Hollywood, California, Monday, May 17th. The Lux Radio Theater presents Betty Davis and Fred McMurray in another language with John Beale and Mae Robson. Lux presents Hollywood. This program comes to you through the makers of Lux Flakes as a means of showing their appreciation of your pronounced preference for these remarkable soap flakes. Our stars tonight are Betty Davis, Fred McMurray, John Beale, Mae Robson, Margaret Hamilton and Hal K. Dawson, our guests, Mrs. James Roosevelt, mother of our president, and Ms. Janet Henley, one of Hollywood's foremost wardrobe authorities, our producer Cecil B. DeMille, our conductor Louis Silvers, all of whom join me in saying welcome to the Lux Radio Theater. Before going ahead with our play, another language, I want to tell you about a little club in Paterson, New Jersey. Ms. Laura Brock, the secretary, writes, We are a group of girls who meet every Monday night. Wanting a name for our club, we have taken the liberty of calling ourselves the Lux Time Girls. One of our bylaws reads as follows. Any member getting a run in her stocking during the course of any meeting must pay a fine of ten cents. Our treasury hasn't been increased by a single dime so far because all the girls are Lux-wise. And as a matter of fact, we very seldom get runs at all anymore. They know that Lux cuts down runs because it saves the elasticity. The letter continues. We thank you for the splendid entertainment of the Lux Radio Theater and we wish you continued success. And we thank you, Ms. Brock, for your letter. We hope all of your club members are listening in tonight to hear Betty Davis, Fred McMurray and John Beale in another language. And now our producer, ladies and gentlemen, Mr. Cecil B. DeMille. Greetings from Hollywood, ladies and gentlemen. Some years ago, Mrs. Rose Franken, her housewife and mother of three children, surprised her friends by writing a play. Several people promised to produce it, but when nothing happened, Mrs. Franken became so provoked, she wrote another. It fooled everyone. Her language ran 344 performances and was promptly sold to pictures. Betty Davis, who commands the stage tonight in the role of Stella Hallam, earned her first money waiting on tables in school. Facing the camera for her screen test in New York, she fainted but passed, only to spend many weary months in Hollywood playing fill-in parts in screen tests for other hopefuls. As far as I know, her record of making love to 36 men in one day before the camera is still unchallenged. While Betty was eating lunch one day, Pandra W. S. Berman passed by, stared at her for a few moments, and informed her she would play opposite Leslie Howard in Of Human Bondage. Start from then on, she won the Academy Award for Dangerous and his next scene in the Warner Brothers film, That Certain Woman. Fred McMurray's Paramount Pictures, his two previous performances in the Lux Radio Theatre, and his many other air appearances, find us greeting him as an old friend. He's heard tonight as Vicky Hallam and will be on the screen shortly in Exclusive. John Beale, who created the role on Broadway and in Pictures, is again Jerry Hallam. John took to the footlights right after graduating from the University of Pennsylvania, dropping his original aim of becoming an illustrator. He's just completed Borda Cafe for RKO, and I'm especially pleased to welcome one of my oldest friends of stage and screen, that distinguished character actress Miss May Robeson in the role of Mother Hallam. The parts of Grace and Water will be filled by Margaret Hamilton and Hal K. Dawson, who played them so skilfully in the theater and film. Certain time, ladies and gentlemen, our stars make their entrance and the Lux Radio Theatre presentation of another language, starring Betty Davis, Fred McMurray, John Beale, and May Robeson is on the air. Our scene is a tiny studio apartment in downtown New York, the unpretentious but charmingly furnished home of Vicky and Stella Hallam. It's early Monday morning, and we find Vicky at the telephone. He seems to be having a little difficulty making himself understood. Now listen, is this the Senate Art Institute or isn't it? All right. Now, what? I don't care if you're only the cleaner. I don't care if you're the president. All I want to know is Mrs. Hallam's still there. Mrs. Victor Hallam. Yeah, she's one of the students in the art class. Well, there must be somebody there. Well, we're gonna take a look, will ya? It's important. I said run up and take a look. Hello, Vicky. Oh, never mind. How are you, darling? I'm all right. Do you know what time it is? Yes, oh, I'm terribly sorry. It's nearly eight o'clock. I've been trying to get you on the phone. I know it's awful of me, but I couldn't stop before. I was right in the middle of the new piece. But it's done now. It's in the cast. And, oh, Vicky, I think it's going to be all right. That's good. You must be starved. I'll get you something right away. Well, wait a minute. Maybe you don't remember what night this is. Why? It's Monday. Yeah. And we were supposed to be at my mother's at 7 o'clock sharp. Oh, Vicky. Oh, Vicky, darling. That's all right. It's not the first time you've forgotten it.  Well, I'm not exactly happy. I'm sorry. I know how sacred these Monday night family meetings are. They're not sacred. But I think we could make a little effort to get there once in a while. Walter manages it, and so does Paul.  What do you mean by that? I don't know. But sometimes I feel I can't help it. I feel they resent me.  Why should my family resent you? I don't know. But I think they do, Vicky, all except Papa. He's a deer. And the rest of them are a lot of pollukers, I suppose. I didn't say that. Well, that's what you meant. I didn't. I didn't mean that at all. I like them, Vicky. I only wish I could make them like me. That's all. Well, maybe you don't try. Maybe if we went up there a little more often, you'd get to know them better. It's not their fault, Stella. I know that. It's just that they don't understand you all this art school stuff. Oh, but you understand it.  Sure, I do.  But why did you have to pick the night of all nights to hold things up, Stella? I couldn't help it, darling. Honestly, I couldn't. This bust of you was the first thing I've done that I thought was really good. And I feel like shouting. Probably it's because the subject was so grand. Crazy. Don't spoil it, Vicky. Kiss me and make it perfect. Now hurry up and get ready. I'll only be a minute. Oh, Walter and Grace are going to stop by for us. Are they? Yeah, I told them you'd be late, so they're taking their time. When Walter comes, make sure you don't smoke one of his cigars. Huh?  Oh, oh, Walter's all right. Of course he is. Blow up, will you, Walter? My feet are killing me. Which apartment is it, Grace? 12. Boy, what a joint. What did Vicky ever want to live down in this part of town for, anyway? Stella, you mean? She's got him wound around her little finger. Ring the bell. All right. Guess she thinks living down here makes her R here something. Hello, Walter. Hello, Grace. Vicky, boy, how's the kid? Fine, thank you. Well, step right in, Gracey. Make ourselves to home. That's right, Walter. Well, Grace has been a long time. How are you? All right. Oh, Grace is dying. She says her feet are killing her. Hoof and mouth disease. That's what she's got. Guess we'll have to shoot her, hey? Ah-ha. Where's the little woman, Vicky, putting on the war pain? She'll be ready in a minute. Give her the gun, boy. Give her the gun. You know what I do to Gracey when she keeps me waiting? I give her the icy clutch. No, Walter, you stop it. You know you sneak up behind them, Vicky, and get them by the nape of the neck, like this. Shhh! Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! OK, cool. The icy clutch, Vicky, get it? Hello, Grace. Hello, sir. How are you, still, old girl? How's the kid? Fine, Walter, how are you? Well, I'm like the weather. Everybody complains about me, but nobody does anything.  Say, we'd better get going. Mom will be waiting for her. I'm ready. I'll run down and heal a cat.  Oh, we've got to, Grace. We're late already, and it's my fault. I'll turn out the light. No sooner said than done. Oh, Walter, not all of them. I can't see my hands before my face. Ooh, boogie, boogie, boogie, boogie. Stop it now, Walter. The icy clutch. Oh! Oh! Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha. Stop it, Walter. Hello, Mama. Hello, Vicky. Hello, dear. Come in, come in. Well, Mama, how's my best girl? Oh, I'm fine, my boy. You know, I was afraid you were not coming. Oh, how do you do, Stella? Well, this is a surprise. Hello, Mother. I'm awfully glad to see you. How are you? You're doing well, thanks. Oh, these flowers for me? Oh, thank you. Thank you very much. But you shouldn't, you know. Boo! Oh! Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha. Walter, Walter, my boy, I knew I could count on you. How are the children, Grace? Johnny's got a sniffle. Everybody here tonight, Grandma? My sons never forget Monday nights. Listen, what's the matter with your son's wife? I always say my son's wives are very good to me or so. All except Stella. You know, I'm afraid we are not quite tight-toned enough for Stella. Oh, Mother, you know that isn't true. You don't understand. I understand perfectly, my dear. Well, come in, come in. Don't stand here in the hall. They're all inside waiting. Hello, everybody. Hello, Etha.  I know, I'm really ashamed. I feel as if we ought to be introduced. Oh, Etha, it isn't as bad as all that. Stella, my child, I knew you'd come. Hello, Father. Hello, Stella. Paul, how are you, Paul? Say, I'm those chrysanthemums' beauties. Those are beauty, Stella. Aren't the beauties everybody? They must have cost something all right. Yes, they're very lovely. It's too bad we haven't anything to put them in. Gee, you blew yourself. Our times didn't seem to hit you, Vicky. They are wonderful, beautiful.  How's your new maid, Grace? How is she? She ate three eggs for breakfast this morning. That's how is she. That's nerve. Do you know it? I'll say it's nerve. Oh, I wouldn't keep it. I'm not. Hi, that old kid. Oh, whoa! Stop that, Walter, Helen. Grace, that husband of yours is too fresh entirely.  Walter, did you see the new brooch Paul gave, Etha? No, no, let's see it. Say, not bad, not bad. I like that center diamond, Etha. It's a marquee. Never met him. My acquaintance begins and ends with a chip. Oh, whoa, whoa, where's Jerry? Everybody's here now, but Jerry. He said he'd drop in later if he could. Well, that's, that's right.  You're not firm enough with your son, Etha. You know, Monday night's off to, or to begin to mean something to him. Now, now, Jerry's quite old enough. That's true, Mama. Etha, you ought to talk to him. You know, I don't think I've seen Jerry since... You know how long? I'll tell you, not since your wedding. That shows how often you visit our stellar. But that's not possible. You wouldn't know him now, Stella. Yes, he's a grown-up man all of a sudden. Well, I can't believe it myself. He reminds me a lot of the way Vicki used to look. Oh, there's a strong resemblance between all the boys. I said to Grandma the other day, I said Vicki's getting to be the image of Paul now that he's putting on weight. Who's putting on weight? You. Oh, you're crazy.  You know, you gained 11 pounds in the last year. Vicki gained 11 pounds? Boy, that's wonderful. You don't seem to think it's so wonderful, Stella. What? Stella, you're not happy that your husband's putting on flesh? I want him to stay young and handsome. Oh, not since. People should eat plenty. Never mind how they look. That's right, Mama. You tell Etha, Stella. She's positively starving me. Oh, Vicki, Mother actually believes it. No, she's pretty good to me. My wife is. Now, I guess you're pretty good to her. All my boys are good husbands. Good, but not romantic. Well, we've got to be romantic, huh? Yeah. Well, sit down, Stella. Sit down. Don't, don't act like company. Oh, I'm not. Really, I'm not.  That's not very nice, you know. She knows it's becoming. Why, it's so light. I didn't even know it was on. Well, take it off. We all saw it. Oh, here's Jerry now. Come on in, Jerry. The door's open. Fine time to be coming. Hello, everybody. Hello, Jerry. Hello, Grandma. You've been forgetting your old grandmother. Oh, no, I haven't, Grandma, but you know how it is. Hello, Jerry. Oh. Jerry, this is Aunt Stella for goodness sakes. You remember Aunt Stella? Say, how'd you do? Where's your tongue? Oh, he does remind me of the way Vicki used to be. Sure, I remember Aunt Stella. How do Aunt Stella? Aunt Stella, that makes me feel so old.  And besides, you're not a bit like an aunt. I mean, well, you're not a bit older.  He even put his foot in it the way Vicki used to. His ways are a lot like Vicki's, but I don't notice the resemblance so much. That means Vicki was never so good looking. Oh, yes, he was.  Yeah, Dad. Decided last week he couldn't get along without me. Oh, so we're not going to have an architect in the family, huh? It doesn't look like it. Jerry, did you really want to study architecture? I was crazy, too. I guess I still want to, about more than anything else in the world. Well, come on in, everyone. There's lots to eat. That's the best news I've had since breakfast. Come on, Vicki.  Now, let me at it. Shoo! What's that you're playing, Aunt Stella? The music. It's swell. Oh, listen to them in there. I bet they'll sit over that table till 12 o'clock. They're enjoying themselves, Jerry. You know, Aunt Stella, you don't seem to belong to these Monday evenings. Aren't they awful? You have to sit around all night and jaw over things that aren't important and eat a lot of things you don't want. I hate to come here. I know how you feel, Jerry. Do you? Is it true you're an artist, too, Aunt Stella? I mean, do you paint and sculpt? I used to before I would narrate. I'm beginning again. Well, good for you. You know, when I was a kid, well, when I was about 18, I mean, I used to love to design buildings and theaters and things like that. Oh, but that's wonderful, Jerry. Dad couldn't see it, though. Nobody could. They seemed to think that anything that has to do with drawing isn't business. I wanted to go abroad and really study. My first dad said he'd think it over, and then the family, I don't know, sort of got him out of the idea. Well, that's too bad, Jerry. Well, what are you too hobnobbing about? The two artists. You think they were long lost friends? Well, I only hope Stella's not putting ideas in his head. What do you mean? Can anybody even sit together? Yeah, both of them.  I'm sorry. I didn't mean anything. No, no, of course you didn't. Jerry's a good boy. Come on, Stella, get hot. How about a little swinger? Let's hear you go to town. Walter, I'm afraid I'm not up to it. Why don't you? Sure, shovel over. I'll show you how to tickle the ivory. That he does it all by ear.  Well, Stella, I'd like to see you sometime when we could talk by ourselves. I mean, I would like to talk to you about paintings and things. There's nobody much around here I can talk to. Why, of course, Jerry, any time. Listen, wait a minute. Vicky! Vicky, dear! Yeah? Vicky, why couldn't everyone come down to our place next Monday evening? Oh, that's an idea. Hey, how about it, everybody? I'll come over to our place next Monday. Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no. That's too big a trip for an old lady like me. Perhaps if you lived a little nearer. Oh, come on, Mama. Just this one's won't tire you. It's a swell idea. Then you will come, all of you. I'm willing, if the rest are. OK, by me? Fine, then it's settled. Our place next Monday. No, no, no. You know, I'm an old lady. It's much better for you young people to come to me. Oh, no, Mama, dear. I'll blow you to a taxi. Yeah, how about a bicycle, Mama? Ah! Well, sir, I meant to talk to you alone, not with a whole gang around. Why, then, any time, Jerry. Just drop in and have dinner with Mama. Thank you. Oh, gosh. I'm dying for sleep. We ought to be going, Walter. Me too. I can't keep my eyes open. I ought to wash my hair. Come on, Steele. Get your duds on. Here's your coat. Catch. Let me help you on with it, Aunt Steele. Thank you, Jerry. Here, let me help, too. I hope you got your desk out of there. That's a cool trick you want to watch out for what you're doing here. Jerry! Jerry! I've been scutting into you. Talking to your Uncle Walter that way. Apologize to your Uncle this instant. Go on, Jerry. Say, excuse me, Uncle Walter. You were very fresh, really. I apologize, Uncle Walter. Oh, don't mention him, my boy. I know your business troubles make you irritable. Jerry, don't mind them. You will come to see me, won't you? Steele, are you ready? Steele? Yes, Vicki. I'm ready. Before going on with our play, let's stop at the home of one of our friends. 14-year-old Margie is out in the kitchen with her mother. They are doing the dishes together. Margie is drying them. Mother, how many years have you been washing dishes? Oh, a long time. It'll be 16 years this month since we started keeping house. Wee, you don't look it. Thank you, darling. What makes you say that? My mother, your hands were so pretty and white. Not at all dish-tannied, Lucky. Well, they probably would be if I hadn't been washing my dishes and luxe ever since I was married. And before, too. Really? I used to help grandmother when I was a girl, just as you're helping me now. Only I usually washed and grand-dried. She always kept a package of luxe on that shelf between the windows in her kitchen, remember? And we never used anything else for dishes. Actually, I have tried other soaps a few times, but they always hurt my hands, so I went right back to luxe. And good old luxe seems to get the dishes clean faster.  Once again, Mr. DeMille. Back now to another language. Starring Betty Davis, Fred McMurray, John Beale, and Mae Rogson. One week has passed. Since their meeting at Mother Hallam's, Stella has been seeing Jerry occasionally, trying to bolster up his spirits. It's Monday morning, and Vicky is sitting at the breakfast table as Stella comes from the living room. Who's that on the form? It's Jerry. What, again?  He wants me to have tea within this afternoon at the Admiral Hotel. Said he wanted to talk to me. No, tend to want to beef about something. Oh, but they're all so against him. We're the only ones who can help him. We can't close him off, Vicky. I'm not going to close him off, exactly, but I'm certainly going to mind my own business. And you do the same. Paul wants him over at the factory, and that's all there is to it. But Paul has enough money to let the boy at least try to find himself. And waste the best years of his life trying. But it wouldn't be waste. Putting him in business now when there's so much in him that wants to come out. That's waste. You should have seen his face at the art exhibition. It was like a new world to him. A kid like that, and a kid that age oughtn't be hanging around art galleries. It's a lot of bunk, if you ask me. Vicky, when you talk like that, I could just shake you. It's so awfully typical of you. Typical of what? Well, of the kind of mentality that ridicules what it doesn't understand. Oh, so I've got that kind of mentality, eh? I never thought you had. But you do now, is that it? I don't know what to think of you anymore, Vicky. Oh, you don't? Sometimes, if I close my eyes, I think it's Paul or Walter. Now, look here, Stella. I've warned you often enough to leave your opinion of my family out of our conversation. But it isn't the family, it's you. If you're so blind, you can't see that Jerry ought to get away to find himself, then... Well, then something in you that's always been very dear and precious to me has died without my knowing it. Well, you're certainly taking the kid's troubles to heart. Because he's so much the way you used to be, Vicky. Maybe that's why I'm so fond of him. Well, I'm glad you like somebody in my family. I could like them all if they'd only let me. Ah, that's a layer. No, it isn't. I've never fooled myself about the way they feel toward me. They resent me terribly. Well, if they do, it's because you're high-hat them. Try to make yourself somebody miles above them. That isn't true, and you'll know it. If I were someone miles above them, I could understand their hatred. But I'm not. I just want more out of life than waking up in the morning and going to bed at night. Oh, I want a great deal more than that, Vicky. And I want a great deal more of marriage than the mere routine of a man and woman living together. Because that doesn't have to happen. It shouldn't happen. Especially when two people began by loving each other the way we did. Well, that's a funny thing to say. What's the matter with me? Nothing, Vicky. You used to think I was pretty good. You used to even love me a little. I still do.  Like fun you do.  You're just plain garden variety romantic. Oh, you can't name it with a word, Vicky. You want a honeymoon to last forever. But good Lord Sully, you can't expect that. It's bound to wear off, and something a lot better comes in this place. What comes in its place, Vicky? Well, you know as well as I do. I know this, Vicky. Nothing can ever take the place of tenderness and respect and chivalry. You just stand still without them. Well, you keep going down and down and down. Oh, that's bunk, so honestly, bunk.   Oh, Vicky, be serious. We need to talk, you and I, but leave me, we do. Nonsense, I understand you a great deal better than you think I do. But you don't know what it means to be lonely. What have you got to be lonely about? Afraid I don't love you anymore?  No, Vicky, please. Oh, still, I do love you. Vicky, every night I pray this prayer. Dear God bless Vicky, whom I love. And all my dear in-laws. Hey. Like it? It's lovely, Jerry.  Oh, that seems a long time ago now. It was such fun. Stella. What's that there playing? I love it, don't you? Stella, please don't keep putting me off. Well, what is it, Jerry? Oh, I feel like a fool now. You didn't act this way on Saturday. Well, I remember that we went to the exhibition. Was that all? Oh, yes. Well, I remember more than that. I remember every word you said and the way you looked when you said it. Jerry, this is dreadful. No.  No, I'm not fooling you. Being with you that day made everything different and wonderful. But all it meant to you was going to an exhibition, I guess. Oh, no, it didn't. It meant more than that, Jerry. Because you see, I enjoyed seeing the pictures with you. It was nice being with someone for a change. It was awfully nice. Oh, well, I see. Sure. I'm just crazy, I guess. Forget it, will you, Stella? I was just sort of crazy when I called you and asked you to come here, that's all. We'd better have our tea. Waiter, waiter. Yes, sir? Tea for the lady. Yes, sir. Anything else? Stella? Just the tea, I think. I have to hurry home for dinner. And for you, the same, sir? No, brandy. Yes, Jerry. Oh, I'm just a fool, that's all.  I don't blame you. But Saturday, when we were going around together, I was walking on clouds all the time. And you were happy, too. I could see it in your face. Because you were with me and away from Vicki. Jerry. I can see the way he treats you. As if you were a piece of furniture. Something that's in the house when you go to work and you're sure it'll be there when you get back. Jerry, don't be silly. Uncle Vicki and I love each other very dearly. We, uh, well, we're not romantic anymore. Romance doesn't mean anything. We're as often. Something much better comes to take its place. I don't believe that. And you don't believe it either. It's just that he doesn't know how to make you happy. I am happy. And then Saturday was all a dream. I mean, then I guess I only imagined it. No, no, you didn't imagine it, Jerry. It was wonderful. I did love it. You know, it was just as if I were under a spell. As if time had gone back seven years. But it wasn't you I was happy with, Jerry. It was Uncle Vicki. Don't you see? Well, then there isn't any place for me at all. No, Jerry. Jerry, listen to me. You're not in love with me the way you think. Stella. Oh, no, you're not. I'm just taking the place of the girl you love someday. Now you're, well, you're lonely, I guess. You're dazzled by the experience of talking to someone who understands the things you want to say. Well, that'd make me suffer the way I'm suffering now. I think so.  Jerry, stop it. I won't stop. I know what you're doing.  You're afraid of yourself, and you're afraid of me. Jerry. Oh, Stella, there's nothing wrong about it, Stella. We didn't ask it to come. It just happened, like something natural and beautiful. Jerry, Jerry don't. You must. Jerry. Right over here. Here's your Uncle Vicki. Vicki, you told him we were going to be here? Of course, why not? He's going to take me home. Waiter. Jerry. Waiter, take the check out of this and keep the check.  Hello there. Hey, Jerry. What's the matter with him? Hey, Jerry. Let him go, Vicki. He's just upset, that's all. What's eating him now? I don't know. Oh, Vicki, you wouldn't understand. We went out in an awful hurry. What's at this time? Vicki. Vicki, I wish you'd do something for me. What? Speak to Paul. I ask him to let Jerry go abroad, for my sake. Nothing doing. That's none of our business. All right. Now, let's get going. Shall we, if we're going to entertain the family tonight? Now, now, Vicki. Hurry. I'll go and let them in. I'll be out in a minute. Oh, Jerry, it's you. Yeah, it's me. Come in, Jerry. I want to apologize for acting the way I did this afternoon, Stella. Oh, but you didn't. I guess I just sort of lost my head there. I went back to the office, and I wasn't even going to come up here tonight. Then I got to thinking about it and realized what a sapper was. Oh, but I understood it, Jerry. You mustn't feel badly about it. Well, I do. Oh, gee, this room's beautiful at night, with the candles and everything. I've never seen it like this before. Where's Uncle Vicki? In the bedroom, changing his clothes. I brought you something. You did? Oh, here. Oh, Jerry, how nice. Shall I open it now? Sure, sure, if you want to. Oh, it's soft. Go ahead, see what it is. Oh, the little toy dog. Do you remember it? Of course I remember it. We were walking across 57th Street after the exhibition. It was in a shop window.  I've always had a weakness for toys, still. And you said, oh, Jerry, look at that puppy. Isn't it adorable? And I knew right then and there I'd have to buy it and surprise you with it. But you shouldn't have done it, Jerry. Well, don't you like it? I love it. It's one of the sweetest things that ever happened to me. You're surprising me this way. But it won't do. You see? It just won't do. Oh, you're crying. Not a thing. Why should I cry over a funny little dog? I don't know. Neither do I. Do you really mean you won't keep it? Stella, you're not angry. Jerry, no, dear.  It must have been expected. That's not the reason you're just making that up. Well, then I'm your aunt. Little boy's oughtn't to buy things for their aunt. It ought to be the other way around, if anything. Well, here we are. Oh, hello, Jerry. Thought you were the family. Say, what was the idea of that disappearing act you pulled this afternoon? I had to get back to the office.  Hey, where'd the dog come from? Gosh, they certainly can make stuff these days. I bought... Jerry bought it for his girl. He opened it for me to see, Vicki. Oh, so there's a girl in this, too. Well, women like this kind of nonsense. Say, didn't I buy you something like that when we were first married, Stella? Yes, I think you did, Vicki.  It was a kitten with a blue ribbon around its neck. Well, that's right. I threw away five bucks on it without batting an eyelash. You didn't throw it away, Vicki, because I still have the kitten on a top shelf in a box. You still have it? Gosh, women are nuts, all right. Hey, careful, Jerry, you better go easy. What's her name? There isn't any girl the way you mean. Don't tease him, Vicki, please. Oh, it's all right, old man. You're not the first one to fall, you know. Now, how old is she? Let him alone, Vicki, it's unkind.  Do you know it? Oh, there they are.  You'll only upset Grandma carrying around a face like that. Hello, Vicki. Hello, Vicki. I got to get out of here. I can't stand this. Jerry, please don't. Hello, everybody. I'm so glad you're here. Come in. It's wonderful to have you here at last, Mother. Oh, thank you. Say, Mama, where's Paul? Yes, where are Paul and Nessa? Well, they'll be here later. Didn't Jerry tell you? Don't you know what happened? No, did Jerry tell you, Stella? I forgot. That's not a very nice thing to forget, Jerry. Edda's sister got a appendicitis. They rushed her to the hospital. Really? Yeah, they operated right away. For him's sake, Jerry, how on earth do you happen to forget to tell Aunt Stella? Yeah, how come you forgot? Paul lay off the kid. He couldn't help it. He's in love. Oh, that's it. Well, nonsense. He's much too young for that. It's puppy love. That's what it is. Got any dog biscuits, Stella?  Jerry, don't. All right, everybody. Give me your coat, will you? Come on, folks. The evening's young. The joy reigns unconfined.  Nice work there, Stella. Those sandwiches were swell, not big, but swell. Thanks, Walter. Oh, I do like that record, Vicki. It is a nice photograph, isn't it? Come on, Grace. Let's dance. We'll show them a thing or two. Oh, Walter, I'm rotten at the new dance, isn't you know it? Well, I'm just keeping time and follow me.  Nice work, Walter. Walter, I can't. Let me stop, Walter. I'm busy. How's this, folks? Look at Walter. Walter's good. That ought to take you down around the hips, Grace. Come, come, Vicki. Why aren't you dancing? Oh, come along, now dance with your wife. Yes, Vicki and Stella. Oh, I'm no good. Go on, Vicki, dance. Well, come on, Stella. I'd love to, Vicki. Ah, now that's right, that's right. Give out with that stuff, Vicki. Yeah, if I don't give out myself. Well, who's leading, Stella, you or me? You, darling. Oh, let's stop. I guess we're just rotten. Well, you used to dance good together, you two. When did you ever see us dance? You danced at your wedding. And you held her tight, all right. Come along, Jerry. Now, what's the matter with you? You must dance.  Oh, do I not? Oh, come on. Show us some new steps, Jerry. This is getting to be a real party. That's right. Forget your troubles, Jerry, old man. And tread the light. Fantastic. Hey, that's a good idea. Here, you can have my wife as a partner. Yeah. Jerry and Stella. Ah, now we're going to see something. Yes, the two youngsters ought to be able to give a good performance. Please, no. Go on, Stella. Don't be silly. Oh, come along, Jerry. Ask the lady, please. No, no, I'm, I'm tired. Oh, dear, Stella's always tired. Oh, dear sports. So why do you have to spoil up fun all the time? Vicki's right. Go on, Jerry. Just make her dance. All right, Stella. All right, Jerry. There, there. See how beautifully they do it. Say, that Jerry's quite a snake. And a boy, kid. Look how they do it, so smooth. Why can't you and me do it like that, Walter? You think they dance together all their lives? Well, looks like they win the dance contest, all right. Well, what do you say, folks? Hey! Hey, break. Hey, you win. Come on, break, break. You hear me, Jerry? Break. I'm sorry. They ought to get a loving cup. No, no, no, not a loving cup. I know the bust. The plaster bust over there on the table. Here, here, give it to me. Really? Sure, because it's hollow, just like Vicki's head. Mr. Jerry Hallam and Mrs. Victor Hallam, on behalf of the management and in recognition of your swell-elegant exhibition of terpsichorean art. Permit me to... You fools, you fools. All of you. Come back, Jerry. He broke the statue. This is the second time he's done that to me. Well, he can't get away with it. I'll get him back. Oh, no, no, Vicki. No, please, let him go. I don't mind his breaking the bust. It was just practice work. I don't care, really. You don't care, but I do. Just because he's got a grudge in the world, he can't go around smashing things up in my house. Oh, but Vicki, he didn't know what he was doing. He's terribly unhappy. There's no excuse for this. He's just a sore pub because he can't get his own way. What's eating him?  Carrying on for that, imagine. He ought to be wallowed. I should say he should. Oh, you are fools.  I thought so. Teller has been encouraging him for our cheese worth. And if I have, is it any worse than what you've done? What are you saying? One minute, Vicki. I would really like to hear what it is that we have done. If you really want to know, I'll tell you.  You're trying to mold Jerry's life to fit your own, and it's wrong. I know what I'm talking about, because you've done the same thing to Vicki and me, and you must have. You've got to let the three of us alone. You've got to let Vicki and me keep our marriage the way it started out. It's the only thing that'll save us. Stop. I did. Stop, please. I've heard enough. Vicki, I think your wife's lost her mind. Oh. Grace, Grace, get some water for mom. She's going to faint again. Vicki, Vicki, you know what I'm driving at. You know I'm right. Make them see it.  Make some excuse for your action, Stella. No. I'm going. I'm going. I'm going home. No, no, Vicki. Vicki, don't stop me. I can't. I can't stay after such insults. I'm going home. We're all going home. Come on, Grace. You can come out now. Stella. Don't use that tone to me, Vicki. Oh, so that's going to be your line. Why, you ought to be glad I even give you the chance to explain. There's nothing to explain. I needed you. But you didn't love me enough to know about it. Love you enough? When it comes to love, I wouldn't talk. The only single thing I've asked of you in our married life is to be decent to my folks. And what do you do? The first time they've all been to my home in over two years, you insult them so they have to leave. I wish it hadn't happened that way this evening. Maybe it's just as well for all of us to know just where we're at. Yes, and I'll tell you where you're at. Tonight was the turning point between you and me if anyone should happen to ask you. And I'll leave you to think that over. Where are you going? If you want to know, I'm going up to the folks. Vicki, if you go up there now, we'll never get back to where we were. You've got the card before the horse, Stella. It's up to you to make the first move to get back to where we were. My slate's clean. I've been as good a husband as any man could be to a woman. Have you, Vicki? Well, haven't I? I ask you, haven't I given you everything you ever wanted? Now, who's that? Oh, hello, Jerry. Of course, I'm Stella. I got to speak to Aunt Stella. Look here, kid, it's a pretty rotten thing you did losing your temper. Oh, no, that's why I came back. You've got to learn to control yourself. When it comes right down to it, though, I blame your Aunt Stella more than I blame you. You don't know what you're saying. She didn't have anything to do with it. Oh, Jerry, Jerry, keep quiet. Go away, please. I don't want you here.  And listen, Stella, if my nephew has a decency to come back here and say he's sorry, you at least have the decency to hear him out. I've said as much insult to the members of my family as I'm going to stand. But Jerry and I have nothing more to say to each other. He has nothing to do with what's happened between us. Is she one I who need to talk? No, no, we don't. I told you I've had my say. I'm through until you come to your senses. James, oh, Vic, you can't do this to Aunt Stella. It's all right, Jerry. Your aunt and I understand each other perfectly. Good night. I'm going to get him back. He's crazy. No, no, Jerry. Let him go. You go, too. I want to be alone. But you oughtn't to be alone now, the way they all walk out on you. And it's their fault, too. Don't worry about it, Jerry. Just go home. But, gee, Stella, I can't leave you like this. I just want to do anything for you. I don't care what it is. I want to do something to take that look out of your eyes. Then go home, Jerry.  I only wish I could forget it, too. But you can't forget it. And I can't either. I love you, Stella. Jerry, don't. Please don't. You see, I'm too tired to scold you the way I ought to. The station identification. This is the Columbia Broadcasting System. K.M. at Los Angeles, the life of Hollywood. Betty Davis, Fred McMurray, John Beale, and May Robeson continue another language in just a moment. As you listen to the Lux Radio Theater tonight, doubtless you're struck by the attitude of one particular character. I speak of Mother Hallam. Through her own words and through the influence she exerts on her children, you probably resent her type of motherhood. Fortunately, most mothers speak another language, the language of great and understanding hearts.  She's sitting at this moment in the study of her home on East 65th Street in New York City. On the desk nearby is a photograph of her son, Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Ladies and gentlemen, speaking to us from New York, the mother of the president of the United States, Mrs. James Roosevelt. Thank you, Mr. DeMille, for your invitation to take part in a program from your splendid Lux Radio Theater. It's a pleasure also to hear Ms. Davis, whom I remember as a charming young lady when I met her in Washington. I think tonight that you're doing something even more important than entertainment. For through Mother Hallam, you're showing it seems to me many other mothers, but not to me. And why? Early the second act of the play, there was one line that has stayed with me. Stella was speaking, and she said, let the boy at least try to find himself. That phrase might well be the watchword of every mother and father, too.  Unhappy because they are not free. Of course, I don't mean that a child should not be guided, but the child's own identity should never be smothered under that guidance. A boy or a girl may be your child, but at the same time, he is an individual. And perhaps first on the list of his training should be teaching that child to find himself. I get so impatient when mothers will say, oh, my boy, never could do that. And when I hear it, I always want to say, you mean, you never let him do it. I remember in my own experience, it was hard for me always to see that, especially when my son wanted to climb tall trees or go hunting or other such hazardous expeditions. But my husband would always say to me, teach him how to do it right.   No matter how much you want your boy to be a lawyer, if he wants to be a painter, let him do it. If you don't, he would be unhappy as a lawyer and probably a very poor one. But with a sympathetic understanding, he may become a great artist. A final word to mothers now, remember your child's father may have some very good ideas and his influence and cooperation are very important.  Help your son develop a character of his own. Let him find himself. You'll be a very happy mother when you can point to your child's achievements and say he did it all himself. Thank you Mrs. Roosevelt for honoring us with your presence. It's inspiring to hear from you and I know mothers throughout America will cherish your words. We're back in Hollywood now where Betty Davis, Fred McMurray, John Beale and Mae Robeson are ready to continue another language. The following morning with Vicky at his mother's house, Stella has had a chance to think things out for herself and she's come to a decision. Vicky has called saying Mrs. Hallam has been taken ill and Stella has gone to her mother-in-law's home. She's come, almost to come, as Vicky greets her at the door. Hello Stella, come in. Guess I ought to say thanks for coming over. Why? I'm doing this for myself Vicky. Oh I kind of thought you were doing it for me. No, I didn't want to hurt mother and it'll make her feel any better for me to say so.  That's talking. May I go up to her now? Walter and Grace are with her. Do you know you haven't said good morning to me yet? Haven't I? Look here Stella, are you still mad or what? Why should I be mad?  I act a certain way because I'm me. And that's all there is to it. All right, let's forget it. You did wrong last night but you can't do any more than say you're sorry. I did wrong maybe by leaving you alone and I'm sorry. It was what you needed though young lady. Come on now, wasn't it? No Vicky it wasn't. Did you get the woozies being by yourself? I couldn't sleep a wink. I wasn't by myself very long. Jerry didn't leave until almost three.  You should have pitched him out, you're too soft with him. I wasn't soft with him Vicky. Did you talk some sense into him? I hope so. Good, now let's kiss and make up. I wish it were as simple as that but it isn't. There's no use in our kissing and making up. We'll only be the same thing over again.  I won't be there Vicky. Well, what do you think you're going? I don't know yet. Listen, are you after a separation or something? Nothing quite as spectacular as that. At least not yet. I just want to be alone for a little while to think things through. Think things through too Vicky. It's high time. Well listen Stel, this is a lot of hysterical nonsense. You're not going. I don't know what you're going to do about it Vicky. I'm going to do this about it. Here I am all ready to take you in my arms and I can't find you. That's the way I sort of feel. And it's the loneliest feeling in the world, isn't it Vicky? Paul. Hello Grace. Sorry I didn't interrupt the love thing but Grandma knows you're here. I'll go up then. Tell her I'll be up to say goodbye Stel. Everything hunky-dory? Huh? I said everything hunky-dory between the lovebirds. Oh sure, yeah sure. Who's that coming down the area away? Oh it looks like Edda. Paul too, my lord. Grandma bats in eyelash and whole gang comes trooping in. I'll go. Hello. Is Jerry here? Is he here Vicky? Is he here? No, what's the matter? He didn't come home all night. Didn't come home? Well that's funny. We come over to find out if you'd up your place with the others. No he didn't. Oh Paul, I know something's happened to him.  Oh no, no, not Jerry. Oh God, don't let anything happen to him. He's all I've got. Come on now Edda, control yourself. I can't, he's in some hospital somewhere. Oh listen Edda, you would have heard in case of accident. No that's easy to say, but I'd be half out of my mind if I was Edda, especially the mood he was in last night. Lord knows what he's up to. What mood? Oh the kid was upset. The family sort of got his goat I guess. Well I know it was that. I know he's not happy down there in that business. I've said it all along. Not that the boy can't adjust himself. He'll have to learn to. He's in love, that's what I might explain a lot. That's right. We were teasing him about it. Edda, do you know anything about this? Not a word. Vicky how do you know about it? He told Stella. Did he tell you who the girl is? No, but Stella's funny that way. She wouldn't if the kid asked her not to. Well I'm going to get to the bottom of this if I have to. Wait a minute, here's the kid's biggest life. See him? He's coming down the area away step. Oh thank God. He'll give an accounting of himself all right. Now Paul, please don't lose your temper with him. You don't know what's happened. Oh Jerry, where have you been? How could you frighten me like this? I'll attend to this. Well young man, suppose you explain yourself. Since when do you take the staying out all night? I'm not a child, leave me alone. I came over here to tell you I was home. If you're gonna start haunting me I'll leave. Now I'm asking you where you spent the night and I want the truth.  Walking, most of it. Most of it. And where'd you spend the rest of it? What's it to you? Oh look here Jerry, come out with it. You don't need to be ashamed. Leave me alone. There's a woman in this isn't there? What do you mean? Who is she? Oh leave me alone, why can't you? Oh Jerry, don't act this way. If you're in love with a girl that's all right. Papa's not angry, is that part of it? Yes, I'm in love. Jerry, well I think that's fine Jerry, congratulations. Yeah, it's swell. Come on boy, who is she? I can't tell you. Is she someone you'd be ashamed to let your mother meet? No she isn't. She's the most wonderful person in the world. Then why can't you bring her around? That's what I want to know. And I'll know it before I'm through with you. Well she's... She's married. Oh Jerry. Married? Oh, so that's it. Where did you pick her up? In heaven that's why. Yes, we know all about that. One more question, and I want the truth out of you or I'll... Paul, let him alone, can't you? Let him alone when he's mixed up with some cramp.  I'll call her by her right name and that'll be all.  Let me manage this, Vicki, will you? Well, this is no place for a scene with mama sick of stairs. What's the matter with you? Yeah, here comes Stella now. I bet anything grandma wants to know what you're doing. Stella. Jerry. Jerry, why do you look that way? What's the matter? I'll tell you what's the matter. He's running around with a married woman, that's what's the matter. For all I know she's trying to frame something on him. Paul, she's not framing anything on him. How much of this do you know? Everything. Come on out with this, Stella, tell us what you know. No, no Stella, don't, they wouldn't understand, don't tell. I don't know whether you know it or not, but he didn't come home all night, this young fool. I didn't know it. What time do you leave your house? I can tell you that. 3 o'clock.  Stella. What else does she tell you? What else it was, it doesn't help me, Jerry. Nothing. All right, let's stop beating around the bush. I want to know where you went after you left Stella's. Who's the girl? How long have you been carrying on with her?  Stay where you are, Jerry, there's no reason to run away. I don't want to run away. I'd like to tell him. I'm proud of loving you, Stella. You get that all of you? I'm proud of loving her. Watch this, Stella. Why you? Stop it, I've heard enough.  No wonder you've heard enough. So this is the sort of stuff she does behind your back. Who says it's behind my back? What do you take me for?  Didn't you hear me say I knew he'd been down at her apartment until 3 o'clock? Does that look like Stella was doing anything behind my back? Well, what are you made of? Blood or water? Common sense. What was the use of making a fuss about it? I knew the kid would get over it and Stella'd handle him. How could anybody take it seriously? A tempest and a teapot. When did this begin with him? I guess it began that night at the folks last week. We got home and Stella said, I think I made a hit with your nephew. We left ourselves sick over it. Oh, Vicki. Stella, you lost. Jerry, no. What did you think we'd do, kid? Sit down and bust out crying over it? You lost. Jerry, no, no, of course I didn't. The lucky thing for you, we did take it as a joke.  You go right over and say, I apologize, Aunt Stella. I apologize, Aunt Stella. No, Jerry, don't believe it. Come back. Let him go. But you can't let him go that way. He believed it. Well, Vicki, you don't know what you're doing to him. Now, listen, just calm down. I'm his father, and I'll take the responsibility. That boy loves me. And if it's the last decent thing I do, I won't let you destroy something that's been beautiful to both of us. To both of you, eh? Pretty late to talk that way, Stella. Have you been making fun of him all along? I haven't been making fun of him. Vicki lied when he told you that. He didn't know anything about Jerry and me until now. I thought there was something funny.  I'd rather think that, Paul, than anything else in the world. But it isn't so. Vicki lied to save the family. Or you made a gesture for me, Vicki, I admit it. But it wasn't good enough. Fear, that's all it was. You were afraid for them to know that I was the tramp they were talking about.  And you didn't care what they did to Jerry as long as you were safe. That's a good story. She's telling the truth. Don't you know it when you hear it? She's right.  Now go ahead and say it. And you're going to let her get away with it? No, I'm not going to let her get away with it because I don't have to. Stella, when you came in here this morning, you said you wanted to go away. Well, you listen to what I have to say first, and then if you want to go, I won't keep you. I'm not even going to ask you if there's anything between you and Jerry. I'm going to tell you, there isn't. Do you understand that? There isn't. I know there isn't, because I know it. Oh, Vicki, do you really? Children, children, excitement again. Mama shouldn't be up. Oh, excitement. I couldn't rest. I'm sorry, mother. Oh, where did Jerry go? Jerry. Yes, he was down here. I heard him. Why couldn't he come up to see his old grandmother after last night? What is the matter with him? Victor, I asked you something. What is wrong with Jerry now? There's nothing wrong with him, mom. Poor kid needs a break, that's all. Maybe I can help him get it. Maybe he ought to be an architect if he wants to. And if I can help him, I will. Thank you, Vicki. You're siding with Jerry against your whole family? Yes, I am. And if it isn't too late, with Stella. And now, if you'll excuse us, Stella and I were going home. Are you ready, Stella? I'm ready. And Vicki Dowling, it isn't too late. A little later, Betty Davis, Fred McQuarrie, and John Beale report back to the microphone. But now, some facts about clothes and the care of clothes from Janet Henley. Miss Henley, after 10 years as head of women's wardrobe at Columbia Studios, knows clothes from A for apron to Z for zipper. She had charge of this department for recent hits like Lost Horizon and When You're in Love. And is now concerned with the next pictures to be made by Irene Dunn and Grace Moore. Ladies and gentlemen, one of Hollywood's foremost dress authorities, Miss Janet Henley. First, Miss Henley, congratulations on your excellent work in Lost Horizon. Thanks. It was one of my most interesting assignments. Interesting because it features so many unusual costumes. Take, for example, those affairs worn by the native women. In the back from the waist to the ankle was a very heavy piece of cloth covered with shells, corings, and semi-precious stones, representing prayer. Each woman had 108 braids of hair which reached to the waist and were tied to the top of this piece of cloth. We're keeping with the styles of Tibet. But I imagine you're having fun to think about too, Mr. DeMille, in customing your new picture. The buccaneer. Well, there'll be lots of variety, Miss Henley. But the story takes place during the War of 1812. That means costumes for frontiersmen and the beautiful Creole ladies of New Orleans, for Frenchmen and Spaniards, for sailors and pirates, and for the armies of England and the United States. I expect to keep my stars, Frederick March and Francesca Garl, so busy that I'm having wax figures made on which their costumes will be fitted without calling them from the set. Every star, ladies and gentlemen, has a wardrobe assistant whose duty it is to keep her costumes in perfect condition. This means that every night all washable garments are laundered and made ready for the next day before the camera. We use luxe flakes entirely, simply because nothing else does the job so well and so economically. We found that clothes last so much longer when we take care of them in luxe. We have pieces of lingerie, for example, that have been used in pictures for as long as seven years and still look just as fresh and new as ever. I recommend luxe most hardly to all women who want to look their best and particularly if they have to watch their budget. Well, let's take a girl who doesn't earn a great deal of money, say about $25 a week. What kind of a wardrobe would you recommend for her? Well, any girl with a small income should buy conservative clothes that will look well on almost any occasion. I'd suggest that you have one good suit with a separate skirt to go with it and two or three blouses for variety. Also, one simple black and white dress that will do for dinner and theater as well as the office. In select days such a dress, get one that can be worn without a color or with different colors or costume jewelry. This also for the variety. I'd get one navy and white outfit, one dinner dress and two or three simple prints. When you think of the coats and shoes and hats to go with them, this is about all a girl could afford on $25 a week. But it's all she needs. Take care of everything washable in luxe flake and iron your clothes carefully and you'll find you'll be as well dressed as most women are who have a great deal more to spend. I hope I've been of a little help. Thank you. Thank you. That was Miss Janet Henley, ladies and gentlemen. And here's Fred McMurray. And for a very good purpose, Mr. DeMille. On behalf of Betty Davis, John Beale and myself, I want to say how fortunate we've been to have appeared tonight with such a splendid cast. There's May Robeson who played Mother Hallam. Miss Robeson's been acting for more than 50 years and I wish I knew just a little what she's forgotten about characterization. Thanks also to Margaret Hamilton and Hal K. Dawson who played Grace and Walter and to all the others, Edward Keane as Paul Hallam, Myra Marsh as Etta Hallam and Sam Flint as Mr. Hallam. On behalf of the cast, Fred, thank you. And now, John Beale. I'm sure the audience would rather hear from Betty Davis than from me. So I'll be very brief. I'll pick up where Fred left off, Mr. DeMille and speak not as an actor but as one of your regular fans. I think the Lux Radio Theater is the most worthwhile hour on the air. And I say that because I mean it. All right, Betty, where are you? Right behind you, John. Mr. DeMille, I do want to say how impressed I was by Mrs. Roosevelt's talk from New York. It makes me very proud to have appeared on the same program with a woman of such keen understanding and sincerity. As for the part I played tonight, it's one I've wanted to do for a long time. I saw Dorothy Stigney do it on the stage and Helen Hayes on the screen. Each was such distinction. I tried to make Stella live as believably as they did. Thank you, Mr. DeMille, and good night to you all. Let's play your phone again, Betty. Thank you, Betty Davis, Fred McMurray, and John Beale. This is your announcer, ladies and gentlemen, Melville Rueck. Next week, stars and play will be made known in just a moment by Mr. DeMille. Ms. Davis, currently seen in Kid Gallowhead, appeared through courtesy of Warner Brothers. Mr. McMurray and Mr. DeMille, Paramount. John Beale, RKO. May Robeson, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, and Louis Silver's 20th Century Fox, where he supervised music for the new film, Cafe Metropole. And now, back to our producer. Next Monday night, we take you to the far boundaries of civilization for Northern Africa, salvaged land of scorching sand, home of perilous adventure and daring romance, and inferno patrolled by a handful of glorious troops flying the colors of the French foreign legion. Of all tales born of this background, none has attained the perennial popularity of under two flags. First favored in novel form, it ran for generations as a play and was three times a motion picture. We bring it to you next Monday night, starring Herbert Marshall as Corporal Victor, Olivia de Havilland as Lady Venetia, Lupe Vallez as Cigarette, and Lionel Atwell as Major Doyle. Our sponsors, the makers of Lux Flakes, join me in inviting you to be with us again next Monday night, when the Lux Radio Theater presents Under Two Flags with Herbert Marshall, Olivia de Havilland, Lupe Vallez, and Lionel Atwell. This is Cecil B. DeMille saying goodnight to you from Hollywood. This is the Columbia Broadcasting Center.


Hi everyone, it's Brandi. I wanted to give you a quick demo of the Piazza platform we will be using for our discussion forum assignments in each lesson, as well as our sort of general questions about the class. Think of it as a place where if you would raise your hand and ask it in class, this is where you should ask it in our online setting. So this is sort of the landing page as a student that you will see when you log in. I've logged in as a student, not as the instructor, so that this demo that I'm giving you will show you things exactly as you would see them. So right off the bat, obviously there's not much content in here because the class hasn't started yet and no one's posting but me. But as things start moving along, this left-hand white column here will start to populate with all of the posts that you can see. And here across the top you'll see the different the different folders of the different types of posts that we'll make. So there will be a lesson folder for each of the lessons one through twelve, and then there's a folder here for our introductory posts where we introduce ourselves to our classmates. And then there are two other ones, care to share and technical help. I've got posts in each of those that give a brief description of what they're about, so I would encourage you to to read those. But I thought that maybe a good exercise for us today would be if I walked you through how I as a student would do my introductory post. So I would click on new post and I would change it from question to note because I'm not posting something that I need an answer to. And I want to make sure that I'm posting this to the entire class as opposed to just posting to the instructor or to one of the groups in the class. And in in this setting class group refers to the the discussion teams that I've made for for our discussion assignments. And those are named after the colors of the rainbow. And I assigned this student to team purple. So the first thing that I want to make sure that I do is assign this to the introductions folder. That way it gets filed with all of the other introductions. And then I'm just going to type in my post in the orientation. I did ask that for your sort of subject line summary here, you write your name and where you're from. Generally you don't have to give us your address. And then I would make my introductory post here. Hopefully yours is a little longer and more descriptive than mine. And make sure it includes a picture either of you, your pet, your favorite place to vacation, your favorite food, something. I'm not going to make you share a picture of yourself with us, but hopefully you'll share at least a picture of something that's important to you. And then you can just hit post my note. And as you can see, it shows up right there in the left hand navigation. And then depending on how you have your preferences set up, you can you can have it so that Piazza will email you every time a new post is made. And if you're using the mobile app, you can have it push notifications to your phone. And I'll tell you that I do plan to employ that for for myself so that you should know that if you're posting a question here that needs a quick answer, that's that's about as quick as it's going to be, because I'm going to see that long before I'll, you know, see anything an angel. So the care to share and the technical help folders you can use, you know, if you're having some sort of technical difficulty with the class, angels not working, the course website is down, there's a link that's broken, post about that here so that we can get it fixed quickly for you and so that your classmates are aware of the issue as well. And the care to share folder option, I thought that would be a little a nice way for us to have a good landing pad to share things that are related to the class but not directly in one of our discussion forum postings. So, you know, if you're attending an event in your area related to climate change, or if you want to share a link about a new article or a movie you've seen or anything like that, or you want to ask questions, this is the place to do it. And all I ask is that you make sure that nothing you're posting would be inflammatory or offensive to any of your classmates, remembering that this can be a pretty polarizing issue politically and otherwise. And obviously, please don't post anything that's that's not that's not relevant. This, you know, we can't be advertising for 31 in Norwex parties or anything like that in here. So I'll try to make sure that I police this to make sure that nothing's getting posted that shouldn't. But I trust that we'll all take care to make sure that it's, you know, used as intended. So those are some of the basic features of piazza. We'll all be learning more as we go. This is this is also my first time using it. But I'm hopeful that because it has such a such a more intuitive interface and feels a lot more like Facebook or some other social media that that you might use to connect with people, and that you can use it very easily on your phone, that it will be a great way for us to keep in touch over the course of the semester.


Nigeria's new president, Bola Tsinubu, has announced an end to the era of substantive payment and fuel. Tsinubu said the 2023 budget made no provision for fuel subsidy, and more so, substantive payment is no longer justifiable. Nigeria's 16th president said his government would channel the funds accrued into improving infrastructure and other areas to strengthen the economy. Tsinubu also promised to remodel the economy to bring about growth as well as develop the gross domestic products through job creation. We become more accessible to businesses and hopes alike. Our government will continue to take pro-active steps, such as championing a credit culture to discourage corruption, while strengthening the effective net efficiency of superior and corruption agency. Security should be top priority of our administration because neither prosperity nor justice are prepared and made in security and balance. Effectively, top of this, we should reform both structures, we should invest more in our security personnel, and it means more in number and provide.


What up guys, this is gonna be a really quick video about my holy nova AOE leveling build for the 1 to 78 in pre-patch as Disc a lot of people been asking about on my stream lately So I figured I'd show you exactly how to do the build And kind of explain it a little bit describe the benefits of it. We're gonna start off with five in holy speck and at some point during this we're gonna probably pick up three points in spirit tap as well You can kind of mix and match it really depends on when you feel like you're going a lot Then you're gonna put a couple more points in Divine fury and this is gonna get us up to level 20. This is when we learn holy nova We're gonna continue to put points in divine fury and this is gonna allow us to use holy fire and smite a lot more For really really high single target DPS next we're gonna put one in desperate prayer for survivability Next you're gonna put two points in healing focus. This could help you out in a pinch But it's generally not that needed We're gonna put two and imp renew because usually we're gonna start the pool with a renewal talk about How kind of we do the pool in a little bit Then we want to take searing light and this is obviously gonna help all of the spells We're gonna be using which is really really beneficial an extra 10% damage. We like that next we're gonna take holy reach This is gonna increase our range of again all the spells we're gonna be using we like that as well I'm gonna put the last point in imp renew. This is gonna get to the next tier Then we're gonna take one in spirit of redemption and four in spiritual guidance and two in surge of light So do you like generally gonna help us on single target, but it's also giving us flash heal so that when we are struggling in a pool We can skip one global of holy nova and use a flash heal And it's gonna do about 40 to 50 percent of your HP and really really help you out in a pinch This is gonna take us almost to level 40 We're gonna keep going so we're gonna go five in twin disciplines We're gonna put three in a fire and this is gonna make us tank here while we're trying to tank all these mobs at the same time We're gonna put two in a fort again making us tank here. I'm gonna put one in in a focus This is going to allow us to essentially have one extra nova Per pool before we go in and it's also gonna increase the crit chance of it. So it could be a nice little burst Next we're gonna put three in meditation This is gonna overall increase our mana regen and maybe give us an extra nova per pool based on our Overall spirit then we're gonna put one in imp shield only because mental agility is more important 10% mana off instant casts. This is again gonna help us do more novas per pool And then we're gonna continue putting points into imp shield again stronger shields at the start of the pool are going to Preserver in a fire for longer and preserve a HP Next we're gonna put one in soul warding and then we're gonna start putting points into mental strength Once we get to four, we're gonna put three in enlightenment because it gives a spirit and haste these are both nice DPS stats For the AOE pulls then we're gonna put the last one in mental strength I'm gonna put one in focus power. This is gonna allow us to get PI Which we can take and that brings up to level 17 Unfortunately You won't be able to make use of these talent while level So as for glyphs at level 15, we're gonna be able to take glyph of smite and Then at level 20, we're gonna be using glyph of holy nova We also will have access to one minor glyph, which generally you want to go for either glyph of levitate or glyph of four I like the levitate a couple of other notes So you can actually buy a slow mount at level 20 now and you can buy the epic mount at level 40 So make sure you do this. This will really help me when you're doing the pool Now there's two ways of pulling you can either run around on mounts You will pre-shield mount up run around pull as many mobs as you can then you will hit renew and another shield as the mobs are getting to you and Then you will start novering you're gonna face the mobs so that you try and dodge as many attacks as possible and You're gonna know that as many times it takes to kill them at some point in the pool You may want to use desperate prayer to stay alive or an instant flash heal proc You can also reshield and rebuff in a fire and this is gonna reduce the damage that you take significantly However, sometimes isn't worth it and killing the mobs faster is actually just better So you need to use your own judgment on this one Second way that you can pull is actually just using shadow word pain However, I don't recommend this way as it's generally not that good damage per mana and you end up going a lot quicker So you really need to be some gear to do this and in my experience, it's not Couple of ways that can make the build stronger is obviously buying intellect spirit gear There's some cheap on the auction house if you're really on a budget If you have a little bit more gold to spare you can actually go and buy a few blue pieces off the auction house for You know each sort of ten levels and This is really really really good increase the speed at which you can level and increase the number of mobs that you can pull I wholeheartedly recommend it. It really doesn't cost that much gold to do and It's gonna save you a massive ball egg. Generally you want to look for items with good spirit on spell power as a secondary bonus and intellect as a tertiary bonus finally having a bunch of mana pots on hand is actually a lifesaver It will allow you to do a few extra noves when you're going oom and This can be like the difference between life or death So I wholeheartedly recommend grabbing a good amount of mana pots for each sort of level They are not that expensive. Finally, you can also pick up the arcane elixir at around I think it's level 37 and you can also get a greater intellect Nightfin soup is also decent, but any spirit food works as well and Weapon oils you can either go for the MP5 one or the spell damage one again Generally quite cheap, but it will really really help all of these things will really really help your leveling speed and Make the build more fun to operate. That was everything. I hope you enjoyed the concept Let me know if you've got any Potential tweaks to the build or any ideas This is something that I've basically just been messing around with in pre-patch. It's a relatively new idea that I've had and Yeah, it's been really fun to level with I wholeheartedly recommend it


In order to ensure a good working environment for Nigerian workers, the Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, Cardinal State Council, and other affiliate unions in solidarity protested the non-payment of entitlements of SACT-Ariwat Exile Limited workers in Cardinal State. The protestors were seen carrying placards with various inscriptions such as SETL-Ariwat workers entitlement. Many workers have died, re-industrialized Nigeria now, create decent mass jobs and the likes. Plus TV news correspondent Habila Dorofai filed on this report. These people had worked for the leading factory and employer of Labour in northern Nigeria without payment of salaries, gratuities and entitlements with other benefits for 20 years. Some of them died with many going through depression and others in abject poverty and cannot cater for the families. Speaking, the NLC Chairman, Cardinal State Council, Comrade Ayuba Magaji said the union picketed Ariwat Textiles, that's why the fact that it has been closed down for over 20 years. Members from the Nigerian Union of Textiles and Garment and Tailoring workers have been having it tough. Out of the 600 million and some fractions that is due for the entitlements of our workers, the courts agree to give them an access to a total sum of 250 million. We are ready to take that money but also as I'm talking to you, it has been almost months now, the bank who possess the factory are yet to give us an access to that money so that these people will be given their entitlements. And I want to inform you that a good number of these people out of the 2000 in 22 when it was closed, over 300 have lost their life. A good number will be incapacitated and some are living in desperation. So it is even natural, it is for the cause of justice for them to be given their entitlements and their families for the ones that are deceased. They appeal to the conscience of the company's management and authorities to do the needful. We are a lawful and abiding citizen. For 20 years we can abide like that. Can any of them abiding in that way? Staying without his benefit, without taking on lawful way. But we have been patient. We have been lawful. Our president will have promised to us that he will revive the justice industries. We have believed him that he will still do it, he still have some months to go. But we are appealing to him, call the owners of this factory to order. They should come and pay for these are their abilities. They called on authorities concerned to obey the court order by paying the agreed amount to the workers while urging the government to ensure that they give them their entitlements. All what we are waiting for is to let the state government and other union to continue paying us as a solidarity. So I think this money will be paid to us. That is our crime. We don't have anything to talk. That our gratitude will be paid to us. Our wives are diversity not seriously. Some peoples are that live very well. They are taking over our wives. We have not said because of the poverty. Please we are paying, we are begging this government to help us. Government must intensify efforts to ensure that factories are revived in the country for job employment. As no nation develops without factories in the 21st century.


Director-General of PTLB's presidential campaign team, Doi Yokope says the Labour Party will produce the next president for Nigeria. According to him, during a stakeholders meeting in Abelkota, the Labour Party will change Nigeria from consumption to production. He said he left the PDP because they refused to zone the presidential ticket to the south. Looking at about 20 million reserved voters that have affiliation directly with the Labour Party, our strategy would be to reawaken the Nigerian workers. You see, the problem with the Labour up to now was that the Labour was a colonial organisation and it was formed not to take government, not to rule but to protect the rights and the movements of workers. So that has taken and has preoccupied the minds and the thinking and the thoughts of the leadership of the Labour Party over the years. But we politicians who also have sympathy for the Labour Party who believe in the workers of this country and you follow the mantra of PTLB who says I want to change Nigeria from consumption to production. Those who are involved in production are the workers, are the market women, are the farmers, are the teachers, are the factory workers. So, you know, we are coming now to work together to return power to those who are intelligent. Please do subscribe to our YouTube channel and don't forget to hit the notification button so you get notified about fresh news updates.


At a time when all of humanity, every single human being, every single government around the world should be working together to end this global pandemic that is COVID-19, the United States, our government is choosing now to do the unthinkable. So as many of you know, we have sanctions imposed on Iran, and these sanctions are absolutely brutal. It is leading to people dying. We have sanctions on Venezuela, Iran, and at this time, the best course of action would be to halt those sanctions. Like if you still believe that the sanctions are something that you want to have in place, I vehemently disagree with you. I think that they are immoral, but for now, at least have the humanity to pause the sanctions while we get COVID-19 under control. But the US government is doing the opposite. On Wednesday, the State Department announced new sanctions on Iran. I repeat, when the world is dealing with a global pandemic, the United States government announced new sanctions on Iran. As Reuters tweeted out, the United States imposed fresh sanctions on Iran, keeping up its economic pressure campaign despite an earlier offer to help Tehran cope with the coronavirus pandemic. So think about how the sanctions were already impacting the people of Iran before a global pandemic. But now in the midst of a global pandemic, imagine how much worse off they'll be because of the sanctions, and imagine how it's going to get even worse than it was previously because of this new round of sanctions. Like this is psychopathic behavior. You can't even really describe it. Like it's inconceivable that this is what they're choosing to do now. Give it a rest. I mean, we're at war with COVID-19. We're not at war with Iran or any other country, even if the United States government continues to bomb Iraq. They're doing that currently. We're at war with COVID-19, and it doesn't discriminate based on countries that are, you know, at war with us or are our allies or enemies. This is something that the human species is dealing with. And this is what Trump's government is prioritizing. Now as Julia Conley of Common Dreams reports, quote, how evil and heartless can this government get? Peace activists, Medea Benjamin asked Wednesday after the State Department announced it would impose new sanctions on Iran as the country faces one of the worst coronavirus outbreaks in the world. The move by the U.S. government flew in the face of demands from advocacy groups and the Iranian government to suspend sanctions to ensure Iranians can access life-saving medication and supplies. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced the U.S. will introduce fresh sanctions on nine entities and three individuals who the U.S. says provide the Iranian government with revenue in order to deprive the regime of critical income from its petrochemical industry and further Iran's economic and diplomatic isolation. The move follows rocket attacks on U.S. forces in Iraq, which the Trump administration claims were linked to Iran-backed forces. Iran is one of the hardest hit countries in the world by the coronavirus pandemic. More than 17,300 people had tested positive for the respiratory disease at press time, and more than 1100 have died. Under normal circumstances, U.S. sanctions on Iran, which were last strengthened last year, have kept people in the country from accessing medication as well as raising prices on food and rent. As Iran faces the coronavirus outbreak, however, the impacts of the sanctions have been heightened as Iran is left without sufficient testing kits, ventilators, antiviral medicine, and other life-saving supplies. The imposition of fresh sanctions as the country battles the outbreak amounts to the U.S., quote, literally weaponizing the coronavirus, said human rights lawyer Arjun Sethi. A Salarad research fellow at the National Iranian American Council said the new sanctions would make the U.S. complicit in the deaths of an untold number of Iranians while Trita Parsi of the Quincy Institute accused the Trump administration of inhumanity. Now, it's not just that we are imposing sanctions on Iran and implementing even more sanctions on them. We already have sanctions on other countries, such as Venezuela, and this makes it more difficult for them to obtain critical medical supplies. Now we make ourselves feel better by saying, you know, we're going to exempt any medical equipment and medical supplies, but that doesn't necessarily mean that it's not going to make it more difficult for them to obtain the medical supplies that they need because it will indirectly impact the things that they need, such as medical supplies, medication. So what we're doing is we are killing people. These sanctions are killing people. And the fact that this is happening now, that the Trump administration would be cruel enough to not just refuse to ease the sanctions on Iran, but to double down and impose even more sanctions, it's just, it's unforgivable. It is unforgivable. And as Vijay Prashad and Paola Estrada wrote for Salon, the embargo against these countries in this time of COVID-19 is not only a war crime by the standards of the Geneva Conventions of 1949, but it is a crime against humanity as defined by the United Nations International Law Commission of 1947. And remember, this is our government that's doing this. This is a war crime. This is a crime against humanity. And it's just, it is morally reprehensible whenever our government says that we care about human rights, understand they don't mean that. And they're proving that they don't mean that now. And I genuinely hope that the media talks about this, because to impose these sanctions now, it shows how ruthless and cruel the Trump administration is. And the U.S. government, you know, generally speaking is, I can't believe why I shouldn't say I can't believe. I just, I can't like imagine what would go through somebody's head to think that this was acceptable. Now, because Bernie Sanders is a leader, he actually condemned the sanctions, tweeting out Iran is facing a catastrophic toll from the coronavirus pandemic. U.S. sanctions should not be contributing to this humanitarian disaster. As a caring nation, we must lift any sanctions hurting Iran's ability to address this crisis, including financial sanctions. And that really is key here. We have to lift financial sanctions because right now, resources are needed. Governments need money. They have to buy supplies. They have to make payments to their workers so they don't face economic devastation that's even going to be greater than we're expecting because of COVID-19. And Bernie's the only one who gets it. He's the only one who actually has a humanist view of the world and actually moral foreign policy. The fact that this isn't something that we're all talking about. It's disgusting because we see how worried we are about COVID-19. We're all self quarantining. We're all practicing social distancing. But imagine living in Iran currently. We're worried about shortages of, you know, ICU beds and ventilators here. Imagine how much worse it is in Iran where we're imposing sanctions on them and it's killing more people.  And I don't, like this is one of those stories where I'm at a loss for words. I'm embarrassed of my government imposing sanctions on a country that is struggling to save its population from the same virus that we're struggling to save our population from currently. There's no word that can really sufficiently capture just how cruel this is. We need a new word for this because whatever we have in our vocabulary doesn't do this justice. This is, this is just, it's horrific.


Hi guys, welcome back to my channel. Today's video is going to be my week 37 update of my fitness journey So this week has definitely been a lot more challenging because I wanted to get in the swing of things Also when I do my food update, um, you'll know why I made this week a little bit more challenging So like normal, I'm just gonna go through what I did this week And then we'll get into the updates and chitter chatter and then the photos So starting off Saturday, you guys know the deal don't really work out took the day off that day I don't even know what he did on Saturday to be honest Sunday I did the day three of the 30 minute plan. So that includes the 15 minute abs The 10 minute upper body and the new five minutes stretch. So I really like the five minutes stretch It's very short sweet simple And on Sundays, I like it to be a little bit more easy, but I still want to be productive So that's why I just did the 30 minute workout and then on Monday I did the day two of the sweaty hard plan the day two of the sweaty hard plan Includes the 15 minute six pack the 10 minute hit workout, which is the hardest thing ever I still can't get through it and then I chose the Jason slash Happy sweat. I chose the Jason one and then I did the abs and yoga I don't know why she always puts the abs and yoga no offense. That's like one of my least favorite ones It's just so slow and like I think it's good cuz it's like slow and controlled But honestly, I'm not a big fan of it and then Tuesday don't work out That's a work day and teriyaki Tuesday. You guys know the deal So I don't do anything on Tuesday then on Wednesday I did the day one of the sweaty hard plan and that includes the 12 minute booty the booty activation Legs in fat burn and the 15 minute booty and when I was doing this one I did not realize my legs are weaker than they look like getting through some of those was really difficult and challenging for me and then Thursday, I didn't do anything so Nothing to show there and then today Friday. It was a really challenging day I did the day six sweaty hard plan and it focuses on the abs upper body and hit and oh my goodness guys I'm so tired right now. The day six includes the eight minute six pack the upper body the calorie killer and I chose to do The 10 minute hit workout. I didn't choose to do any of the dances The dance are really good if like I'm super unmotivated, but honestly, I am Completely fine with just like doing the workouts and not including the dances I think the dances are really good if you just want to get some physical activity in in your day And you don't really like want to work out if you're not very like active Then I think that the dances are perfect for that reason, but other than that I'm pretty good with just sticking to the workouts moving on to the updates Oh my goodness So in one of the future videos you may see in the future either Monday or Wednesday It's part of my vlog, but we went to Animal Kingdom walked around a bit It was super rainy and then we ended up leaving because the park closes early and a gracious subscriber viewer Sent me some treats.  It's food from the Netherlands I believe it's another lens at least she sent them from the Netherlands to my PO box Which is freaking insane and again, thank you I say thank you a lot in the other video, but I couldn't get over it She sent me like four different kinds and I have been munching on those all week including my family So we have not been very good when it comes to like eating healthy I have been on my fit life foods But you know then you just throw on two strupe waffles and then bam you cancelled out all your hard work So I tried to pick the workouts that were more challenging this week because I knew I was ingesting a lot more sugar and Caramel sweetness and cinnamon.  This is weird. I've been doing more booty workouts I kind of dedicated now Wednesday to working on my like legs and butt because I kind of want you know more of a peach butt And I don't know my butts just always had like a weird shape I mean, I think it's kind of normal like it's not like super flat, but it's not like, you know nice and bubbly But I've been doing I've been focusing on a little bit more from the past two weeks I'm just working on my butt and the workouts and everything. So I'm just gonna put some pictures on the screen This isn't like part of the workout update progress photos But they are progress photos when it comes to my butt here. They are they're on the screen right now So the one on the left was taken September 19th This was kind of like before I started doing butt workouts and then here is today I don't know if they kind of looks the same, but today is October 2nd. They're not very far off You can kind of see it's a little bit more Bubbly in a sense. I don't know There's more definition like where my leg starts from my butt if you get what I mean I don't know if it's the angle or not. Anyway, those are kind of like my butt Photos so weird. I do those leg workouts and the butt workouts I feel a lot weaker than I feel like I am. I don't know if that makes any sense But when I'm doing them, I'm like my legs feel like they're gonna fall off It's like no joke. So I'm gonna keep on working on the legs and butt Just maybe it'll get better in the future and stuff. Maybe the workouts will be easier I swear the 10-minute hit workout is not getting easier for me. Like every time I do that one I'm just like dead. That's why I always do that one first So I just like get it out of the way and do the hardest ones first in my routine now moving on to the photos So Alex on the left is last week. Alex on the right is this week and honestly I feel like the strupe waffles went right to the stomach Here is the side view of that. I don't know man No progress here. No progress and then Here's pre-workout Alex. So pre-workout Alex is on the left and Current Alex is on the right and then here is the side view of that So I hope you guys enjoyed this video. Make sure to give it a thumbs up Don't forget to comment the question of the day which I haven't even mentioned the question of the day The question of the day is what is your favorite type of candy because mine is definitely the strupe waffle probably You can get strupe waffles at Target, but they don't come in the cool flavors Don't forget to subscribe to my channel and I'll see you guys in my next video. Bye