hello there beautiful fans wanted to take this chance to quickly discuss with you the very very important and key idea of spirals in our life so for many years I was very interested in why certain people just seem to move up very very fast like you need somebody and then two years later they're making like ten times more than they did like or they suddenly changed completely and also for the worse you know sometimes you meet somebody who after two years is suddenly like it from going in a really good place to being in a really shitty place and again I've always been fascinated by this and what I've come to discover over time is that the idea of compound interest also exists in life in general there's an amazing book on this called the slight edge it's the second best book I've ever read so the idea is simple change in life is inevitable life changes all the time everything changes there's no static now things go up or they go down so if there are things are improving or they're getting worse there's no middle ground but the illusion is happens because things move slowly at first so let's say you take up the habit of smoking first five years you won't even notice the difference first then first 15 years you'll start feeling a bit sick and then first 30 years you'll probably start seeing some real health problems and then like 40 years later like you're bound to get a you know a hard tag or something same things that with your spending habits with your income habits with your health any anything you can think of so what do you want to do is you want to stack up wins over time so you want to make sure that your days are set up so that the areas that are important for you like health well relationships you keep winning keep getting at first small wins and then bigger and bigger wins and over time you're gonna build momentum until winning just becomes a habit a way of life now the way you want to go about this in terms of your thinking you want to treat it like a balance so there's winning and then there's losing and then there's different areas of life and also life in general so you want to create a situation where at the end of the day you created more wins than losses in all areas of your life and in your life in general so you want to make sure you want to hit a new income target every day or maybe do something a bit better every day in your income and then do something a bit nice for your body every day so every day just make sure you win just a bit just enough so that your balance again at the end of the day you won more than you lost and what this does is it starts creating really strong upward cycles over time so you might be winning for a whole year and you won't see too many results like you start your health will start to improve your income will start to improve but then if you keep this up for years on end after a few years suddenly it will just grow exponentially and another example is a lecture that I'm giving just in a few days in Israel at the beginning it was really hard to get people interested like every new thing you do and then once we hit like a hundred people that are interested suddenly it became a lot easier instead of getting like two three people at a time we started getting like five six and now we reached a point where you have like a hundred people that are going and like 200 that are interested and this point we just literally upload a post and we get like 10 more people interested because the more you have the more you'll get this is called the Matthew principle it's actually from the Bible and basically it says that the more you have the more you'll have and those that don't have even the little that they have will be taken away so it's just a rule of life and more gets more and less gets less so you also another tip is that you want to really minimize how many negative experiences you have on a daily basis what this means is let's say that you do a lot of winning in your income so you start hitting new income targets you know you're proud of yourself we're happy but then you come home to a shitty marriage or a shitty relationship and you just lose like you just fight and you just feel bad or let's say you know you're improving yourself but then you have like financial issues every every day that you have to look up so you want to create a situation where you can minimize the negative negative events like like if you can eliminate eliminate fights from your relationship that works amazing if you have money troubles try to outsource it so get a some special lawyer that actually deals with helping you with debt there's many ways to go about this but again make sure you don't have to deal with failure every day because if you build up a stack of wins and then you also build up a stack of loses losses you basically get balance of zero and what that means is the exponential effect won't work for you and that's why you see people stuck in the same thing for years because again there's no balance like if you make ten thousand dollars then you spent ten thousand dollars there's no stacking effect but if you spent in thousand and save one thousand every month like profit you know on the side if you stack up enough you'll start getting it faster so the first ten thousand dollars are always harder than the next ten thousand or the first hundred thousand are always harder than the next hundred thousand so it's exponential but again if instead of saving one thousand dollar every month out of ten thousand you save eight thousand out of ten thousand well then you just you'll grow not just like eight times faster you'll actually grow like eight times eight you know like exponentially faster so again stack up as many wins as you can every day and minimize your losses as much as you can every day and keep doing it over time just stick through it and very soon you'll start to see the spiral effect working for you and that's how you see those massive wins and when you actually live it it's amazing like every day you're like oh my god I'm moving faster everything's happening faster I'm growing faster like I used to grow from you know one email one email list subscriber per day and then two and then three and then four and then five and it just grows exponentially same with YouTube you same with daily deals money income relationship quality like keep building wins and stuff will have to grow it's just the law so don't be afraid if you see that things are going slow just it takes time keep chipping at it and actually make sure you do the math and you see that you get more wins than losses and I mean you'll get anything you want in life so this is my message for you today let me know what you think if I taught you anything new or important and I'll see you very soon


So thank you for your time. I think that's great. So as you can see, we had what we can say, connectivity, integration issue, which is great, because it's exactly what we will talk about, how company can really phase the integration issue by connecting and managing the data source together. So my name is David Telagas. I'm in charge of product marketing for data quality and data governance at Talent. So let's start, maybe, on explaining, first, who is Talent, because I'm sure that some of you don't really know who is Talent. So Talent is now a thousand employees, recognized as a leader over the last years by Gartner's. We'll explain it a little bit later. And with a really good focus, strong focus right now in the cloud. And we also have strong footprints. And the topic to do today is to explain to you exactly what we have done with some actors in this market in the digital farming industry. When we really start Talent, we really start with integrations. And that was the key things. So back 10 years ago, 12 years ago now. And then we had data quality.  And also, we were the first platforms to have native data quality in big data platforms and streaming platform as well. And then we come with the idea of unified platforms. And now we are developing personal-based apps to democratize that access to a lot of people in a company. Recognize as a leader. I think the first one is probably interesting because it's a big data forester. But the two are there as well. Not sure if you see everything on the screen. So we are the leader, a quadron, for data quality and data integrations. But being a leader, providing innovative technology sometimes is not enough. And the reality is that lots of companies don't really get it, are still not ready. And our challenge at Talent is really to help them to scale their data transformations. 60% of them are still behind in digital transformation. That's studies that come from forester. Harvard Business Review tells us that globally, 47% of companies still have data issues, data integrity issues. They cannot really connect data source together. And mostly, more than half of the data which is in the company data is not accessible. So transformational promise remains totally elusive for many. And the wall of talent is really to connect the dots between the source and storage from one side and analytics and apps through API on the other sides by really making sure that you can deliver trusted data inside it with the data, transforming the data from a whole state to a trusted state where the data can be insightful enough to be used for analytics, to be trusted in apps, and so on. So this morning that there was a kind of United Nations effort to help sustainable development to use better data, this is an idea where we are part of this challenge. It's not about sustainable development, but sustainable food productions. And the idea here is with the farming. So how can you deliver inside ready data at scale? So mapping all visions directly into the digital farming area. And I will start by explaining what are the challenges that all customers and also players are living when we are talking about farming and agriculture. The first figures is about agricultural land. It shows that now, based on global land area worldwide, we are just 35%. It was a little bit bigger previously, 45%. Now it's far less due to, of course, urbanizations and modernization of our societies. At the same time, two very interesting figures, the world populations, which is a percentage of total populations, which decreased by more than 10% from the 60s to the 2080s. And you could have told me, OK, that's OK, but it's just 10%. But the fact is that it's 10%. It's 46% of the total population, but this global population has really changed by being more than multiplied by 2 and 1 half in more than 50 years, which really put a challenge for talent customers, for the partners who are working in the digital farming industry, which is, how can we do more with less? But to be honest, nobody has weighted talents on other kind of players to do that. So if you look at how farming is evolving over the last 50 years, it's totally tremendous. This is a picture of a tractor from the 60s, and this is a picture of a New Holland tractor from the 2018. So it's a completely different model on the right side. The harvesters, one farmer in the US with such model can feed more than 150 people. So it's huge, and the food production has jumped by more than 60%. The question is, is it enough to feed the global populations? The reality is, you still need to do more with less. And coming back to this picture of the harvesters, so this is the interior of a New Holland harvester, you'll see it's not a tractor that we have in mind in terms of metaphor. There are a lot of connectors, a lot of sensors. The tractor also, the harvester has built-in machine learning capabilities to, based on farmer input, to anticipate the next passage in the fields, and really to optimize the adjustment and the yields for the farmers. So it's really impressive the way it's built-in with sensors and connectors. But not only, so if you should go a little bit deeper, you will see that you have also IoT's sensor in the equipments. So it's good because it improves productivities. And this is an example of how productivities and capabilities of sensors can really change the productivity model of a farm. But it's not only in the tractors or in the harvesters. You also have drones. There are lots of news about small companies that are starting to build their own adventures around drones. Drones can be used for crop monitoring at a very moderate cost. But also it helps to really visualize crops and combat droughts and other environmental factors, like weeds, or making sure that they can spot the right part of the fields, the right parcels, to make it, to canalize and focus some pesticide actions somewhere in the fields. They can also use 3D imagings as well. Thing is also 3D imaging is very consuming, data consuming as well. But that's not enough. So this is some pictures that come from Bosch. It's not one of our customers, but it's still a good example. They are using what they call smart preying systems. So what smart preying system is about is really to use camera sensors to distinguish weeds from crops and making sure that they can really focus the use of herbicides locally in the field. So the idea is not to use herbicides. The idea is to use the less possible herbicides in a field. And that's currently the challenge that the whole industry is right now facing. And these challenges, we see connectors, we see IoT sensors, tractors, everything believe that it's still not there. And you will have lots of farmers that would like to connect to use more and more data. I mean, if you are in farms, you want to make sure that you have satellite information. But you also want to make sure that you have your field information or crop monitoring information from the drones. So everything is coming together. And data will not stop there. Data source will not stop there. And there will be new challenges about what will come next in terms of data. And of course, the capabilities of embracing everything is limited. You will not have the capabilities to embrace everything at the same cost. So it's a challenge for the farmer who is not literate enough to use sometimes all the capabilities of the data that he needs to use. It's a challenge for the digital societies, the farming societies that need to get bigger and bigger data. And it's a challenge for us to make sure that we provide deeper and better integrations. And as it was not enough, farmers are really suffering from climate change. So the capacity to predict is really, really critical for them, probably worse than it was a few years ago. And then it created some challenges. First, collaboration, I would say, data democratization challenges for them. At one time, you had just one farmer using his fields. Now you can connect different farms together. You can, based on the region where you are working, you can really connect some farms together to share some productive field productivity models. There are some data that we know, but there are a lot of data that we don't know yet. Some new source coming from new objects, from IoT, from new source, from new satellites, that will come. And so that you will need to manage your own. Climate change, make sure that, OK, now it's a big change because it's not enough to proceed with batch processing. Now you need to have wind flight data processing. And real time is really critical for them to make sure that they can react quickly. And it's totally fantastic, the amount of progress that they have done over the last years. Fortunately, something has changed. It's about digital farming. So what digital farming is about is really the combinations of precision farming, so what we have seen directly into the previous slides, but also farm management software. So I will start introducing that in my next slide. And also the unique capabilities of an integration player like Talent, who can really bring some data ingestion capabilities to make sure that this one will be used by the farmers. And this is a promising market size for this. One picture is one slide from one of our partners who's really using it to explain the challenges that they are facing. And so I said, OK, let's jump into our use cases here. And this is one profitable farming. And people are not anymore talking about specifically digital farming. They are talking about profitable farming. By that, they mean that the value is not into the connectors, the value into the pooling of information and how you can make sure that you trust these information together. So that's the challenge that they are facing. And one of them that we will talk about is a company called Smag. What goes from Smag was to optimize the weed productions with the big data predictive modeling. So what is Smag? Smag is one partner of Talent. It's 200 people companies, more than 10 million euros. They are, let's say, the digital backbone for farming cooperatives in France, and specifically in the weed productions. And so they have a unique combinations of both 90 expertise, delivering lots of innovative solutions over the last 15 years. And also from farming expertise, because they also work on agronomic studies. So they have a unique combination of agronomic knowledge and at the same time, IT expertise. And Smag tried to consolidate what we have seen before, weather data. How can we integrate daily data from models, like from source, like weather news, weather measures, agriculture, but also map it with what we call INSI code. INSI code is like dots and brackets, codes where you can map a location of a satellite regions together with a company code. So that's one of the challenges that they were facing. So they had huge data stream on that. But they also had, and it captures, informations on plots, on parcels, like varietal informations, planting dates, but also soil types. And that kind of information can be huge. And at the same time, using satellite imagery, we can be huge, because it's not only taking pictures, like in Google Maps, taking pictures every day, every hour on the same region. So it's a tremendous amount of volumes. Globally, they are supporting weather systems for more than 36,000 communes or villages, towns, municipalities in France. And it's worth around 10,000 satellite images per year. And 1 million of data per hectare. And they are managing with 225 millions of hectares in France. So it's huge. They are covering the weed production in France. And they really want to make sure that they provide predictive models so that farmers can really be equipped with the right solutions on that. So what they did, they used talents as the real-time big data solution from talent on an adult data lake. And to create a model, which is called DataCrop, which is, I would say, digital farming platforms, which can help us to track the progress of the crop over the year, but also, of course, to public et al. So right now, I think this figure is very interesting. It's 80% of French agricultural plots are managed by this model. So it's huge. They provide that this model is working. And they make sure that it's working based on also talent. Why they use talents? Here, the combination of algorithmic processing and data integrations together, they train their models using machine learning capabilities of talent. They're using the big data capabilities of talent. But also, we provide them with the capability to transform agronomic data very quickly. I put this picture here. It's 10,000 high-definition image. So it's one crop year. They integrated that in a very short amount of time, directly into the model with talent. And what they also liked about is the orchestrations, the fact that they were not using only encoding tools, but also unique platforms to ease up the integration between teams together. So between what the developers were doing and what the data scientists were doing at the same time. Second use case that I will talk about is Bayard. So you are probably familiar with Bayard. Bayard has a team which, in what we were calling digital farming as well, they have a whole department around digital farming. And what they are doing with digital farming is that they are developing different kind of apps. They have a building apps factories just to spot the right needs of farmers and make sure that they are equipped them with the right tools, very easy apps, so that they don't need to have some specific data knowledge to use them. And making sure that the farmers can really feel comfortable using this data and capture this data together on different kind of subjects, of scenarios. So here the scenario where we helped is around the weeds. So weeds are really for the bans of farming for different kind of reasons. They are displaced native species, but also they compete with native plants. So it minimizes the farmers' productivity quite severely and it prevents them to be steady and to be sustainable over the long period of time. So the question was to say, okay, how can we help the farmers about these problems? How to accurately identify the weeds in their fields or different kind of natures of weeds? So how can you spot the right one from the bad one so that you can spot the right herbicide on the right weeds and avoid doing massive herbicide pollution in the fields? And also the other question was about the real times. How to know in which weeds is growing in your fields? And at the end, that's why we mentioned profitable farming. It's about minimized risk for improving profitability here. And they came up with an idea of an app which they call Weed Scoot, which helps us to identify very quickly how to spot the right weeds using these apps. So Weed Scoot has been used to equip the farmers, making sure that they can capture the data directly in the fields and so that the machine learning models will enable them to identify the weeds and say, okay, you have to use herbicide on these ones and not on the other ones. So they have plenty of apps like this one. So I tell them we are not building apps, but we are building also the data technology behind it. This app was quite popular because it resistors more than 250,000 downloads directly into the farmers, specifically in Germany. And what they are doing is that they are applying AI technologies to identify the weeds and making sure that it will change the way it was farmers manage their herbicides on their fields. So for that they are using also big data solutions, but they are using AWS solutions on the private cloud so that they can handle the data source differently in real times. And mostly right now more than 70 varieties of weed have been identified. It's more than 100,000 of photos which has been uploaded. You could say this app is not the app that we are using on a daily basis. But this is very functional, this is very productive and it's working and it helps the farmers to really improve their productivity so that we can consider that they like it. They were using talent before and the fact that as but not the big data solution but at the same platforms it was very easy for them to ramp up because they had the right tools and it was easy also to ramp up with new teams in their teams because of the easiness of the solution that they were using based on the knowledge and expertise that they had internally as well. So it's also about ingestion, it's also about time and I think that this one is very interesting because it shows that some concrete example of how you can combine the power of the big data solutions together with a digital company that has different digital farming expertise. And the very interesting thing about Bayer is that at the region Bayer is not a digital company. But they introduced, they had a digital farming department and we have, we see more and more companies developing digital services, digital departments that we need to capture the incredible amount of data that is producing by the ecosystem, by the apps, by the clients and together with the talent solutions. Summary on that, but I will have a little bit more slide to talk about but the value here is really about how you connect and by collecting the different source from the raw data whatever it's tractors, whatever it's a satellite imagery as we have seen in SMAG whatever it's drones also, whatever it's a sensor that you have in the fields or also between farms together because farms are also connected. They need to make sure that they are working on the same, they're working on the same ground and they are sharing the expertise locally so sometimes you need to share expertise together. And also connecting with analytics for sure, analytics that can be used in different apps, in different services that can be provided not only by companies like SMAG but also by producers, we've seen buyers here so as I would say to help distributing more efficiently RBC for farmers but look at the Holland model that I presented before so the Holland models and I can also quote the example of John Deere they also provide additional digital services to farmers so they really transform themselves by not only providing manufacturing equipment, farming equipment to farmers worldwide but they are providing more and more digital services so John Deere is providing remote support. You can also see even if you are not on your field you can see some monitoring activity from the harvesters that are in your field so you can manage remotely some data coming from different harvesters so it's quite powerful the way manufacturing companies change the way they embrace digital technologies and data so that they can provide added value to customers. But of course we are not only about digital farming so at Holland we have different examples in financial services but also in life sciences, recently we had a user conference where we talked about AstraZeneca but also in the energy distribution energy we had lots of examples that are I would say on the same kind of logic so they are producing lots of data but they don't know how to connect them together or if they don't know they don't have the right time, the right budget to monetize these data together and the value is around data monetization as well so they are using for some of them talent solutions and different models to make sure that they can value globalizer data I think that I stop here if you have some questions feel free to come and stop at TalentBoost we have plenty of demonstrations of use cases as well and lots of stories that we can talk to you around not only digital farming but other kind of scenarios thank you, even if you are not a farmer you can ask some questions so our booth is just over the corner so don't hesitate thank you


This presents Hollywood, the makers of Luxe Toilet, so bring to you the Luxe Radio Theatre starring Maureen O'Hara in Together Again. Producer, Mr. Irving Cummings. Greetings from Hollywood, ladies and gentlemen. Tonight as one of our 20 greats we have a delightful comedy from Columbia Pictures. It's Together Again. The story of a woman torn between love and her career as a mayor of a small town and as our star one of the real beauties of Hollywood as well as the fine actress Maureen O'Hara. Late spring afternoon in Brookhaven, Vermont and in the office of the Brookhaven Eagle, editor Buchanan looks out the window. The object of his disgusted gaze is a statue. Ah, look at that ice or a first Jonathan Crandall statue.  But no, every year they got to have memorial services. Hell, folks thought a heap of Jonathan Morton. The first thing I'm going to do when I'm mayor of this town is get rid of that cast iron insult. Hey, except we got a mayor. Folks think a heap of Mrs. Crandall too. They can think a heap of her without having to elect her mayor, can't they? That's because her husband was. Some folks say she's been a better mayor even than Jonathan was. Yeah, but she'll flip first. Women always do. And when she does, I'll be around. Diana's right, Father Crandall.  Why didn't you attend the memorial services? You know very well why. My arthritis. Your arthritis. You just didn't want to go. Now for heaven's sake, don't cry. First thing you know, you'll get thin again. I'm perfectly willing to be healthy, Grandfather. But if certain persons are always upsetting one's glance, how can one? That girl. And it's like living with a box of matches. I'm worried, Father. About her? Why, Diana's crazy about you. I know, and it makes me feel terribly responsible. Even more than if Diana were my own child. I don't suppose you know what I mean by that. Of course I do. You're not my own child, and look how I worry about you. Me? For heaven's sake, why? Because it hurts my soul to see a beautiful dish like you wasted on a neurotic stepchild. The hunk of statue in the fusty old town like Brookhaven. Why, darling, hasn't it ever occurred to you that I might like my life? Why? Well, being mayor keeps me busy. And I have Diana and you. You miserable old reprobate. I can think of a couple of things you haven't got. What?   You can't bear to see a woman living alone and liking it. No man can. And I'm perfectly happy. Happy, my foot. Oh, Mercy, look at that rain. Why don't you stop living Jonathan's life and live your own? Jonathan departed this veil of tears five years ago, and I say it's time we let him rest in peace. Oh, Father. I know my son, and I tell you when he's as irritated with you wherever he is as I am. Well, when you hear from him to that effect, you let me know, will you? Well. Now help me close some windows. It's pouring. Of course it's me. What's the matter with you first? Yes, I've a page one. Call me to shut up till I hear from Jonathan. Don't be ridiculous, Father. Just because the statue happened to be struck by lightning. What happened to be? You don't suppose it was accidental, do you? Jonathan pitched that bolt of lightning himself. Now will you quit lying to yourself and start having some fun? More fuel cannon seems to be having lots of fun. Have you seen the morning paper? Sure, I've seen it. Brookhaven Eagle demands removal of headless ice or from Crandall Park. Well, he's right. Nonsense. We'll have the statue repaired. We'll do no such thing. I waited five years and told Jonathan to get rid of that dog-gone statue. He cares me, Mr. Well, I can't see him now, Mr. I'll just be a minute, Mayor Crandall. I just want to find out if you call the Department of Sanitation about hauling away that statue. Over my dead body, they'll haul away that statue? It's a public nuisance. Oh, it is. Is it even without a head? My son's a better man than you are. Not one minute ago, Father, you said... I don't care what I said. If you cannon wants it hauled away, it stays. It certainly does. The statue is going to be repaired, Mr. Buchanan. Put my father's head back on again? It's the most gruesome thing I ever heard of. Oh, Mother, I feel every stitch personally. You, Mort Buchanan, Diana, honey. What is it that you want? Why a new statue, naturally? Why not? A bigger one, too. Buchanan, the Crandall family is giving Brookhaven a brand new statue of Jonathan. Well, your bag's on the train, eh? You're certainly anxious to get rid of me, aren't you?  Running off to New York to interview a sculpture, really. You have me addressed. Remember his name's George Corday, and his telegram said to be there at six o'clock. Well, goodbye. Goodbye. Oh, uh, buy yourself a new hat, too. What's the matter with this hat? It looks like a hat. When women start wearing hats that look like hats, they're on the way out.  In what? Buy a new hat and find out. Duty-o, eh? Duty-o. Oh, Mr. Corday, Mr. Corday. I beg your pardon. Oh, I'm sorry, I must have been dosing. I've never seen you before, have I? Well, I know. Sometimes I'm not sure. Clothes make such a difference. What? Well, there she is, this statue here. As you can see, it's all finished except for a certain line of right here. I hope you've got it. Now, just a minute. If you've got the curve I'm looking for, fine. If you haven't, I'll have to get another model. But you don't understand. Please, I have an appointment with a small town mayor at six o'clock, and it's quite possible he wouldn't understand a beautiful model running around. Really? And why not? Have you ever met a small town mayor? They have no sense of humor, and they're always out of shape. Well, I hope you have a sense of humor because you're going to need one. Why? Because I am Mayor Crandall. Oh, well, I'm not going to apologize, you know.  You have no business to have mayor inside and such a beautiful outside. Mr. Corday, may we discuss the business at hand? Certainly. Thank you. I have some photographs here of the late Mayor Crandall. I thought they might help you. Oh, fine-looking man. Thank you. Your father? My husband. No. Why not? No reason. No reason to talk. Now then, let's make a few notes. How long will you marry to him? Five years. Is age when he married you? 42, but I don't see what they can do. A very important fact. A man who waits until he's 42 to marry must have definite characteristics. I was his second wife. Two wives. Any children? Yes, one by his first wife. Now, really, I don't see the need... Mayor Crandall, it's simply that I need to know the man. This is a professional interview, and I wish you'd conducted as such. You wish I would.  Well, my husband was a Crandall. The Crandall's found at Brookhaven. There's a certain dignity that goes with such tradition. Very dignified. Affectionate. I beg your pardon. Well, we'll place the question mark after that, shall we?  Have you entertained the idea of remarrying? I have never entertained the idea of remarrying. I will raise the question mark after affectionate. There. Now, you see how one thing leads to another? Oh, excuse me. Mr. Corde. Yes? I'm Thorne. Muriel Thorne. The agency thinks I have what you want. Oh, Miss Thorne. You don't mind, Mrs. Crandall, if I... Oh, not at all. The dressing room's back there on the right, Miss Thorne. Be right with you. Now then, Mrs. Crandall, how long has your husband been dead? Five years. You've been a widow for five years? Well, naturally. On the contrary, there's nothing natural about it. Mayor Crandall, something made you nervous. You seem a little... Oh, that model. Does she just come out when she's ready? Oh, oh, perhaps you'd rather she wouldn't? Well, I'm not exactly used to it. Oh, how thoughtless of me. Well, it won't take me a second. That's right. Either she's got it or she hasn't. Morning, Mr. Corde. Thanks. 10 o'clock. Now, Mayor Crandall... Oh, I've just been admiring this jar of yours. Quite old, isn't it? That jar? Yes. Yes, it's an apothecary jar. It has a name on it. P for rapsosis. Was that the apothecary's name? Sounds more like a Latvian diplomat. Yes, it does. Well, I guess she had it. Had it? Miss Thorn, the curve. Oh, yes, yes, she had it. You must look at women differently. Oh, I do. Other men look at women's eyes. I look at her bone structure. First, I could tell you within two pounds of what you weigh. Do I get it free if you miss?  Well... Good. My guess is 110. Why, that's amazing. Right on the nose. Thanks. It's not true, but thanks very much. What do you mean? You weigh 120. Well, as a matter of fact, I happen the slightest idea what I do weigh. As for dinner, it wouldn't be possible to go anywhere in weather like this. You have to eat sometime, don't you? Besides, we could continue the interview. Frankly, Mr. Corday, I'd like to get the interview over with as quickly as possible. Then let's go. There's a supper club I think you'd enjoy. You'll love this place, Mayor Crandall. The food is awful. But there's gambling in the back room and there's Gilda Laverne. Who is Gilda Laverne? There's her picture on the wall. Oh. I believe she's called a bubble dancer. That must be a great treat for you. Mr. Corday, good evening. Leonardo, I expect you to excel yourself tonight. We are honored with a mayor of... I mean, with my friend Madame Piborat Sosa. Oh, such a privilege, Madame Sosa. I will bring you wine immediately. Really?  You seem to like it in my studio. Oh, which reminds me. We came here to continue the interview. Oh, yes, by all means. Now, about the statue of your father, your husband, I'm sorry. Perhaps I could add a twinkle to the statue that I found lacking in those photographs. Mr. Corday, we'd like my husband exactly as he was. Oh, forgive me. Tell me, did your husband dance? Of course he danced. Well, shall we? Why not? What are you smiling at, Mr. Corday?  I never thought I'd so enjoy having a mayor in my arms. Tell me, did your husband enjoy having a mayor in his arms? How could he? He was the mayor. Oh, of course. Very confusing, isn't it? Yes, it is. Oh, here's our table. Would you mind if we sat down again? Not at all.  Your glass, please. Thank you. About the statue, Mr. Corday. I am really a very good sculptor, Mrs. Graham. Yes, yes, but I simply cannot picture you in Brookhaven. You don't think I'm rude? On the contrary, I'm fascinated. Besides, you disliked Brookhaven intensely. But I'm beginning to feel a positive yearning for it. We'll drink to Brookhaven. I don't believe you understood me. You see, I just fired you. But I understood that this was simply an interview.  Well, I've come to a conclusion. Oh. Your personality definitely appeals to me. But may I suggest that you have just a tiny bit too much of character? You may suggest it. Oh. Oh, dear. You're wine. Right in my lap. What will I do? Well, I think the usual procedure is to retire to the powder room and dry out. It's down that way, I think. Thank you. Oh, isn't it fortunate I came to New York and met you. Just think. I might have ordered you by mail.  It's nothing to you. Oh, I spilled something on my dress and I... Well, just take it off, honey, and I'll press it dry for you. Take it off? This material, it draws all up out of shape if it dries on you. Oh, it does? Yes, ma'am. And you don't want to go out of here all out of shape, do you? Oh, no, I... Well, can you press it right away? I sure can. You just slip out of it and I'll heat up the iron. That's it. Let me see if it's what I think it is. Yeah, it's what I think. Here's your dress, honey. Will you please tell me what's going on? It's a raise, honey. You better follow me out of this window. Miss Laverne, no... You? What sort of a policeman are you anyway? Don't you realize that this is... Now look, Gilda. Oh, you... You think that I'm the dancer?  I'm just a guest here. And since when are the guests been running around without their dresses on? I was standing right here with my dress in my hand when all of a sudden it went out through the window. Hey, Sarge, you got Laverne. Oh, this is most embarrassing. I was the release of Slady Amidius. Everybody at work here gets pulled in, mister. But she doesn't work here. Do you know who she is? Well, please, please, please. My name is P. Baratsosa. Sure. I'm Lassvian. Yeah, me too. Okay, Chansey, back up the wagon. 24 hours of fast and far from New York, from George Corday, bubble dancers and policemen, and Crandall gratefully breathes again the calm, pure air of Brookhaven, Vermont. Oh, my, but it's good to be home again, Father. You look tired, Anne. Have any fun? Fun? Well, that's hardly what I went for. Where's Diana? She'll be right home. Well, what about the sculptor? Oh, oh, the sculptor. Well, uh, he can't take the job. All booked up for years, practically. We'll just have to get somebody else. What happened to you in New York? Happened? I, um, called you at the hotel seven o'clock last night. You weren't in. Well, I had to eat, didn't I? I called you again at six in the morning. You still weren't in. Oh, I, uh, I wasn't. No, you weren't. Oh, Father, I was in jail. You know what I thought you said? I thought you said you were in jail. That's just what I did say, for giving an indecent performance. What? Oh, but I didn't. I didn't do anything. Father, the minute I saw him sleep on that couch, I knew that I should leave. What couch? In his studio, Mr. Corday, he was asleep when I got there. And, uh, what? It thundered and woke him up. Oh, so it thundered Jonathan again. Oh, I knew you'd say something ridiculous like that. But how did you get in jail? Well, I got in because I was killed at Laverne, and I got out because I was P. Barat Sosa. Oh, oh, the police were very apologetic. Say that again slowly. Sorry, darling, I'm not up to it. I'll see you after I unpack. Awful, Mother. It's simply awful. Why isn't Mr. Corday coming? Oh, he's just too busy, dear. Oh, Mrs. Cando, that's funny. What's funny, Jesse?  The one you wore to New York. I just unpacked your bag and it isn't here. Jesse, I told you that I would unpack. I've been unpacking for you for years. Oh, but, Mother, I had my heart set on Mr. Corday. Now, darling, he was positively ancient. Why, why he even had a beard. A beard all the way down to, to here. Isn't that disgusting? A beard? Oh, Mother, we'd better go tell those people what a narrow escape we all had. He certainly sounds nauseating. People? What people? Well, why the statue committee? They're downstairs. Well, I had to let them know you were home, didn't I? Oh, I'd say that that was debatable, dear. Now, please, we just have to get some other sculptor. That's all. Yes, but your honor, if he was too old to take the job, I wouldn't think he'd have made an appointment to see you. Oh, I think he would have enjoyed the work if he could have gotten it. Well, I guess when you're dealing with an artist, you never do know what'll happen. Well, good night, Mayor Crandall and Mr. Crandall. Let me open the door for you. Oh, thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Hey, why'd you slam the door? Nothing, Father. It's only that when you open the door, that the dress, it's awful. There's somebody out there. There is? Well, for heaven's sake. Well, we'd all better run along then. Good night. Oh, my. And that man.  Man? Oh! Well, come in. Thank you. Um, this is my daughter, Diana. How do you do? And this is my father-in-law, Mr. Crandall. I didn't catch the name. She didn't throw it. Oh, it's, um, it's Mr. Corday. Mr. Corday? I'm sorry I was rude just now, but... So, you're Corday. Here. Have a cigar. Thanks, my dear. Father, you must not have gotten a good look at Mr. Corday at all. A beard, you said, down to here. Well, I, I thought, uh, you did have a beard, didn't you, Mr. Corday? A beard? Oh, yes, yes, I did. Didn't I? I shaved it off. It's so much warmer here in Vermont than in New York. So you're all going to do the statue after all? And you'll stay right here with us, of course? Father, you know that we haven't any room. Oh, he can live in the carriage house and build a statue right there, and I can watch it grow day by day. Oh, please, Mother. A very practical idea. Come along, Corday. I'll get you settled. I threw a few things in the car. You know, materials for the statue, uh, just in case. Oh, Mother, just think. Oh, that was in back of a beard all the time and you never even knew it. Oh, jeepers. Oh, jeepers. This carriage house, Mayor Crandall, is very nice. I like it. Look, Mr. Corday, I did not want to see you again. Why did you have to come here? To build a statue, of course. Doesn't it make any difference to you that I don't want to? Uh... What's that? What's what? Oh, this? Uh, my little apothecary jar. I always take it with me wherever I go. No, you do. It has magic qualities. When I want to do something very badly and the obstacle seems to arise where I just turn the jar around. And what do you see? Pee borathosa. Why you? You blackmailer. Give me a week. If at the end of a week you say I don't sit into life at Brookhaven, I'll go. Is that fair? No, but if I don't let you stay on to be exposed, is that it? My night in jail. I promise to be no trouble at all. Oh, I'm helpless, Mr. Corday. Look, why do you want to stay here that badly? But, damso, sir, that's just what I want to find out. I don't know what you're beeping about, Corday. You ask me, the statue's coming along far. It's terrible. I should be much farther along by now. I don't know about the statue, but you sure ought to be farther along with something else. I don't even want to work on it. You're jealous of him. Jealous of Jonathan. Ridiculous. That Jonathan's the best friend you've got.  He did it so Anne would go to New York and meet you. She didn't hear about that, did she? No, I can't say that I did. Why, he's as anxious to get Anne out of this rot as I am. You believe that? Of course I believe that.  Well, she says she doesn't believe it, but she does it in a very funny voice. Amazing. There's that phonograph racket again. Diane! Don't disturb her. Your granddaughter's keeping me happy at my work. She told me so. Her mother could do a much better job. Well, get going, George. Start mirroring that click. Oh, for cow's sake, Diane, will you turn off that phonograph? Hubert, if you're hanging around hoping for an invitation to dinner, you might as well give up. Don't worry, I wouldn't stay if you asked me.  Hubert, leave that record alone. Oh, you've gotten so artistic lately, since that old mud dauber came around here. You're only seeking of probably the world's greatest living artist, you know. Do you mind if I leave? I think I'm going to be sick. Well, aren't you going? Don't worry. I, uh, I don't suppose you'd want to go for a walk. A walk? Oh, really, Hubert? Do you think I'm exactly dressed for a walk? I'll tell you what you're dressed like, Diana Crandall.  Man, isn't that a lovely tune. Oh, yes. You know something, Mother? This is Mr. Cordes' absolutely favorite piece. Really? Then turn it off. Oh, Mother. Diana? What have you done to your hair? What have you done to yours? Mine? Oh, it makes you look so young, Mother. Is that bad? Well, I don't want to hurt your feelings, but well, I think it makes you look awfully icky. Well, I think you look a little icky yourself. High heels and a party dress, really. Mother, do you feel all right? I certainly. Well, you used to be so quiet, but lately you've been so kind of leepy.  Where are you going? Into the kitchen. I want to talk to Jessie. Jessie, I'll be at the stone cottage with Mr. Cordes. We have to choose a pedestal for the statue. It's going to rain again. Oh, possibly. Oh, out. Don't bother to tell Diana. He's been trying to get you alone ever since he came here. Well, he's finally made it. I wish you wouldn't be so silly, Jessie. I might give you the same advice, Mayor Crandall. Oh, I knew we should have taken the car. How can we possibly walk home in weather like this? We can't. So your conscience should be thoroughly comfortable? Well, it isn't. What are you afraid of? No. Yes. Oh, I don't know. I've never been so mixed up in my life before. A week ago, you asked me why I came here. Well, I can answer that now. And I don't know what's with you. I know exactly when it happened. When you were telling me about the dignity of the craft, and look at me, please. I can't. Why can't you?  I get all lazy. I just can't think I'm absolutely blank. You're absolutely wonderful. Am I really?  Diana. Offender home. Won't you ever be sensible? Coming, darling. Diana, how nice of you to pick us up. How'd you do, Corday?  That was a very significant rain this afternoon. Forget it, Grandpa. Oh, but, huh? Diana? Uh-huh. Diana, well, I'm not surprised. When Jonathan died, Anne promised Diana she'd never marry again. So if you ask me, your problem's really Diana. Not Anne. You mean all I have to do is talk to Diana? You make it sound so simple. It's a cinch. Grandpa, I'm taking everybody to the movies tonight. You and Anne and Diana and Gilbert. I'll show you tonight how simple it is. Well, that was the best movie I've seen in years. Personally, I thought it was trite. You and me both, Mr. Crandall. Oh, Gilbert, you always have to spoil everything. Now, children. Well, goodbye. Diana and I are walking home alone. We are? Hey! Yes, hey! Sorry, but we have a great deal to talk about. I was gonna get her a hot fudge sundae. Gilbert, do you want to do something very nice for me? Me? For you? Yes, buy me that hot fudge sundae. Honest? Honest. I haven't had one in years. Well, good night. You know something, what? I've always, well, you know, just thought that you were Diana's mother. Well, I am. Oh, I know. I mean, I never exactly noticed what you look like before. Why, Gilbert? See you later, Father. Oh, good night. Guys, come on, Mrs. Crandall. And I didn't realize until tonight, Diana, that you're not at all the child that everyone seems to think you are. You didn't?  I am? Diana, when a man falls in love with a woman really in love, well, he wants to marry her. And if the woman is also in love with the man... Go on. ...nothing should stand in their way. Don't you agree? Oh, I should say so. Oh, Mother and I made a promise once. That's just what I'm talking about. We promised never to get married and leave each other.  Exactly like a suicide pact. The killing of everything that a mature woman needs to live and be happy. Oh, that's beautiful. Oh, you want me to break that pact, don't you? I want you to free a woman's heart, Diana. Don't you see the difference? Oh, I do, I do. It just goes to show what a shrewd analysis of character you are. You do understand, don't you? Well, naturally, I don't have to be hit over the head. You make me very happy, Diana. Oh, I just can't wait to tell Mother. May I? Oh, by all means, tell your Mother. You've got to listen to me very carefully and, oh, Mother, I love you very much. Well, I love you too, dear. That's what makes it kind of sad. Only he's so wonderful. Gilbert? Oh, Mr. Corday. I guess I'll have to get used to calling him George if I'm going to marry him. If you... if you what? Oh, I know it's a shock, but he did it so beautifully. Did what? Oh, he turned me down. Oh, he told me about women and love and things, and he's so right. Nobody has any right to stand in one's way. In whose way? Mine. Oh, whether you won't, will you? Diana, are you trying to tell me that George Corday asked you to marry him? Oh, well, not in certain words, but from the way he looked and the things he said. Oh, I'm so absolutely happy I could do flips. You don't mind, do you? Well, it is a bit of a surprise. Oh, Gilbert just simply dies. Gilbert's not the only one who's going to die. Oh, wonderful, isn't it? Hysterically. Father! Yes, dear? You come with me. Now, where? To the carriage house. We're calling on my new son-in-law. George Corday's caught you for Van Crandall has suffered something of a setback. Having explained his feelings to Van's daughter, George is now more slightly perturbed to discover that Diana is under the impression that he's proposed to her. But Anne, Grandpa, how could Diana possibly have thought that... I don't know. I only know that that child is absolutely dipping in love with you. That's fantastic. What will I do? Well, let's see. Maybe you could be too old for her. That idea seemed to nauseate her once. I am too old for her. You certainly are. How's your stomach? I beg your pardon. Your stomach? Maybe there's something wrong with it. Kids don't like sickly people. I think that's a lovely idea. Just fruit a little, you know. Pretend you can't eat. Oh, I think there's an old shawl I could let you have. In other words, act your age for a change. Well, I'll do anything, anything at all. Diane, why would she think he'd marry her in the first place? Why not? He proposed to me tonight, too. Now, and? Oh, I knew if you came here, something would happen. But, frankly, I didn't think it would end up with my being your mother-in-law. Well, good night, son. Oh, share diary. George and I have been engaged now for two whole days. And I've just found out something. Poor George has a stomach condition.  The idea of a grown man making such a fuss about eating at 10 o'clock at night. But I was starving to death. Diane won't let me eat anything. Did you try a restaurant? I certainly did. She's told them you've given strict orders not to feed me. Oh, you men are so helpless. Shall I show you how helpless? George, please. Darling, don't you realize we're alone? Actually alone. Making love to your mother-in-law. George, now stop. What about Diana? Diana belongs to Gilbert. She doesn't know that. I'll talk to him. First, I want to talk to you. And I'm trying to tell you I love you. What do you know? I hear bells. Oh, it's the doorbell. Let it ring. You're forgetting that I'm the mayor. Yes, I did forget. And what's more important? I think for a moment you forgot too. Oh, please. What if someone found me alone here with you? In your own kitchen? Well, it would take some explaining.  Wait here. Why Gilbert? Well, I know it's kind of late, Mrs. Crandall, but could I come in? Of course. What's the matter, Gilbert? I can't eat anymore. I can't sleep either. There seems to be a kind of epidemic of that around here. You know, this situation with Diana has made me very unhappy too. Perhaps you and I could... Could what? Well, I've been noticing you a lot lately, Gilbert. I've been noticing you too. Oh, you have? Gilbert, sometimes I get so impatient with you. You do? If you're in love with a woman, you ought to say so and not just sit around in corners looking at her. A woman just can't stand that, you know. She can't? Certainly not. So she turns to someone else. Turns to who? Well, in this case, to Mr. Corday. But he's going to marry Diana. Well, yes, that's what I want. You don't have to turn to anybody, Mrs. Anne. What? You're so smart and pretty and everything that... Gilbert! Well, I didn't know, did I?  Oh, good night. Won't Diana die? Yes, I better be going now. Yes, I guess you'd better. And, darling, what's the matter? Nothing, only I think that I'm engaged to Gilbert. Oh, good morning, Mr. Crandall. Eating breakfast, huh? Gilbert, I've been wanting to talk to you. Don't you think it's time you got up on your hind legs and acted like a man? Oh, I, uh... I did. You did? Good night. I sure did. Well, ah... Good morning, Mr. Crandall. And Gilbert, congratulations. I think you and Anne will make a perfect couple. What? Hello, good morning. Oh, hello, Gilbert. Hello. Hello, Diana. Hello. And how do you feel this morning, Diana? All right. Good. I just couldn't wait to tell her, Gilbert. Well, how do you like it? Oh, I think it's perfectly sweet, except... Yes? Well, there's kind of a disgusting difference in their ages, that's all. Oh, not nearly as much as between you and George, dear. Well, somebody please tell me what this is. My Anne and Gilbert are engaged to be married. Oh, no, no. Oh, uh, Gilbert, George and I talked it over, and we think it's so selfish of us not to share our happiness with the whole town. Ma'am? So, we've decided to announce our joint engagement tomorrow. You know, at the unveiling of the new statue. Well, good night. I haven't even asked my mother yet. But it would be so much more fun, just a priser. Don't you think so? If you don't mind, I think I'll go out and come in again. It's just happy happening. Don't you feel a draft of the dianoteer? Would you got me my shawl, please? Shawl? Oh, and Gilbert, you'll find my pills in the desk. Would you mind? Pill? Oh, naturally, before eating, you know. Well, look where you're going, Gilbert. I'm trying to get George's shawl. Well, I don't see anything to cry about. Oh, I suppose you don't think it makes a person nervous to be engaged. Good night. I know that, don't I? And if it makes you so darn nervous, well, what are you going to marry him for?  Get your fiancee's pill. You Buchanan, this is Jonathan Crandall, Sr. You'll be in your office in 30 minutes. I'm going to give your newspaper a story. A little sift is sanctimonious. Town right on its self-righteous ear. You heard me in 30 minutes. Headline, four inches high. Mayor Crandall in New York jail. How could they possibly have found out? And doing a strip tease. Well, holy cow! Pipe down for two seconds, and I'll tell you how it happened. Father. I told Buchanan the whole story. I did it. So shall be. You told the newspaper about Anne being arrested. I certainly did, and then I got drunk. Father, do you realize that this is the end of me as mayor? Something had to be done to blast you out of this town, didn't it? Well, I blasted. Mother. Oh, darling, I'm terribly sorry. Well, good night. Mr. Corday. Yes, dear. Don't you, dear me. I want you to know that I expect you if you have any honor whatsoever to marry my mother. You do? You do. Please don't consider me at all. I'm willing to make any sacrifice. So am I. Good night. So am I. I'm sorry, mother, but you'll just have to take the consequences even if he does have a stomach condition. His shawl is on the hook behind the door. Now I'm going up to see my poor grandfather. Hey, can I go? He's my grandfather too, isn't he? Your grandfather. Well, good night. I almost married her, didn't I? And I'll probably end up marrying you, won't I?  Thank you, Gilbert. That's the very nicest proposal I ever had. Well, Anne, I guess I'll have to make an honest woman out of you. Oh, it'll be a sweet wedding. The bride wore a lovely arrangement of tar and feather. Oh, darling. You think I'm exaggerating? You don't know a small town. The mayor's supposed to keep her shirt on. Mrs. Crandall. Mrs. Crandall. Yes, Jessie? Hold it. They've just broken the windows. So I was exaggerating, was I? What window? Oh, not our windows. In the newspaper office. Oh, Mrs. Crandall, everybody in town seen that newspaper this morning. And everybody's waiting for you now to set you. They want to give you a vote of confidence. What? We all agreed that no Crandall could possibly have acted like that. And they're waiting for you. Wow, that's kind of nice, isn't it? Very nice. Very comfortable. But we're leaving here just the same. Leaving here? We're getting married, you know. But I... Some place warm would be nice, you know, for my condition. But that's not possible right now. Why not? Well, with the election coming up and everything, I'm running. Running where? Against Mr. Buchanan for mayor. Sorry, but you can't. Look, I've got to go to the unveiling. Please come with me. You'll feel very proud, won't you? Going out there and letting them cheer you. But you did get arrested, didn't you? Well, yes. And they won't admit it, will they? Not for one minute. They say no Crandall would act like that. And if they did, they wouldn't believe it. Awful. What's awful about it? What you're trying to say is that you and I simply don't look at anything alike. You paid me a great compliment when you said I wouldn't fit into Brookhaven. But you do, you haven't. I don't. I've hidden and whispered and explained until I want to go on a mountain and yell. I love Ann and she loves me. Oh, George, you don't understand. After we're married, well, it would be different then. More respectable, is that it? Oh, please come with me. Why? I want to tell them that I'm going to marry you. To see if they approve? No, Ann.  I've changed my mind. You haven't nearly enough. Then you wouldn't want to stay now in any case. Well, Mr. Corday, at least let me thank you for a lovely statue. Consider it a going away present, Mayor Crandall. Thank you. I'll mail you your check tomorrow. Oh, you'll find a small amount added for amusement tax. Well, just don't stand there watching it rain if we're going to rot here together, Ann. We may as well be gay about it. Oh, I... I just don't feel good. Of course you don't. Maybe now you realize that most women could live eight lifetimes and still not get a chance at a fella like George Corday. Well, I have everything just the way I wanted it. You're lying again. Oh, I know it. Oh, Father, isn't this ridiculous? There it is. I mean, I'm pretty annoyed at Jonathan, too, you know. Jonathan? Well, he shouldn't have started something if he couldn't finish it. I never would have gone to New York in the first place, would I? If he hadn't locked his head. And now he's standing out there just like the rock of cheaper altars. And this is... Oh, now what? One of your constituents, undoubtedly, was a flooded seller. I'm coming! I'm coming! Come on in, everybody! A delegation! Mr. Witherspoon, why... why you're as quiet as a goat? A goat? Oh, oh, you're... Oh, don't use that word. It almost killed me, Your Honor. I was just walking past. I was just minding my own business. And when? What happened? Jonathan's head. It fell off again. Oh, no! It certainly looks as if something's bigger than we are. It's got a hand in this, Mayor. Don't you think so? Oh, yes, yes, it does, doesn't it? Oh, it would be probably be downright dangerous for me to, um, continue as Mayor. I certainly wouldn't want the responsibility of daring the supernatural. I'll resign immediately. Well, one of you please report that right now to the newspaper. Oh, yes! Good night, ma'am. Good night. Oh, good night. And thank you. Where? Oh, Father. Who says there aren't any miracles left in the world? I'm free. Hey, where are you going? I'm going to snap off his noggin again. Oh, I saw him when he did it. He did what? Who? That artist seller. The night he left. He fixed it so it would fall off. He did? And you didn't say anything? The mayor believes in miracles. Letter I say.  Well, he don't call for you to be in something, Mr. Candle. The Cordade, you have to whistle that tune all the time. Oh, uh, frankly, Miss Thorna, it's getting me down, too. And so's this rain. Well, let's get back to work. Well, pardon me. I'm the ex-mayor, Crandall. The people who sent me thought that I might have just what you're looking for. Have I? Well, good night. We're cast tonight for a calm young as George, her butterfield as grandpa, Norman Olson as Diana, Gil Stratton as Gilbert, and William Conrad, Francis Robinson, Lillian Randolph, Barney Phillips, Hart McNeer, Noreen Gamille, and Eddie Mocker. Our radio play was adapted by S.H. Barnett, and our music was composed and directed by Rudy Schreiker.


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