Okay, yeah, right on time. Very good. Let's grab a seat. Lots of seats to be had. Again, welcome to everybody. I'm looking at some names and there's quite a few people, a couple of people I think that I have not heard of before a scene. So welcome again to the science circle presentation. And let's get going. Now, oh, by the way, different authors or different presenters like to do things different ways. For me, I love to see the chat because I'm reading the chat as I'm presenting.  Yeah, especially all non-humans. I haven't looked at the audience. In fact, I'm sitting because I don't want to complicate things by having to mess with my avatar and the chat and the slides and hold it. I've had to concentrate on the chat and the yeah. Wow, one is sitting. So I don't have to worry about the avatars. So I don't know if we do have any non-human avatars in the audience. I doubt we have any non-human people behind the avatars. But if you're a non-human avatar, welcome, welcome, as well as human avatars, etc. Okay, yeah, good. Okay, so let's, so the talk today, the presentation, the something that I would share, like to share with you is a non-human language, which, as Syzygy asked, it's not computers. It's not cheats, chat, GBT. This is about living organisms that have language. The guest who's talking now is a reference to an old movie, by the way. Okay, so what will we take a look at today is, well, exactly. Do dogs have language? I love that cartoon. That was around 1995. I have a copy of it. And it's just great when people started looking at who could be on the internet. And, you know, that's really one of the things that attracts me to second life is you don't, you can be anyone. There's no, there's few social barriers here. It's just how you interact with people, both in language, body language, in some cases, in chat, in voice, like I'm doing now. There's lots of ways that we do that. And yet, you can be anyone. And if you're a dog, welcome to the presentation as well. Okay, so the presentation today, I'm going to try to address quickly kind of, you know, what's communication, what's language? And then a little more in depth, how are we able to speak? When I say we, I'm talking about humans. When did we, but also animals? When did we, excuse me, when did we start speaking? What distinguishes human from nonhuman language if there are distinctions? And then especially what living things have language besides humans? I don't pretend to be a linguist or a physiologist or whatever. So this is not a comprehensive treatment, but more an awareness of some of the issues and the subject, which I thought I saw it. What inspired me was in December, there's an article that came out by a science educator. In other words, someone, we need both. Yeah. Okay, so we need both science, but we also need then people who are good at presenting science to everyone. Otherwise, it would be just a small little click somewhere or academics that, you know, talk to each other. So it's very important. Okay. So anyway, let's continue. Well, you're right. I actually met Carl Sagan once back in 1970, sometimes that time period. Or, darn it, I'm trying to remember the name of the several prominent people today who are really good at. He got his autograph. Okay, cool. Yeah, there, Neil deGrasse Tyson. That's the one I was thinking about. Okay, so what is language? What's communication? Let's take a look at this. Yeah, show off. That's okay. I said that Carl Sagan, so that's good. Okay, so communication. And okay. Yeah. Okay, caveats is one of the, I'm going to do two things which are usually a no-no for presentations. One is I'm going to do a slight explanation or apology. They say you should never apologize when you're talking. Just go ahead and talk. But you'll notice a little difference in my presentation and in some of the other presentations. So I need to at least explain. And that is like, in this, you should apologize or apologize. Okay. Well, anyway, this week, last week, whatever this month has been bizarre. I just thought everything that could go wrong went wrong. But I learned back in the Navy that long, long ago, that sometimes you just have to get something done. So I have a presentation for you. It has all kinds of good information in it, but it's not nearly as rich in pictures as some of you have been grown to or be accustomed to my presentations in the past. So that's my explanation without necessarily apologizing because I am here. And there's some marvelous information in here. So the other thing is because there's not as many pictures, is that it's a little too, yeah, use your imagination. Yeah, just thought, okay, LOL. Okay. So the other thing is that I'm going to sometimes kind of read what's on the slides because it's a little rich in words.  So what is communication? Well, communication is used to advantage a species to help them to continue to develop, to grow. And that basically really happened. Okay, so they also exchange information. That doesn't necessarily mean they aren't one way sometimes. But they, they convey, they exchange information. Okay. So language, though, interestingly enough, it's hard to say, okay, what's human, what's non human language because or how they're complete or how they're the same, because it's not accepted definition or criteria. So, but there is some structure in that. So let's, let's continue along that vein. In other words, the topic is difficult to completely convey. Okay, so let's take a look at then how we learn how to speak. Well, we are, you know, tagline is that or tag is, we are dependent on at least some sort of symbolic sign language. But remember that, you know, there's been people like Helen Keller, who couldn't hear or see. There's been animals, don't just, in other words, animals use a lot more than visual and other things, but it's all symbolic. But you know, emotional response. In fact, that's how we sometimes get miscommunication in just chat, because there isn't the whole, yeah, depending on, well, you know, there's Christmas words in every language. So in any case, how did we evolve?  Okay, so one of the, one of the things that linguists or physiologists might say is, well, you know, humans have what's called a descended larynx, that it's lower in the throat than other animals. And so they would say, well, that's why humans can speak and other animals can't. In other words, they can, your, the back of your tongue can move more and is more. The problem is that it also is why we choke on food and an animal like a dog, since somebody mentioned dogs can wolf down food, because they don't have that problem. But when dogs bark, they found that by looking at the under x-ray or whatever, that their larynx lowers and also red deer and others have a descended larynx when they make voices. So we can't use that argument for saying, well, that's why humans are special. The other thing is that around 20 years ago, they just, yeah, there you go, tag will give you a much better. I don't pretend to be a doctor like Tag is. So I appreciate anyone in the audience who may be a physiologist or a linguist or whatever to, which is one of the reasons also why I like the love the science. Really, I didn't know what that was. Okay, that's cool. Yeah. We all have the imposter syndrome sometimes. But me right now, okay, so humans also discovered that, yeah, discovered about 20 years ago, that humans have this gene that what they did was they found there's some humans with a variation that did not speak. And they said they found out that they didn't have a fox to or P two gene and people that could speak did. So they go, Oh, yeah, okay. So that's why humans are unique, because animals don't have as well. They looked a little closer and they found out, well, you know, none of humans like Andrew falls at it, rodents, birds, that those dishes. In other words, who are the non speaking humans? Well, okay, there really were a couple people in the UK who had who could not speak. In other words, I had a genetic disability. It's called as a main port. I wrote it down in my notes. Tag, you know what it's called. But there's a medical name for it. And no, it's not autism. Okay, but there is a two word thing for, you know, not being able to speak. Okay, so anyway, let me go on to this one. Here is okay, then then we said, and then they said, Okay, well, you know, human brains are different, so that they can support thinking and language. But then they found, well, you know, in birds, actually the same genes. Yeah, yeah, yeah, I think that's it. Like, verbal wasphasia or something to that effect, vocal but this, this, the last four words, very clever. Okay, that's also one of the reasons I'd like to attend these ones. It is because you guys are very clever. Okay, with their language. Okay, so they found that the genes that were associated. Yeah, would be more specific. Okay. So they found that the genes that were associated with neural circuitry that supports language and such is also in birds. So we could and the thought and language are separate parts of the brain. So we so now, okay, now we couldn't say, Well, you know, humans brains are different. Well, not necessarily not this area. Okay, so when did we learn to speak? Well, the initial viewpoints for that it either came on suddenly, which was another argument for, well, you know, only modern humans have it, or it evolved. And the current idea is that it evolved and here's kind of the, for one article I saw, this is kind of the way it evolved. So if you talk to Lucy, back long ago, Oscar, Oscar, Lopeticus Apparenzis, she would have been as vocal as chimpanzee. Later on, like with homo erectus, the first humans that travel the globe, essentially, they had symbolic language and stuff.  I thought it's cool. And so speech sounds particularly like quick languages. Now, how do you pronounce it? It's, how do you pronounce this glory? Son, the people that live in Southwest Africa? No, it's more like the click. And I can't do it. I was going to try to do it. But if anybody can do a click language, some, like they found, like they find in Southwest South Africa, some of the people that could do have click languages. In any case, click languages develop perhaps 70,000 years ago. And then you had constant values, and then the full range of speech we have today is only, yeah, exactly. That's who the people are talking about in the power hierarchy. Koisang is either language or the people. Okay, so human speech is only 20,000 years old. It's like, oh, we did this. Okay, so they, yes, okay, now there, see, I put that down there for sumo, it may be, in other words, if you have a stroke, it may be affecting that area tag. And I'm counting on you to help me out here. Okay, so there are multiple systems involved as both physiology, cognition, in other words, thinking ideas, etc. And then psychology, and socialism and stuff like that. And humans are able to integrate all of us. But you know, birds can have, they control the song in left hemisphere, and this is much the same mammals, although not quite so unilaterally. But in the humans, they have two areas, which up on the slide there, I don't need to, plus I can't pronounce them, but there you go. Yeah, okay. Okay, cool. Okay, please pay attention to the chat. When able, there's always some really cool stuff there. But anyway, things like laughter, like I was doing, or screens, which I would do if this didn't work, or animal calls are all in the same part of the brain, by the way, which is a little more primitive area. Okay, so now singing predates language. And so early singing, they have imitated nature. It's been part of earliest social or human culture. Singing was well developed. Yeah, birds sing, the bees sing, even da da da da da da. Let's okay, et cetera. Okay, so in any case, it's been part of socialization, religion and entertainment for, let's not. Yeah, really. Wolves, there you go. In a major series. Okay, what about little wolves? Do they do the same key? Okay, so some believe that it takes domestication. So humans are essentially domesticated primates. So you get domesticated wolves, birds, more vocal, et cetera, et cetera, E minor for little wolves. Okay. Okay, so those are some of the, the other thing is that they've looked at birds and humans and they learn bird songs or language much the same way. In other words, they babble at first, if you've had kids or been around kids, they babble, then they produce a lot of sounds, not all of which have meaning. And then they tend to kind of focus on sounds that have meaning. And they learn from their elders. It appears to be a time period if you're going to be multilingual, that's the best time to learn. In other words, what, around two years or whatever, who's a child development psychologist in here? Okay, and then so it's not just humans that develop language like that. And the other thing, by the way, is if language were purely instinctual, you wouldn't have that thing about development or learning from elders or dialects or anything else. Everybody everywhere, you know, a bird or whatever, we have the same songs, et cetera, et cetera. Okay. So how is human language unique? If so, how might it be unique? Let's take a look. Okay. The idea of being able to speak to the animals, speak to the animals. Okay. It's been around a long time. There's this legend of King Solomon's ring that enabled the way to talk with animals and birds and such. People turning into animals so that they could understand. Now I know. And then Dr. Do little books, which have been movies, et cetera. So there's, there's that. Yeah, well, yeah, lots of folklore of things going on at unusual times or the unusual circumstances and stuff. But one of the things, one of the reasons we may not be as far forward on some of the scientific areas is because philosophers, religion, religious authority, et cetera, basically, did their harness to say, to try to make humans unique and not like animals. But if you look up on the screen there, the when Renee the car said, I think therefore I am, it was more than just a trite statement. It was basically saying, I am, I'm real, because I think I'm a human. Animals are not. Animals are not even real. They simply are automatons. They, they, they may have the mechanisms that they behave purely instinctually. They're not humans. We humans are superior. Okay, and then this linguistic society in Paris went so far as to ban even talking about non human language. So we had to overcome those human prejudice. Well, for sure, Max, but we had to kind of overcome that those human prejudices to be able to even get around to exploring the topic. Now, I'm not going to read all this, but the idea is this is a lot of the other types of things that we thought about as far as language and humans and stuff like that. The bottom board was kind of cute. He basically says, okay, great.  So in other words, people have continued to try to figure out how humans are different. Well, yeah, I'd have to go back to there. But you're right.  In other words, the conditioning one, he basically said, look, any, you can teach any animal that was sufficient conditioning, which is almost true, if you think of parrots and dogs and stuff a little bit, dogs may go, well, for try to speak parrots and speak English words. Okay, but linguists, boy, they didn't really, they really didn't like that one. And then they were done. And then I really, I'm not going to go over all of these because I want to skip to the really good part, which is the yeah, the bell thing. Okay, I want to skip to the really good part about what they found by animals that do that language. Okay, so you can read some of these ones here. Here's a whole bunch of them going, Okay, so some animals have language, but they don't have all of these. Okay, that's nice. But, you know, actually, in other words, they discounted chemical languages, and they discounted like some sort of thing to discount the whole bunch of stuff. So it was becoming really harder to go. Human language is unique. Yeah, and my dogs definitely have me trained. Okay, and here's some more. And if you look at them, eights do some of these do some of these. And cats definitely cats have the dog strength to. Okay, so now let's get to the juicy point part of the presentation. I'm watching my time here. And what living things have language besides humans? Ah, okay, yeah, bees get be dances and stuff. Okay, so which what animals do you think have languages? I'm going to see who's awake in the audience. Well, orange, I would agree with you on that. But what are the ones Yeah, okay, whale songs that go across the ocean? Like, like in Dory, like, well, okay, parrots, and other birds, birds talk among themselves, chimps get a different color signal. Well, I kind of like that. That was funny. And in finding Nemo and Dory sort of thing. Let's see. It's kind of a interesting parody where Dory thought that that was what Wales sounded like.  Okay, trees trees. So remember to say trees when we come to the plant one, because they found that plants communicate in another way, which I'm going to share with you here. Okay, so a lot of grass. I don't know, does grass communicate good? Okay, so I did the reason why I was here, like, within about 10 minutes of the presentation was I threw in some pictures here so that I could so that if you're not familiar with some of the animals or whatever, the fungus control. Oh, the last of us, I wanted to get that game. That's a game as well as another fungus. Now, orange. Get with them. Sumo there about when we say trees, this fungus has a very important role to play in tree communication. Okay, so what did we have back here? We had previous. Okay, we have birds like parrots, dolphins, chimpanzees. I'm just gonna hold this. Okay. If English isn't your first language, you might miss some of the jokes in chat. I know. Okay, so what kind of experiments have they done? Is that now remember, this is not a totally inclusive presentation. We don't have an hour. I wanted to show you some of the things that I thought was rather fascinating, and that have been more recent. So dolphins, they have found that, you know, they can, hey, tag, would you happen to know there's a name for the nose of the dolphin? It's not a nose. It's called something else. You might not be a animal. This is not a big there's an under name. But anyways, you might not be an animal physiologist or a pair of physiologists, whatever. But there's a name for the nose of the dolphin. Yeah, okay, but don't miss anything. Okay, so anyway, dolphins, I would have said snap to that there's another name for it. Okay, so anyway, dolphins can I, another name, well, it could be, but I think there's an okay, so anyway, they can press the keyboard that generates whistles for rewards. Well, okay, that's nice. But what was fascinating was when the humans went away, there was still recording what was going on in the dolphin habitat is the dolphins decided to kind of play a game. And the okay, roster. Okay. But any case, the dolphins decided to kind of play with the whistles of the humans. Remember, this is humans make up a whistle that might mean ball. And so when the humans were away, the dolphins were actually making the sound for the ball, when they were playing with each other with the ball. So that to me, that was kind of a something very unusual that the dolphins were doing, because they weren't just pleasing the humans, they were like, okay, the humans ones to call this a ball, we'll call it a ball. Okay, great. And then the once they showed what a telephone was like, they had an underwater telephone and the mother dolphin was using the telephone to speak to its baby. And the baby not only knew that it was the mother, but knew what to do. So, you know, don't think that only if they get to the service. Okay. So anyway, the other thing is that there's an artificial language that has lexagram that is symbols that represent objects or ideas. And there's a it, they make up a language called your fish, which is based on the guy named who founded laboratory where they were doing this. But they not only were able to learn these symbols and then equate them to ID both ideas and objects, but they also then combine them in ways that they were not taught, you know, like, banana door, or, you know, or, I'm not as smart as the finding. So I'd have to find out how they combined them. But whatever they combined it in ways that they were not taught. And then of course, parents can speak in English, if parents you gotta be careful there, because it's just like little kids, if you swear a lot at home, somebody's talking about swear words. If you swear a lot at home, don't be surprised if the first word that your kid uses at school is a swear word. You know, same thing with parents. So you have to be careful. Yeah, there you go, like cry, hurt water for radish and things like that, which to me tells me a lot about their cognitive abilities. I mean, that's amazing. Okay, so anyway, now, here's some really cool things. I'm gonna give you some ones that I found that were the most interesting is your very clever tag, your vision, etc. Okay. Okay, now what they did was they recorded gestures that apes used in the wild. And there were lots of upwards of 80, 90, whatever. And then they recorded gestures that one to two year olds use children. And the children now this is what I find absolutely astounding is the children and the apes used about 50 gestures that were in common. Both and then they used them both singly and in sequences like what says which is talking about like, you know, cry, hurt water sort of thing. And then adults also were able to guess what they meant.  In other words, some of them, we could go, well, that's obvious, but it's not so obvious if you think that apes also use those time languages. So I thought that was extremely interesting. The other thing is it doesn't matter what the language is, it could be code language, it could be colors, it could be sounds, whatever is that in both apes and humans, they pass the language code to each other. In other words, they taught each other, they develop patterns, they use it to communicate. So in other words, you don't tell me, you know, be surprised that I, well, use the term higher order, I know, if that's concurrent, etc. Okay, so elephants, and that's just a very pretty fish that I decided to put up there may not be the fish, but it's very pretty fish. Okay, so doing experiments in the lab is not probably the best way to see how animals communicate. Then it's like, well, I don't want to communicate with humans, they're pretty primitive. So observing in the wild, the problem about observing in the wild is that it takes a long time.  Well, anthropologists, not anthropologists, but yeah, okay, they're really, okay. Well, now see this hang on to that, because it works the same way for whales or dolphins, and then fish. In other words, if the orca or whatever talks about, let's go hunting, and you play that same sound to herrings, they'll scatter because they, they, they associate that with hunting behavior. Yeah, very cool. Okay, the other thing but field work takes a long time. I forget how many how long Jane Goodall was in the jungle before the chimpanzees trusted her. I'd have to go back. Yeah, yeah, a long time before that, she could get some of the observations. So elephants make a lot of sounds. Fish have clip languages. Yes, indeed. Okay, so let's talk about some of these other ones. The whales, like we just talked about sea turtles. The one on the far right is a coral larvae. And then of course, you got sea lions, earpads, they're a lot of so let's say that okay, well, whales, we know that whales have some cool whale songs. They now we know their language. They repeat the song sounds at varying frequencies.  I think that's five or 10 seconds. Okay. And so if you play those feeding calls back to fish, the official scatter because they and not other whale songs, but that particular type of feeding song, the official scatter because they know it's associated with whales hunting them now. Okay, now this is cool. This one's really cool. Okay, why and it's already up there. I should ask, why do you think that little turtles, sea turtles that, you know, they come ashore, they 90 eggs, why do you think they all have to the same time and go out to sea? That's a there, anyone want to read off the middle one is that they have found now this is cool. They found that that they actually communicate with each other in the eggs. So that they all coordinate the time of their birth. You know what they used to think they used to think. I know where I used to live there were these little fishies that came ashore only, you know, in the full mood or something like that. But they found and they used to think something like that, whether it's something that's more instinctual, but that's the time they coordinate the timing of their birth, so that they can swarm and so more than they get to the sea without being picked off by birds. Is that cool? Yeah, exactly. That's that's exactly right. That is most cool. I don't know what they, you know, well, you're right. Now motors, noise of perhaps, who knows noise of boats, any number of things. Yeah, that would be okay. So you got sea lions also that are able to understand it. Now here's another one that I think that's really cool is that coral larvae, you wouldn't think of this as a this game now. But they can actually if you play them the sound, whatever the sound of a healthy reef reef is versus one that's not healthy, they'll actually go toward or colonize the healthy reef rather than the unhealthy. Now that is, you know, some of those are cool. Yeah, there you go. Hatching dance. Okay, so now let's take a look at some of the other. By the way, if anyone knows of other examples that I haven't put up, please share. Let me see what I've got. I've got a number of other ones here. I'm just seeing what we've got left. Timeless. Okay, so I know how fast to work through these. Oh, we got Okay, so anyway, here we got parrots, prairie dogs. Primates like orangutans or orangutans. Man of the forest is I think what orangutan means. mice, and the plant, and the plant has a little sign on it saying healthy. And there's a reason for that. So which I think it's just most cool when they're talking about mice. Okay, so birds, we kind of all know, because they've been experimenting with birds for some time, and you can put a bird in cage, I wouldn't call it domesticated, but you put a bird in cage, and you can observe it and stuff. But birds, of course, can mimic human language, not just human language, they can mimic sounds. I know. I've seen birds in the back of our yard, mimics some of the sounds of that they hear around the neighborhood, which is which I think is most cool. They can answer simple questions. Sometimes like, you know, what's the meaning of life? I have no idea if birds would say 42 or something else. So okay, now there you go. That's if you have seen stuff. So Sean tells us she's sitting in the garden, and suddenly her to rooster calling. And there's wasn't a rooster and it was a blackbird. Learning rooster language, I'm sure. Okay. Because birds can. Oh, I like the fly. That was a weird movie. The fly, or and then the spider was about to eat the fly. Help me. Help me. Like that. So okay. So anyway, bird songs are very complex. They have rhythm. I know.  Yeah. Tonal patterns, rhythm, pitch. And in other words, it's not just simple, mindless songs. They sometimes combine them in different ways. In other words, songs are different threats to make me new meaning. If like we adopt words, they're also multilingual, like the blackbird that Chantel mentioned. Oh, yeah, there's some birds in Australia. Are you telling cookables or rich ones that are this or the I know there's some budgies and stuff. Yeah, they do that. And then birds are multilingual if they learn it at a particular offense, really? Meaning of life. Okay, yeah, I'm going to have to go back and take a look at some of these links and chats. I can do it when somebody else is talking back and look at a YouTube video at the same time. I'm talking or chatting. Okay, so this is cool. This is cool. I like this one. Okay, the article said that very dogs had the most sophisticated vocal language ever decoded better than chimps, dolphins, or orcas, like this. What? Okay, so what they found that anyway, they were a fairy dog. Or I mean, you may not have seen a fairy dog because they're not in too many places, but they have quite a bit in the middle of the United States and stuff. Are there fairy dogs in other places? I've imagined they live in colonies. Yeah, okay, all the time in zoos in New York, really? Okay, wow, the zoo is in New York. Okay, but they're called fairy dogs because they probably live in the prairie. Okay, so you know all about fairy dogs? Cool. Bro, tell me about this is that what they found, yeah, the amount. Okay, is that what they found is that they not only have calls for going like, Oh, no, there's a coyote. But the calls can also describe the type of behavior they need to escape from the predators. They can also determine a species of predator and give a call for a species of predator that also says, Okay, it's not just hey, it's like, there's a young coyote that's mostly dark color on its face that is not moving terribly fast. And I recommend going to the right, you know, something that that was very sophisticated type of calls. And they can also, they found that if they have, like, say a triangle, and they pop a observer, if they have a triangle, and they pop it up, that the that the fairy dogs can make up a new call for Oh, there's a triangle over to the left. I have no idea whether it's bad or not. But we haven't seen around here. So there's that kind of stuff.  And they stand on their hind legs, put their arms out there.  Yep, it's like, like that. Okay, they what they found is that it's not just a fairy dog, exclaiming something. What they found is that it's kind of like a wave in a stadium. That is, when they're going to go forage, where they're going to go farther from their hole to get something, is that they're basically trying to make sure that the whole little fairy dog town is alert. And so, like a wave in a stadium, if you're not alert, that there's a wave happening, you might miss it. So when one little fairy dog does jumps like that, it's expecting that other fairy dogs in different, you know, on the edges and stuff will also do the same thing. So it's like, it's a test for alertness.  Okay, mice, this is cool, too. There's lots of cool ones. I've left the cool ones for later, I think, is that mice sing. Okay, the reason we can't hear it is because it's at a higher frequency. But they sing like birds. In other words, if you slow down their song, it sounds like bird songs. They have whistles.  And so their tunes are dependent on hearing and stuff, which of course, again, would not be would not happen if it were purely instant. In other words, hearing wouldn't be a problem. Now anyone seen the cart, the movie Babe with the pig? What was it? 1995? 1995? Well, it's one of my favorite movies, whatever is little mice, you know, some sort of little song in the movie, which I think is just cute. Okay, so anyway. Yeah, okay, so any case for mice, their songs vary in several types that require feedback to learn a male's alter the pitch. So instead of a mouse, if a female comes along, it's like, oh, dude, I'm really interested in you. That sort of thing. So it's, it's, they found that mice are a lot more communicate. Now, plant, plant communications. This is another really cool one that I found that you may not know. Now we probably know that if you have studied it, that plant communications, what they're able to do is chemically, yeah, I'm not quite high. So yeah, don't, don't try this because you might, you might attract mice. So then unless you're the piper, you might not want to imitate mice calls. Okay, so we know that plants like trees, okay, a couple people said about trees and mushrooms or fungi, we know that there are my serial networks, the these are the white tendrils that if you dig into really rich soil, that's near trees and stuff, you'll see them. And they act as a network, much the same as a computer network, so to speak, but it's in chemical. So trees can actually talk to each other, the mother trees talk to the smaller trees. They I mean, it's very, very complicated kind of conversation. But they have also found that plants can detect running the sound of running water. So in other words, if you record the sound of running water, and you play it in a particular and you're over in one direction, the plants will actually grow toward that sound. And it plants now I find this one to really eerie one, because I trimmed a couple trees the other day. And it's like plants and then a high pitch clip, it's at, it's at 40,000 kilohertz to 80,000 where we kind of max out at 16 to 20 kilohertz. And so when there's stress by drought, or infection, or cuts like an insects eating them, or people are cutting them, they'll actually make a sound that's almost as loud as human voice. And they don't do it when they're not stressed. Now, I actually found this in the magazine, this business insider, because they're talking about being able to use this as an agricultural tool to know when their plants are stressed, when they need water or chemicals or, you know, I'm being eaten by insects or stuff like that, wouldn't that be cool? Okay. Now, if you have if you have some other stuff to add about some of these, let me know. Or anyone else who has this, okay, eight communications. Let's see, I'm watching the time here. Well, yeah, in other words, a cactus versus another type. In fact, I've got African violets right now, and some Christmas cactus is in my bathroom, because it's too cold outside. And they basically need different water and such. Oh, okay, just made friends. Okay, cool. Good. They look like cute little things to be friends with. Okay, so anyway, eight communications, we also know that eights have advanced language or communication abilities. And they can take turns, sequence sounds, and they, orangutans, I like that one at the bottom, where they use leaves in front of their mouths to lower the frequency of the, well, we don't know because jokes tend to be cultural, right?  So, but we all know a lot of things about, you know, here in great process, probably. Okay, so to speak of regatans, there are also other ways that, that are non vocal communications. Well, cats probably joke a lot, especially if humans expand, I would imagine. Okay, so regatans, bees, that's the little bee dance there in the middle, bats. And what I put over on the other side there, I may put the wrong one, but whatever, let's continue here. So, okay, so we know that humans also use non vocal or non verbal or whatever communications. In other words, if we simply write in chat, you're missing maybe 80% of the language. So that body language, facial expressions, position, I mean, there's lots of stuff that sometimes clothing, shifting uneasily in your seat. All of those are communication, which cannot be conveyed simply by voice, or by chat. Primates, for example, use olfactory auditory, but in other words, hearing, touching, visual, in other words, all the different kinds of senses the same way we do that convey meaning. Okay, mice running and that could very well be, I don't know if there's a little, you can stand on a chair though. Okay, so then bee dances, they, if you're unfamiliar with that, they are able to go back to the hive, and then they try to get people's attention. And then they communicate the direction distance to a food source like nectar, and they also if they're looking for a new hive area, several bees have gotten different directions. They'll come back and look, look, I think I found a good place over here. And I think, wow, you know, this is a better place over here. And then if they find a new place, and then find a set of the new hive, and they also learn the depths and such from older bees, because younger bees are less consistent or accurate than older bees. And without older bees, they don't have that thing. So they know that that now bats are interesting, they have about 33 different sounds or syllables. Now, are those just for echolocation? In other words, like pixels, they create a pictograph of where the food is and not to run into the cave and stuff in the brain? Or are they conveying words and ideas? Well, we don't know that. Okay, squids also do something interesting is that a squid can communicate in color shape, texture changes, which they control. Remember that one of the criteria for language is to be able to volunteer. It's called volative. Volative?  And one of the other criteria is it volitional. Good. Thank you. Volition. That's what I was looking for was the word volition. So one of the reef squids they now can can we do this? I think we can. But one of the reef squids they saw actually giving a message to a squid on one side of it in color, you know, by changing colors and then another type of message to a squid on the other side is like, wow, okay, but we can do the same thing. In other words, if you're in a group of friends, and you're talking to someone else, you can actually convey a message obviously to someone else in the group to face squid. Well, there you go. But let's say for example, that you've got two women and a guy. And the guy's talking to one of the women and one of the women might be conveying to the other woman like this guy's really boring. Let's get out of here, you know, pretend that you've got a call from a friend and can be conveying that message with nonverbal language as the guy speaking, you know, that sort of thing. Which so humans also spend can do that. Okay, so in conclusion, here is that it's becoming more difficult to pretend that that may be by some my part, but it's becoming more difficult to pretend that other things do not have language for one. And then or think, because if if animals can do these types of things, what cognitive ability do they have? It's certainly not just instinctual. Some of these may be my opinion here, but other languages do not have to contain all the features of human language. In other words, we, we, we have tend to be a binary going, okay, they only really have language that meets all these seven criteria. Well, maybe they don't need to meet all these seven criteria. And if you if you thought about a squid, who can change color and change texture and do it out both do different things out both two sides, or back that can echolocate. And so they might think of human languages primitive. So I wouldn't be too. Yeah, okay, I wouldn't be too quick to go like human languages, by far, superior to well, no, I don't think it's okay myself. Okay, so I think we should kind of expand our definition of language to include the richness that we okay. And that's why I tried to wrap up within an hour. This is my second last slide, or maybe my last slide to the kind of richness that we see in nature. And now the one other thing that I might say is that the more we think that we're different from nature, the more likely we are to and this is kind of my parting thought, is the more likely we are to think of nature as just something we can explore instead of something we're part of. In other words, we're said, we're part of this thing. And so it behooves us to understand our place in nature, not just exploited because for somehow we're, you know, superior. Okay, so that's my presentation.


From Hollywood, California, the Lux Radio Theater presents Charles Lawton in Ruggles of Red Gap with Zezoo Pits and Charlie Ruggles. Lux presents Hollywood. Tonight's play is the lively and romantic story of an English ballad set down in America's wild and woolly west. Charles Lawton stars in Ruggles of Red Gap with Zezoo Pits and Charlie Ruggles. Between the act, you'll hear one of the most famous real-life butlers, Herbert Peacock. Our music is conducted by Louis Silver. This program is brought to the microphone jointly by the makers of Lux Flakes and by you women who are buying Lux Flakes this week and every week. Here's what so many clever women are doing nowadays. They use Lux to care for all their washable clothes and to do their dishes too. Do you realize how little this costs? Only a few cents and it saves dollars. Things stay new looking so much longer. 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Mr. Lawton had been acting three years when I happened to see him in London and decided he was the man I wanted for the part of Nero in the sign of the cross. His contributions to the screen since then have given the world many hours of glorious entertainment and artistry. Outstanding among them was his performance of the title role in Ruggles of Red Gap. And tonight, as he repeats that role for us, he makes his first appearance in a radio drama in this country. Mr. Lawton's latest pictures are two Paramount releases, The Beach Coma and Jamaica Inn. And he's now at RKO Studio starring in The Hunchback of Notre Dame. With Charles Lawton come two other fine players, also from the original picture cast, Charlie Ruggles and Zezo Pitts. We hear Ms. Pitts as Mrs. Judson and Charlie Ruggles as Egbert Flaude, leading citizen of Red Gap. So put on your ten gallon hat and your high heel boots as the Lux Radio Theatre presents Charles Lawton, Charlie Ruggles and Zezo Pitts in Ruggles of Red Gap. Paris in April. A velvet breeze steals softly through the open windows at the hotel apartment occupied by Lord Bernstead. His lordship, on a visit from London, had had a restless night. By his bedside stands Ruggles, his valet. Immaculate in dress and soft in speech. Ruggles is the perfect gentleman's gentleman. He shakes the coverlet gently and speaks in the liquid tones, reserved for awakening the master after a too enjoyable evening. My lord, my lord, it's ten o'clock, my lord. What? Ten o'clock, my lord. Ten o'clock, what? In the morning, my lord. Oh, what day? April the 17th. My lord. What year? One thousand nine hundred and eight. My lord. Oh, same as yesterday. Is there anything wrong, my lord? Everything's wrong. Shellfish again for supper, my lord. Well, what of it? You know what they do to your digestion, my lord. They don't do a thing to my digestion. No, my lord. No, if you want to know, I had oysters and lobster and sherry and champagne. Right. My lord. I had dinner and spent the evening with Mr. and Mrs. Egbert Floud. The Americans, my lord? Yes. They taught me their native game of drawing poker.  Yes, it was. Mrs. Floud telephoned a few minutes ago, my lord. I informed her you were asleep. She said you had a surprise for me, my lord. Was that all she said? Yes, my lord. Got tea, my lord? Oh, thank you. I say, uh, Ruggles, how are you on shocks? Shocks, my lord? Yes, you know, shocks, upheavals. You've always stood up under them pretty well, haven't you? Trust I have, my lord. I trust I always will, my lord. Yes, well, this has to do with the game of drawing poker I played last night. You see, in this game, there's a thing called bluffing. And though I say it myself, I'm particularly good at it. I bluffed Mr. Floud into putting up quite a sum of money. Then you won, my lord. No, you see, I didn't realize that Mr. Floud was not bluffing also. I suddenly discovered that I'd lost more than I could pay. And then Mrs. Floud said I'd got something they'd rather have than the cash. Then you didn't lose any money, my lord. No, Ruggles, I, uh, I lost you. Ruggles! I'm extremely sorry, my lord. Did I, uh, did I understand you, uh, to say, my lord, that you had, uh, lost me? I did. Ruggles, please! Do I, uh, do I understand, my lord, that I was the stake in this game of chance? Yes, Ruggles.  You don't have to go if you don't want to. If I was lost like that, my lord, I am a debt of honor. I have to be paid, so to speak. Well, it's a dash sporting of you to go off like that, Ruggles.  I have an idea. Well, I'd rather think they want to take you out to America. America, my lord. A country of slavery. No, no, I think that's all finished. I believe some chap by the name of Pocahontas did something about it. There, wouldn't be surprised if this isn't that Floud chap to collect you. Collect me, my lord? Will you answer it? I, uh, oh, tell him I'm ill, will you? Yes, my lord. Howdy, Bill. Morning, sir. You remember me, don't you? Floud's the name, Egbert Floud. Yes, sir. Won't you, uh, come in, please? Thanks. Now, uh, now look here, Bill.  It's Effie's. She's my wife. And when she once makes up her mind to do a thing, a whole herd of buffalo wouldn't stop her. Buffalo, sir? I don't know if I'd want you at all if it was me, but it's Effie. And she's some wildcat, believe me. I have no reason to doubt you, sir. Yeah. Now, uh, now I don't want to hurry here, but I guess we ought to be gone because, uh, well, when Effie wants a thing, she'd fight a rattlesnake and give it the first two bites. A rattlesnake, sir? Yes, sir. Will you excuse me a moment? Yeah, sure, sure. Go right ahead. My lord. Yes? The, uh, gentleman has called for me, my lord. Oh. Is there anything further I can do for you, my lord? Uh, don't think so, Ruggles. Uh, this is, uh, all very, uh, sudden, isn't it, my lord? Well, uh, yes. I can't help worrying about what is to become of you, my lord. Oh, I'll be all right. Rather fundraising myself for a change. Uh, I've put your digestive tablets over there, my lord. Yes, well, uh, goodbye, Ruggles. Look after yourself. Yes, my lord. I'll return later for my things, my lord. Goodbye, my lord. Goodbye. Say, Bill, I'm just looking at this picture on the wall here. What's it supposed to be? The French Revolution, sir. The aristocrats on their way to the guillotine. I am ready to leave now, sir. Come on in, Colonel. Hey, Effie, he's here. I got him.  Colonel, sir, my, my name is... Sit down. Make yourself at home. I heard you thought you... Here he is, Effie. Hulk, tired and waiting. Well, Mr. Ruggles, there certainly is a pleasure. And are we delighted to get you? I do hope you're going to be very happy with us, both here and in Red Gap. Red Gap, madam? Yes, Red Gap, Washington. Our hometown, you know. A little bourgeoisie, I'm afraid. But you'll find a few of us really do care about what's happening in the hote, moondi, or a society, as you call it. Yes, madam. Now, Ruggles, I want you to start right in this morning. The first thing you can do is to take Mr. Flout out and buy him some new clothes. What's the matter with these, I got on.  There are galleries, all. Yes, dear. Art galleries. Art Ruggles is Mr. Flout's emotional outlet. Yes, madam.  We have some very important people coming for dinner. Very dis-tan-gy. Yes, madam. Now, you see what I mean about the wildcats and the rattlesnakes? Do you know anything about art galleries, Bill? If I may be allowed to say so, sir. We have a common sympathy in the pictorial arts, sir. Oh, yeah, yeah. Well, then, come on, then. I'll take you to a good one. Waiter, give me another of the same, will you? We miss you. Mr. Flout, may I remind you, sir, that madam instructed us to go to the art galleries? Not at least, Colonel. I get all the art I need right here at this table. Now sit down, make yourself comfortable. Oh, no, sir. Why, what's the matter? Sir, there is a certain difference in our walks of life, sir. Which makes it impossible for me to sit at the same table with yourself, sir.  Ashamed? It isn't that, sir. It, uh, it just doesn't do for a gentleman's servant to sit with his superior, sir. Your superior's nothing. You're as good as I am and I'm as good as you are, ain't I? Well, uh, sir... Well, ain't I? Uh, yes, sir. Well, then, what's eating you? Now, sit down.  Yes, sir, if you insist, sir. Ah, there you are. That didn't hurt much, did it? Well, what you're looking so funny about, you ain't sick, are you? I am an excellent hell, sir. But it is rather a shock to find oneself breaking the tradition of generations.  Excuse me, sir, but you must remember to address me as Ruggles, sir, and not as Colonel or as Bill or as Mr. Ruggles as you've been doing, sir. Now, why? Now, why? Why do you say that?  If we were overheard, sir, people might take us to be equals. Now, listen, let me tell you something. Where I come from, everybody is equal, see? Indeed, sir, that may do very well for America, but it would never do with us. Yeah, well, I don't get what you're talking about. Well, I'll bet. Well, look who's here. Hey, Jeff. Jeff Tuttle. Yeah, Jeff Tuttle from Red Gap. Good old sourdough. Yeah! Well, I thought you're going to pass me by, you longhorn. You're going to pass you by. Why, you knock-knee don't say wash. Yeah, wait a minute. I want you to meet a friend of mine. Colonel Ruggles shake hands with my pal, Jeff Tuttle, from the state of Washington. Well, pleased to meet you, Colonel. How do you do, sir? But I have no military title, whatever, sir. Never having served our king, not even in the ranks. Well, that's all right. Any friend of sourdough is okay with me. Say, what's the matter with settin' down? Yeah, sure. Sit down, Colonel. Sit down. Well, Jeff, you old stingin' lizard, where'd you turn up from? Europe. Me and Amy's been all over Europe and Italy. Say, what's the matter with havin' a drink? Well, I don't know. Beer's all I know how to say. You'll leave that to me. Here, boy. Visquis sourdough. We miss Europe. That's French for highball. You don't, Jeff. Well, how'd you ever learn it, Jeff? Well, it took me some time to get the accent. We had some very important guests for dinner, sir. We were given deafness instructions by Madam. Yeah, he means F.A. You know how she is, huh, Jeff? Do I? Yeah. Colonel Ruggles, that woman can bite through nails. Yes, sir. She chews them instead of gum, Colonel. He drinks, monsieur. Oh, that's fine. Just set the drinks down here, boy. And wait a minute. Bring us three more, will you? There you go, muster. Yeah, you old coyote. Mr. Flout, I hope you won't take me in pertinent. You'll sit down, will you? Well, here's mud in your eye, Jeff. Come on, Colonel. Wrap your paw around that glass and dive in. If you excuse me, sir, I never touch. Oh, go on. Go on. Don't be bashful. Oh, well, sir... Come on, she goes, boys. Ah! Yahoo! Yahoo! Have you been in Paris, Mrs. Flout? Oh, just a few weeks. Some more Urduvies, Mrs. Tiflin. Thank you. Mr. Bainbury. Thank you, no. Very kind of you to invite us, Mrs. Flout. Oh, that's what I love about Paris. One makes such good friends so easily. A decent one. Yeah. How true. It won't be here any minute now. I must apologize for him. But he's spending the afternoon in the art gallery. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Look out, Jeff. Watch it, Colonel. Why, why in the world? What's that? Yeah, yeah, he's a wild one, Jeff. Yahoo! Mrs. Flout! Oh, please, ladies and gentlemen, it's nothing. Nothing at all. Oh, do have some more Urduvies, please. Hey, hey, Effie. Eggman. Yahoo! Hello, everybody. This is my old friend, Jeff. Jeff, meet everybody. Effie! Oh, I'm afraid I must leave, Mrs. Flout. Oh, no, no, no. Please don't go. It's quite all right. It's nothing. Good evening, Mrs. Flout. So sorry. Well, what's the matter? What's the matter, everybody? Going? Hey, come back here. Oh, good night. Good night. I'm so sorry. I don't know what. Good night. Good night, everybody. Well, what's the matter, Effie? Ain't they going to stay and eat? Eggman, Flout.  You owe me drinking? Oh, yes. Hi, there, Effie.   You've disgraced me. That's what you've done. I was never so mortified in my life. And you, Ruggles, I entrusted him to your care. Can you bring him home like this? No? Why don't you see? What have you got to say for yourself? Yeah! The curtain falls on Act One of Ruggles of Bread Gap, starring Charles Lawton with Zazel Pitts and Charlie Ruggles. During our brief intermission, we bring you the Browning family. It's a hot summer day, and we find Dot Browning visiting her friend Janie Barrett across the lake. The two girls are talking about a party they're going to next week. What are you going to wear, Janie? My white cotton evening dress. Gee, I wish my hands weren't so red. They'll look dreadful against that wife. I know. Hands seem to show so much more in the summertime, don't they? Mm-hmm. And it's awfully hard to keep them nice-looking, swimming and grubbing around the garden, not to mention dish washing. Want to know something, Janie? What? I think it would help a lot if you use Lux Flakes for your dishes. Why? Because Lux is so easy on your hands. It doesn't make them all rough and red the way a lot of soaps do. We always use it at home. And your hands always look nice, too, Dot. Well, you just try Lux Flakes and see how much it helps. I certainly will. I'm going to ask Mother if she won't get a box tomorrow. That's just grand. Then maybe you'll have nice hands in time for the party. In the summertime, nice hands are more important than ever. It isn't any fun to get all dressed up in pretty short-sleeved dresses and light pastel colors and then have rough, red hands spoil your whole appearance. Your hands need special attention. Now, listen. You wouldn't dream of washing your hands with harsh kitchen soap, would you? Then why expose your hands for hours to soaps like that in your dish pan? You're letting harmful alkali roughen and coarsen them. It's so unnecessary. Use Lux Flakes for your dishes and help your hands stay soft and smooth. Because Lux has no harmful alkali. Absolutely nothing to bite and sting your skin the way harsh soaps do. Lux is gentle this is the finest toilet soap. And a little goes so far. Lux is thrifty. And now I see Mr. DeMille is ready for act two. We continue with Ruggles of Red Gap starring Charles Lawton as Ruggles with Zazu Pitts as Mrs. Judson and Charlie Ruggles as Egbert Flaude. Ruggles has been forgiven for his first misstep and now far from his native Piccadilly far from the comforting notes of London's Big Ben, he journeys fearfully through the vast reaches of the west of Red Gap, Washington. We're almost there now, Ruggles. Indeed, Madam. I have seen none of the usual signs of an approaching city. Well, Red Gap ain't exactly a city bill. Fastest grown town in the state, though. We shall be met by my sister and my brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Belknap Jackson. Are you fine, Mr. Belknap Jackson? Quite the gentleman. Yeah, you sure will. Effie's mother, Mark Pettingill, made a barrel of money in oil and Belknap searched a gentleman. He'd come all the way out from Boston to marry into the family. Egbert, be quiet. Mr. Jackson is the leader of our north-side set, Ruggles. You'd hardly believe it. But until he came to Red Gap, nobody even thought of putting doilies under the finger bowls. No, nobody even thought of finger bowls. Really? How very extraordinary. Yeah, look at that. Look at that. You see that sign out there, Bill? You see what it says? Keep your eye on Red Gap. A rootin' cutin' town. Don't that make your heart beat faster, huh, Bill? Well, in a way, it doesn't. How are you, Effie? A Belknap, moon chair, Belknap. How are you, moon chair? I have the carriage waiting, Effie. Thank you, Belknap. Oh, this is Ruggles, Egbert's man. We persuaded our friend Lord Bernstead to let him come to us. Oh, really? Take the bags, Ruggles. Very good, sir. It is Mark. Mark Pettingill, were you all maverick? Tardo, your old horn toad.   Oh, go on, you bow-legged lizard. Mother, please. Oh, hello, Effie.  Oh, ma, listen, I want you to meet the Colonel. Colonel, this is ma Pettingill. Hi, Colonel. Where's your uniform? Mother, this is Egbert's servant. Shall we leave, Effie? Sure, go ahead. I'll take the Colonel home for ya. Mother, you can't. Why not?  Come on, Colonel. I'll give ya a hand with those grips. Thank you, madam. Oh, Grey, home in the West. Twenty rooms and you could drown in the bath-hub. It is most impressive, madam. Never mind that, madam, business, Colonel. Just ma to you, ma Pettingill. Uh, yes, madam. Go ahead, Ianbill. After you, madam. Well, that's certainly sweet of ya. Thanks, Colonel. Daisy, Willie, come here. Yeah? Where are you, ma? This is our maid, Colonel. How do you do? Pardon me. Are you calling me, Missy Ma? And this here's our cook, Willie Lung. Meet Colonel Ruggles, folks. How do you do? How do you do, Colonel?  Now, be that, folks. We want dinner in a hurry. Okay, ma. All right, Missy Ma. I beg pardon, madam.  Yeah, sure. And a China person? That's right. Well, what do you think of the place? It's, uh, it's large. Ruggles! Ruggles! Oh, here you are. Yes, madam. Ruggles, I've just written a little notice of your arrival here as Mr. Flau's man. I want you to accompany Mr. Flau over to the newspaper office. I want it to appear in tomorrow's paper. Yes, madam. And Ruggles. Yes, madam. Make sure that Mr. Flau doesn't stop off anywhere.  Yes, madam. Well, come on, Bill. What you're stalling around about? Shake your feet. Yes, sir. But are you sure the newspaper office is in this direction, sir? Now, stop worrying, Colonel. But I was definitely instructed, sir. Oh, sure. I know. Listen to that. You hear that? That's Nell Kinner singing. Ain't it beautiful? Huh? Come on. Yes, sir. But just where are we going, sir? We're going to Nell Kinner's house. That's where we're going. She's having a barbecue and beer. Barbecue, sir? Yeah, yeah. That's roast cow.  Oh, no, sir. Say, lookie here. Now, who are you working for, anyway? Why, uh... No, sir. Well, then, come on in and mix. Mix, sir? Yes, sir. Hi, Sam. Hi, Joe. Welcome home, sourdough. Well, Jake Henshaw, you're coyote. Glad to see you back, egg. Jake, I want you to shake hands with my friend, Colonel Ruggles. Hi, you're Colonel. Yeah, this is Jake Henshaw, Colonel. Find us Newspaper Man in the West. How do you do, sir? Colonel, eh? What army? Well, the truth of matters is... I got it. British army. Retired. Here, wait till I make a note. What's your first name, Colonel? It's, uh, never used, sir. Just for the paper, Colonel.  Tell him your first name. Well, uh, it's, uh... Marmaduke. It's Marmaduke? Yahoo! Ha-ha-ha! Excuse me, Mr. Clough. Yeah, sure, I'll excuse you.  Ho-ho-ho-ho!  Yes, sir. Thank you, sir. Good evening. Good evening, uh, madam. Can I get you another sandwich? Thank you. I say, who, uh, is responsible for this, uh, mitzos? Why, I am. Really? It's very excellent indeed, my good woman. If you're calling me a good woman, because you don't know my name, it's Jedson. I'm delighted to make your acquaintance, I'm sure. I know who you are. You're that colonel everyone's talking about. Oh, but really, I don't know. I'm glad you like my mitzos, colonel. Uh, yes, it's very good. Very good. It's almost, uh, perfect, in fact. What do you mean it's almost perfect? Oh, I was just thinking that a few drops of this, perhaps, and a little bit of that, might make it into a really superlative sauce. Well, let me tell you something. I've been making mitzos for longer than I can remember, and nobody's ever found fault with it before. Wasn't finding fault with it. Well, what do you mean by a few drops of this and a little bit of that? Only meant perhaps a little spice and some wine vinegar. Well, listen, colonel, you'd better stick to something you know about, like leading a regiment. Uh, please, uh, let's not have an international row about it. Well, I don't... Shall we, uh, shall we dance? Well, I really shouldn't. I've got work to do. Oh, are you in service here? If you mean, am I working here? Why, yes. I always do a little cooking and serving for folks when they give a party. Oh, I see. Yes, I know what you mean. A man in your position wouldn't expect the help to dance, but nobody minds here, colonel. It's funny, but you're the first one that ever made me feel different than anyone else. Might I, uh, have the pleasure of this waltz? Why, sure. It's been a grand evening, colonel Ruggles. Thank you so much. Oh, please don't mention it. It's been most enjoyable for me also, Mrs. Johnson. No, colonel. Ruggles? Oh, I see. Will you excuse me? Mr. Beldap Jackson is calling me from the gate. Sure, go ahead. Ruggles! I hope I shall have the pleasure of seeing you again soon. If you'd like to come to tea someday, colonel. Ruggles! Yes, yes, I've been delighted. Good night, Mrs. Johnson. Good night. Uh, did you, uh, call me, Mrs. Jackson? No, very well I did. So this is where you were all evening? Yes, uh, well, that's fine. What prompted you to mingle with a guest? Oh, sir, I had definite instructions from Mr. Floud, sir, to, uh, mix. Well, I'm sorry to spoil your pleasure, but you must come home with me at once. I feel he's incumbent upon me, sir, to see if that coincides with Mr. Floud's wishes. Never mind, Mr. Floud. He can stay here. You're coming with me. I think I should speak to Mr. Floud, sir. And I say you're coming with me. Well, are you ready? No, sir. Why, you impertinent... I'm sorry you did that, sir. And I regret that I feel it necessary to retaliate. Why, you... Good night, sir.  English or otherwise. Are you still going to harbor the Ruffian? Certainly not. He's an anarchist, Effie, hitting my poor bell-nap. Does it still hurt, do you? Yes, it does. I had cold compresses on all last night. I fail to see anything funny about it, mate, huh? You were... Quiet, Mother. Ruggles, come here. How could you do it? I, uh, costly gave way to the brute in there. Mr. Bell-nap Jack is quite right. You will have to go, Ruggles.  Remote settlement? You see, Effie, the man's quite impossible.  Uh, just a minute, folks.  Well, what is it? Go ahead, read it. Why, it's about... Oh. Oh! What does it say? It's terrible. Colonel Mamadouk Ruggles, late of the British Army and an intimate friend of the Earl of Bernstead. What? An honored guest of Mr. and Mrs. Egbert Loud. Oh, disaster. Complete social disaster. A series of entertainments are already being planned.  Pull up a chair, Ruggles. You're one of the family. Listen to this marvel, listen. Colonel Mamadouk Ruggles, late of his majesty's cold-streamed guards, was honored at a tea given by Mrs. Atwater Wood. Colonel Ruggles to be guest at honorary dinner. A card party and dance for the British Colonel, a visitor from across the sea. Oh, I must have it. We're just all happy. Oh, ladies, this is the greatest thing that has ever happened to Red Gap. I thought you'd come here. I know how busy you've been, what with all those invitations I've been reading about. Oh, yes, yes. It has been a bit of a round water.  Oh, I just sort of fixed it up myself. Did you? Did you? Very snug, I must say. Well, topping... Oh, goldfish. Do you like goldfish? Rather, I have always derived intense satisfaction from their silent companionship. Oh, have you? Oh, I say, well, this is rather a quaint picture. Oh, I say, who is it? That? Oh, that was Elmer, Mr. Janssen. Oh, yes. Mr. Janssen? Yes, he's dead. Really? A fine-looking chap, I must say. Colonel, would you excuse me? I think the tea-wet water is boiling. I say, can't I help you? Oh, no, please. Men are so helpless in the kitchen. Helpless, really? Well, now just sit down and I'll pour the tea in. Mrs. Janssen, please. Oh, why? What's the matter? Oh, no, always bring the pot to the kettle. Never bring the kettle to the pot. What? Listen, Colonel, I've been making tea for longer than I can remember. Now, look here, don't let's get into difficulties about this, but you must listen to an Englishman about tea. If it were coffee, I should be your pupil, but we're making tea. And when making tea, always bring the pot to the kettle. Never bring the kettle to the pot. Oh, Colonel, your knowledge is surprising. I don't see why you should say surprising, Mrs. Janssen, the best cooks have always been men. I myself have pronounced views as to the preparation and serving of food. Have you? Oh, yes, yes, yes. It would be difficult to describe the intense satisfaction I've always derived from cooking. And goldfish. You know, Colonel, you were right about that meat sauce, too. It's much better with the vinegar. Isn't that splendid?  I bet you'd do swell if you'd open up a restaurant. A restaurant? Oh, my God, Mrs. Janssen, restaurant. Oh, I know it, cellan, excuse me. Well, sit down, Colonel, and I'll get the tea. Come on, I'll get the tea thing. Oh, thank you. Restaurant. Restaurant. Mm-hmm. Restaurant. Well, evening, Ruggles. Ah, good evening, sir. Yeah, you look quite comfortable beside the fire there. Sit down. Oh, no, thank you, sir. Reading? Oh, yes, sir. I've been taking the liberty of reading again the life of one of your great American statements, sir. Wonderful man. Very instructive pastime, Ruggles. I found it so, sir. You seem in a very good mood yourself tonight, sir. I am. It's a pleasure to tell you that you're through. Did you, uh... And you're fired, Ruggles. Mrs. Floud instructed me to pay your railroad fare to San Francisco. There's a train leaving at 9.30. See that you're on it. Train, sir? Uh, yes, uh, train, train, sir. Yes, sir. Good-bye to you. Hello there, Colonel. How do you do? What do you have? I think I've time for a small glass of beer before the train goes. Thank you. Small one, huh? Hiya, Colonel. How do you do? Howdy, Colonel. Hiya, Colonel. How do you do? How've you been? In excellent health. Thank you. Hey, hey, Bill! Bill! Come over here! Mr. Floud? Come on back here! Well, well, what are you doing down here, you lone wolf? Hiya, Colonel. Good evening, madam. Good evening to you, sir. I was, uh, under the impression that you had gone out to the ranch. We set out, too, Colonel.  What's wrong? This is, uh, this is most awkward, sir. Huh? What's he talking about?  I should like you to know that I have only the kindliest feelings towards you both. Sure he's been drinking. No, he ain't either. He ain't. Well, what's up, Colonel? I thought you knew, sir. Thing like this has never happened to me before, sir. It, uh, it's something of a shock. What is? I've been discharged, sir. What? Who did it? Mr. Jackson, madam. Bill Nebjection, while cut out that dude's windpipe.  Really, madam? He can, and he ain't. I'm the only one who can fire anybody around here, and I say you're working for me as long as you want. Mr. Flouts, I couldn't be happier. I couldn't be happier, sir. I, I, it was a disgrace, madam. Well, just forget about it. Come on up to the house, Bill. I want to speak to that fella. Uh, no, sir. I'd, uh, I'd rather not. Well, why not? Well, sir, I can't go on posing as what I'm not. Uh, and I, I don't wish to remain in service any longer, sir. I, uh, want to make something of myself. I would like to stand on my own two feet. This is a land, sir, of great opportunity. We're all a created equal. You're there, there. Now, that's just what I've been saying all along. You know that? Like Lincoln said that day at Gettysburg, he hit the nail right on the nose when he said, uh, uh... Well, what did he say? Well, that's funny. I, uh, uh, what, what did he say? I don't know. Well, he said, uh, uh, uh, uh, hey, Sam. Yeah? Yeah? Uh, what did Lincoln say that day at Gettysburg? I don't know, but I'll find out. Hey, Joel. Yeah? What did Lincoln say at Gettysburg? Shucks, I don't know. Harry, what did Lincoln say at Gettysburg? I don't know. I wasn't there. Hey, Pearly. Yeah? What did Lincoln say at Gettysburg? Well, you got me. Ask Hank, he reads the newspaper. What did he say, Hank? There's me. Hey, don't anybody know what Abe Lincoln said at Gettysburg? It's been seven years ago. It ain't no use, Hank. Nobody knows around here.  Don't even know... Wait a minute. What's that you were saying, Ruggles? What, what, what, what, what was it, Bill? Go ahead, Colonel. Tell us how it goes. In the first four and seven years ago, our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. We are now engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation or any nation so conceived and so dedicated can long endure. We are now on a great battlefield of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives, that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this, but in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate, we cannot consecrate, we cannot hallow this ground. The brave men living and dead who struggled here have consecrated it far beyond our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, no longer remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us, the living, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us. That from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion. That we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain, that this nation under God shall have a new birth of freedom and that government of the people, by the people and for the people shall not perish from the earth. I knew it by heart once myself, a long time ago though. You know it's funny how easy Americans forget the things that are said by Americans. We pause for station identification. This is the Columbia Broadcasting System. The curtain falls on act two of ruggles of red gap starring Charles Lawton, Zezu Pitts and Charlie Ruggles. In just a moment we present a very interesting intermission guest, but first I want to tell you something very interesting about our product. See this large box of luxe flakes I have here? How many cupfuls of flakes do you think it holds? Goodness, I don't know, Mr. Ruit. And you? Why, I think maybe five or six. Sorry, you're wrong. There are 12 cupfuls of delicate sheer flakes in one large box of luxe. That's enough to do your dishes for about 60 meals. Just a few flakes make so many suds, such rich, active suds too, that it's thrifty to use luxe for dishes. And you know how kind luxe is to your hands. So when you buy soap for your dishes, remember these three points. Luxe is speedy, it's thrifty, and it's kind to your hands. Get the generous large size box tomorrow. And now, here's Mr. DeMille with our guest. The man we're about to present comes very close to being in real life what Ruggles is in fiction. He's Herbert Peacock, who like Ruggles came here from England and devoted his life to attaining perfection as a gentleman's gentleman and butler. For the last 12 years, Mr. Peacock has been a butler in the home of Miss Anne Morgan, distinguished lady of one of our most important families.  Thank you, sir.  Although the butler would never, ever step the bounds where his master is concerned, he is indeed a gentleman to the staff he supervises. In England, for example, he gets his morning cup of tea brought to him in bed. My father was truly a gentleman's gentleman and was never known to do a hard day's work in his life. The two butler, wherever he is, sees all, knows all and makes no sign whatever. Sometimes that's difficult to do and sometimes it has his humor side. I have a friend in service who could never allow himself to smile when he overheard a dinner table joke. Of course, no excellent butler would. But he had another reason for saving his last for the pantry's ears alone. So he could take his false teeth out and laugh without disaster. Incidents like this made me realize that many household staffs in New York, although they live close to some of the most charming rooms in the world, have few places of their own in which to entertain their friends. So we organized the staff club, at which I am secretary, where we supply all a social club can offer and have a fine steward who battles for us. The club publishes a magazine, too, written by and for the staffs of homes and estates. We have many out-of-town members and an honorary member, one of whom we're very proud, Mr. Arthur Treacher, who plays butler's part in ever-so-many good movies. Here and Mr. Lawton can get excellent references from us if they ever needed them. But the butler's life isn't all clubs and recreation. His domain covers everything that happens in the butler's pantry, and that covers a lot. Wines and how to serve them, the making of salads and appetizers, the arrangements of flowers, and many, many other highly specialized functions. You know, Mr. DeMille, that butlers are a class who spend years in one household, and quite naturally we feel, as joggers did, the tug of parting with families we get to know and love. We become part of the household. But although a butler is definitely a servant, he tries to make his service so fine a thing, so exact a science, that he maintains not only his own self-respect, but the respect of his master and mistress as well. This very week begins my 13th year with Miss Morgan, so perhaps I'd better get back to my pantry and allow Ruggles to return to his work, too. Will that be all, sir? That will be all, Peacock. The service was excellent. Back in Hollywood, we are ready for Act 3 of Ruggles of Red Gap, starring Charles Lawton with Zezu Pitts and Charlie Ruggles. A blinkin's doctrine of equality, embedded deeply in Ruggles' soul, mingles strangely with his class consciousness. But acting upon Mrs. Judson's advice, he's preparing to open a restaurant called with impartial patriotism, the Anglo-American Grill. He's rented an empty store, where he and his helpmate labor earnestly to make it presentable. I can't move this. Oh, here I am, Mrs. Judson. You mustn't attempt to move these boxes. Allow me. It's certainly beginning to look like something. Yes, I'm not at all displeased, you know, not at all. It's going to be a large kitchen, isn't it? I guess I'll have plenty of room. I say let's hope fervently that we shall need it. Now, I suggest we put a few... Oh, Ruggles! A Ruggles! Are you here?  I've been almost frantic. Is there something wrong, madam? Look, look at this letter. He's coming here, Ruggles, to Red Gap. He's coming to visit us. Who, madam? Why, Lord Bernstead. Who else? His, uh, lordship. Coming here. Yes. Isn't it glorious? Of course, I shall be simply frantic, arranging dinners, parties, receptions. But I'm depending on you, Ruggles. Oh, what are you doing now? Are you busy? Uh, yes, rather, madam. Oh, yes, yes, of course, yes. There's a chop suey joint you are going to open. Well, of course, that's our question now. Oh, but here I am, wasting time, and dear George is apt to pop in on us any moment. Oh, Ruggles, you don't know what this means. Ah, revoir! And don't forget, come to the house as soon as you can, Ruggles. Well, we'd better get on with our work. If you expect to open this place soon. Why, what's the matter? His lordship. He's coming to get me. You're not going to let him, are you? I suppose he needs me. You mean you're going to give up all this to keep him buttoned up? What has he ever done for you? Yes, he did let me down. But I'd be the first member of my family ever to let his family down. And I'd have you know, Mrs. Judson, that it isn't just keeping a man buttoned up. It's heredity and loyalty. Well, I call it downright foolishness. Why don't you practice what you've been preaching? First, I find out you're not a real colonel. I thought I felt it my duty to tell you. I didn't care. But now I find out you're not even a man. Maybe you'd better find out what you are. Oh, I feel like jumping in the river. Well, go ahead and jump. And jump in at the bend. It's deeper there. Oh, look, look. There's Lord Bernstead now. Isn't it just wonderful that Effie is giving this reception for him? And Effie to introduce him. Mr. Floud. Mr. Floud. Well, hello, hello, hello, Mrs. Judson. Come on in. Meet Lord Bernstead. Oh, no. I couldn't do that. Why not? Effie's got everybody in town here tonight. Mr. Floud. Is Mr. Ruggles here? Bill? No. No Effie wanted him, but he never showed up. Oh, Mr. Floud. Here, here, here. What is this? What's eating you? I haven't seen him all day. I think he jumped in the river. Huh? Now what would he want to do that for? On account of a woman. She treated him something awful. Well, who told you that? I was there. Oh, she said some terrible things to him. And now he's dead. Now wait a minute, wait a minute. Keep your head on now. We'll find him all right? Good evening, sir. Oh, it's a ghost. Well, good evening, Ruggles. The Lord. Good evening, the Lord. Where have you been? All right, Mrs. Judson. Might I have a word with you alone, Milord? Where have you been? Come on, come on, Mrs. Judson. Forget about it. I'll get you something to eat. Come on. Well, where has he been? I thought the Indians had got you, Ruggles. Glad to see you. I'm glad to see you, Milord. I'm sorry I wasn't at the station to meet you, Milord. Oh, that's all right. Come in here, Ruggles. I've had a terrible day, Milord. A terrific fight. Oh, were you outnumbered? An even match, Milord. No, Milord. I was fighting with Miss Elf. Did you win? A decisive victory, Milord. Starfella, I didn't think you had it in you. You'll find me rather a changed man, Milord. I don't know quite how to tell you, but... here in red gap... I am considered important. Quite a personage. Oh, yes, Colonel Ruggles, isn't it? Yes, Milord. Colonel Marmaduke Ruggles of the Arcostream Guards. Horrible mistake, Milord. If there should be a war. Yeah, yes, Milord.  That's what I've been fighting about with myself all day, Milord. Am I someone? Or am I not? Well, I only just got here, you see, so I wouldn't know. Oh, oh, I am someone, Milord. Well, let me be the first to congratulate you. How did you ever find it out? Ah, you recollect an Abraham Lincoln, Milord. Oh, yes, fellow with a cherry tree. No, no, no, Milord. No? No, no, Milord. Generate, Milord, I am genuinely sorry to have to tell you that I shall not be returning with you to London. I am remaining in red gap. Now, now, wait a minute, Ruggles. It's no use, Milord.  I am entering Trade, Milord, a restaurant. It's no good for you, Ruggles. Nevertheless, Milord, I intend to try. Yes, sir, Bill, quite a restaurant you got here. Thank you, sir, for any kind of you to come, sir. Would you have some more meat sauce, sir? Yeah, yeah, thanks. Oh, Ruggles, oh, where is Lord Bernstead? I don't know, madam. Is he coming? I don't know, madam, I think not. Well, I can't say I blame him. I beg pardon, Mr. Jackson. I said I can't say I blame him. Oh, quite so, sir. Would you try a little of our meat sauce, sir? Won't make this steak any more tender by any chance. No, no, never mind, never mind. I'll eat when I get home. Take it away. Oh, yes, sir. Sorry, sir. Ruggles, did Lord Bernstead arrive? No. Oh, dear. Why, what's the matter with that steak? Nothing's the matter with it. What happened? I suppose it's wrong to hate anybody, but I dislike Bill Knapp Jackson very much. Now, now sit down, Ruggles. I'm going to get you something for your nerves. My nerves are quite all right, quite all right. Oh, Ruggles, everything must go off well tonight. It means so much. Oh, I better return to my guests. Your coffee, madam. Oh, thank you, Ruggles. Yeah, how's everything going, Bill? It's a little difficult to say yet, sir. Your coffee, sir. Yeah, thanks. Your coffee, Mr. Jackson. I told you I wanted nothing. Now take it away. Bill Knapp. I thought it was purely an accident. I'm sorry you did that, sir.  I beg your pardon, but you were insulting, sir. It's nice to have enough from you. You boot polisher. Perhaps you'd like me to tell your clientele just exactly what you are. It's quite all right. I've not forgotten what I am. Nor have I forgotten that I'm proprietor of this place. As proprietor of this place, I'm asking you to leave, sir. What? I'm asking you to leave. Now, if I go, all the real people will leave with me. If my success depends upon Cajun to people like you, sir. Well, all I can say is, well, all I can say is, Mr. Bell Knapp, Jack... All right, come here! Let go of me! Let go of me! Come on. It's all right. It's all right, sir. It's all right, sir. It's all right, sir. Now, here's the door. Now! Well, you seem in pretty good shape, Ruggles. Well, Lord, it's, uh... Most unfortunate you had to be a witness to, uh, this humiliating incident. In trouble, Ruggles. Yes, my lord. Excuse me, my lord. I have something of vital importance to attend to in the kitchen. Well, certainly, certainly. Ladies and gentlemen! It can't be helped. I have something to tell you about. As of Mr. Ruggles. I have no... Oh, Ruggles, I heard you. Sir, sir, I'm a failure. Oh, no, don't say that. Perhaps I believed a little too strongly in the words of your Mr. Lincoln. No, you'll see. It'll all come out right. You can go somewhere else and try again. Just don't worry, that's all. You know, I had plans, but it will cost... I have no right to speak about them now. Oh, yes. Yes, you have. I guess if I can make good meat sauce and red gap, I can make it anywhere. Mrs. Judson, I've never met a woman for whom I've had a greater respect than you. Oh, Mr. Ruggles. I say, listen. Do you hear that? They're singing to his lordship. They like him, don't they? Hey, Bill, come on out here. Yes, sir. I'm very fond of him, too, sir. He's a jolly good fellow. He's a jolly good fellow. He's a jolly good fellow. Wish nobody can deny. And so say all of us. And so say all of us. Oh, he's a jolly good fellow. Bravo. Well, wait a minute. Were you all horse thief? What are you applauding for? They're singing it to you. Yeah, sure, for you. Hey, boys, who's all right? Ruggles is all right. My... My friends. God bless you all. He's heard the last act of Ruggles of Red Gap, starring Charles Lawton. In a moment, our star will be back to take his bow. You know, sometimes it's better to let other people say things for you. 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So the smart thing, the thrifty thing to do is use Lux for your dishes every day via the generous large-sized box of Lux Flakes. Mr. DeMille, now we hear our star on a part that he's never played on the air before, that of Charles Lawton. I believe it's been nearly four years, Charles, since you were last in the United States. It's been about four DeMille pictures ago, as they reckon time in this place. I wouldn't count on that as a calendar. Motion pictures depend on inspiration and actors. No, CB, these actors can get very temperamental sometimes, can't they? Candidly, old boys, one produces to another. If we could find some way to make these pictures without actors, it should be a very much more profitable enterprise. I've heard that you've been producing pictures as well as acting in them. How does it feel to be on the other side of the contract? Oh, CB, it's a marvellous feeling when the picture's unscheduled and everything's going smoothly. Then, of course, there are the other times. And I understand now why many producers are inclined to lose their hair. You've had excellent training for a producer, Charles. Losing my hair? Oh, no, being an actor first. Now, this matter of hiring yourself as an actor to yourself as a producer has its problems. I never quite certain whether I should pay myself a big seller, a far more than I'm worth, and risk a loss as a producer, or pay myself low wages and perhaps make a profit. How can you lose? Oh, I could probably find a way. But now that I'm doing a little producing, if you ever want a job as an actor, CB, just drop over and see me. My advice as a producer, Charles, is to stay clear of the mill. Confidentially, his acting might be just a bit dated. Oh, I don't know, CB. I've seen you give us well-performance in an office. Seriously, though, I've enjoyed working with you in my first radio play in this country, just as much as I enjoyed our association six years ago at Paramount Studios, CB, and that was something. Good night. Good night, Mr. Lachman. We hope your first performance here will be followed by many more. Charlie Ruggles appeared through courtesy of Metro Golden Mayor Studio and will be seen in their new film, Balalaika. Says who pits next picture as the Walter Wainter production, eternally yours. Now, Mr. DeMille. As producer of the Lux Radio Theatre, it's my duty each week at this time to tell you about the stars and play for the following week. Tonight I make a different kind of announcement. I must say goodbye, not just for myself, but for all of us who bring you the Lux Radio Theatre. Or we'll be back with you on September 11th. And that's not so far away. At least once every year, I think I owe you a little accounting, since you, in fact, are partners in our enterprise, your co-directors in the Lux Radio Theatre, so the 30 people who form our permanent staff and who work throughout the year to make the Lux Radio Theatre what you want it to be, wish to express through me their appreciation of your approval of this theatre, as evidenced by the vast number of your letters and your loyal purchase of Lux Flakes and Lux Toilet soap. Your support has made this theatre the largest the world has ever known. Check-ups show that an average of over 15 million listeners tuned in each week during the past year, not counting the great number of our Canadian friends. Let's take a moment to picture this audience. You in the great cities hear us, and so do you whose homes are in those remote villages where the living theatre has never penetrated. You've written us from the cabins of ships at sea and from snow-covered cabins locked away from civilization by storms and distance. Letters have come from hospitals, from elderly people, from invalids, telling us what special meaning the Lux Radio Theatre has for them, what help it's brought them. We assure you that we cherish these messages. But such credit as this theatre may have won since last summer in presenting nearly half a hundred plays involving 1,139 performers does not belong to us alone. With gratitude, we pass it on to you, to whom this theatre really belongs, to you families who use Lux Flakes and Lux Toilet Soap. Between now and September 11, we'll be working on the most ambitious schedule of plays and talent in our history, guided by the great number of comments and requests that you've sent in. Being human, we're also going to try to have a good time. Our real vacation will come not only from our sponsors, but from you. Because we know that you won't forget us during this absence from the air, that you'll remember the Lux Radio Theatre by keeping Lux Toilet Soap and Lux Flakes in your homes. They're products of high character. In them is reflected the same high standard of uncompromising quality that your loyalty has brought our theatre. As I say goodbye, I feel as if I'm standing on the peak of a great mountain, which we've climbed together since this theatre first came to the air in October 1934. The glorious panorama that I see is the most thrilling experience that can come to man. Its name is Friendship. Wherever you may be on this continent, you have my sincere wishes for a summer of health and happiness. Until September 11th, this is Cecil B. DeMille saying good night and goodbye to you from Hollywood. This is the Columbia Broadcasting System.


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