denny Donn 11 ll years rears old one ono of oC time the performers on the stage when tho fire Oro broke out was WitS painfully painful burned when she sho ho attempted to prevent tho the spread of tho fire firo The Thc audience of oE women and chil children dren had gathered red to witness tho the pre pro presentation of or a play written by bj Mrs Milton Donny Denny to represent Halloween superstitions the plot being to 10 scatter the superstitions by lIy time the entrance of or Truth Time Tho stage atago was decorated with ith cur curtain tain tam draperies cornstalks and autumn loaves leaves the temporary theater having hung been arranged In the tho Sunday school s schoolroom hool room of the church The Hie curtain was raised on elm a weird scene the tho chief fig figure figure ure mire being Mrs Irs Denny In the role of a witch The Ibe group was gathered n about out n a n constructed with the time aid of an alcohol lamp The lamp was leaking and the time audience au lence hardly had Obtained a n view of LImo tho opening scene when whon lames flames suddenly shot along al ng the walls wails and amid reached tho time overhanging leaves The Time women on time the stage pulled the down but bul this only helped to spread the flames They The I then ran ian from rom the stage and a 1111 joined the time frightened members of tho time audi audience once ence who were already seeking the time exits Time The three men hurriedly gathered rugs from the floor and with them smothered the flames Little proper ProPerty properly ly ty damage was done Idone |