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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-09-10

the Memory" and the first and
last choruses go like this:
Thanks for the memory of this
great ocean trip
On England's finest ship.
Tho, they packed them to the
rafters,
They never made a slip.
All! Thank you so much.
Thanks for the memory of good
old Chamberlain.
He won't quit till it's done;
He's out to show this upset world
We don't need a Napoleon.
So, thank you so much.
A little thing, indeed. Yet. in
the middle of our talk, the Countess
of Gainsborough coasted up and
said, with unquestionable sincerity:
Il want to thank you, Mr.. Hope,
for the one really pleasant moment
of the whole voyage. Your song
was marvellous and I shall remem-
Der it forever"
The countess seemed to be a Gull
tivated woman and, no doubt, she
will not remember it forever, but at
the moment there was no other lit
erature that could satisfy her. Her
mind was fevered by war and soon
all our minds will be fevered by
war and we shall be turning to our
theaters like sick people turning to
bed.
During the duration of the last
World War the theater doomed and
produced no single play that is not
better off for the forgetting. Yet
the money circulated during the
catastrophe proved important and
beneficial. The Little Theater move
ment, which had been struggling
against the so-called Theatrical
Trust, received a tremendous i'm
petus.
Winthrop Ames endowed and es-
tablished a New Theater in 1909
to ease the growing restlessness over
stage dedicated rigidly to COM
mercialism, but it failed. He tried
again two years later in what is
still called the Little Theater, but
nothing really clicked until the con-
vulsion Of the world brought pros
perity to the United States.
In the single year 1915 the Neigh
borhood Playhouse, the Province
town Players, the Washington Play
ers and Eva LIE Gallienne all began
their immensely influential careers.
1t is difficult to imagine what our
present-day theater would be like
without them. The Neighborhood
Playhouse gave America Lord Dun
sany. The Provincetown Players
(See WOLFERT, Page FED
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-09-10
Todoy's Film Schedules

EARLE-Dust Be My Destiny and hard times with
Garfield: 2:4o sos 73o pm
Stage shows O. 4:2o 6:45 and s:1O pm.
CAPTTOI-"Blackmail with G.
7:2O and 1905 pm. Stage shows:
COS
Name Only marital drama with triangle:
3:45 $50 750 and $50 pm.
TROPOIITAN-"The Old Maid" Bette Davis Miriam Hopkins
the version of the play: 240 S. tbs and $40
PALACE-"The Wizard fantasy technicoo
400 $40 and 9:05
COLUMBIA-'Four Feathers
4:40 7:10 and 9:35 pm.
Life Elisabeth Bergner other
2, $50, 5:45, TAO and GAS pm.
TRANS LUX-News and shorts; continuous from pm.
Affairs the Arss picture
sos and 1925
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-09-10

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it's a funny thing-not, as they say,
haha funny, but funny all the same
that, when the market is good in
the morning, the theater is good in
the evening. A profit, even a paper
one. gives a man that theater- going
feeling.
At the moment Broadway. along
with very nearly everybody else, feels
the war will be good for business.
There will be the money and also
there will be a greater need for
play-going. In times of emotional
stress-and the war is still only IN
emotional stress for Americans-the
theater is soothing poultice against
the brain. It's also dark place
in which to hide and place where
one may be with others. So every
body thinks that the theaters from
now on will be filled.
Filled with what? Well, nobody
knows exactly but there are enough
signs to indicate trouble. Book pub
fishers as we'll as play producers and
lCCUulc lioNS OIL NoSy
warmed the cables with instructions
for their London and Paris agents
to grab the first hero returned from
the front and eXtort his memoirs, or,
If necessary, supply him with them.
The experts warn us against pre-
dieting what will emerge from a
war that is expected at least to
cripple and perhaps destroy civiliza-
ton. But one thing seems to be
certain. We are in twilight now
and nothing can be seen ahead
through the gloom except flag
waving and imprecations. Neither
form of exercise is an art. Neither
does anything for the theater ex-
cept turn it into a dispensary for
bad medicine where a fevered peo-
pie can get what they want.
Nobody will be to blame for what's
going to happen to the theater, soon
now. very soon. The theater is a
small thing scampering along with
ducked head before an immense
force. The human mind cannot re-
act intelligently to the experience
of war, and it will not react to
intelligence on our stage until the
war is over.
There is already small sample
Of that to hand. Last Monday I
had a moments talk with Bob Hope,
the comedian, who had been among
those lucky enough to get passage
from Europe on the Queen Mary.
He wrote and sang "a little thing"
to cheer up the passengers as they
steamed along a zigzag course be-
hind darkened portfolios, thinking
TREMENDOUSLY of submarines. The
song is parody of Thanks for
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-09-10
Newsreels Are Better Drama
Than Hollywood's Fictions,
With War for a Scenario
Camera Journalists Have Learned
New Technique for Relating
Facts With an Impact
BY Jay Carmody.

best entertainment
offerings
Less than fortnight of shooting
demonstrated
OF the industry oucassed when touching the
audience The attack the
its aged merely
mask drill by school children appalngy beyond the
preudes
sadly anticipated as he camera journalists settle down to cover
the
camera @ a. hs sst ~ ~. ndrr ~ it,erv erau ndaes
the holocaust supplaned
nconvaby advanced picture making technique The
brought the audience with perfect clarity
newsree however It's producers artists
of the dramatic That quality
nsman has learned that photoeanh Of SINGLE Grief
vastly dramatic Briefly forcefuly
with them in story material.
they going try
Hoywoods best minds that contribution the
ment of the times should be such divert the mind from the tragic
realities Of life
Edith Cavelw Shows
Power Of Documentary Films
picture
Cave which had Its cooriu world premiere at kehs on Friday
them the film which falls into the dull sounding
category of can be so much more egrosng than the
counterpart
In production of R-K-
hgousy the official text of the Engshwomans
and the American State Department In keeping the faith Of
dramatic biographies when biography
ls of the industry
ture that they have created of the powerful
ganda conceivable oeword whose
carefully made the picture
those demanded life Caven
details the German pictured and
climactc merely the victims
psychology Despite all the aruness which the
making the these vanous vanou
audience thereto inevitably logical
failed the achievement of such
n
There Is
And the Stars Follow It.
country where turned
road for the thaer AS matter of
accuracy circuit until
the 1889 highly developed highly profitable
Washington elaborate bypoduct
when Burlesqu Libby Holman Clifton Webb
Cohran Oney Theater the oden golden the
Bulesqu almost three months
a and profit every Saturday night
of the successful of all Burlesque has
enough these
pensve touring units WORTHY while.
There will be of them with still variety
fulness
enjoys traditional
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-09-10
Old>Timers Get the filters
AS New Stars Appear
Hollywood, Strange AS 1t Seems,
Has Almost Too Many Talented
Discoveries This Year
By Harold Hefernan.


Those blanched faces with the trembling behind
the walls Hollywood could
the socaled established wondering what the future holds
suit with their determining where
and how those annuties will begin paying
Unquestionaby the Hollywood
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-09-10
War Paints a Dreary Cloud
On Theater's Horizon, Too
= Some Bad Days Are Seen Ahead Even
Though This Remains an Emotional
Stress for Americans
By Ira Wolfeyt


brought
from their vacations Some them did
out Of their Offices their downtown to Wall
Their interest the market
their when they have it. That's
il.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-11-30
6 tremendous
T1rifes .
u. S. BECOMES JUNGLE SAM"
By ELMO SCOTT WATSON

FAIRLY In the Nineteenth century
- Ebenezer and Samuel Wilson were
large landowners and meat packers
near Troy. N. Y. Well-liked by every
body, they were familarly known as
Uncle Eb" and Uncle Sam"
Soon after the outbreak of the War
of 1912 New York and New Jersey
militia were camped near Albany. FL
bert Anderson, Jr. of New Jersey, was
given the contract for supplying them
with meat.
Anderson appointed Samuel Wilson
as an inspector to see that the meat
was good and properly packed. On
every barrel which he passed Wilson
stamped the letters "U. S.--E A." sig
nifying that 1t was supplied to the
United States government by Ebert
Anderson sgM .sss-aea 9d5 see
One day soldier asked an Irish
employee Of Wilson's the meaning OF
these letters. "Wlry, that means Ell
bert Anderson and Uncle SAM" he re-
piled. Uncle Sam who?" his ques-
toner persisted.
"Why, don't you known" the Irish.
man said jokingly. "That means Uncle
Sam Wilson. He owns all the land
near here and he's feeding the army
This remark was taken up and re.
peated by the soldiers and In a short
time the use of the term became wide.
spread. An Irishman's witty reply
to soldiers question thrust unexpect.
ed fame upon Samuel Wilson and re
suited In a personification which car
toonists made familiar throughout the
world
G. Western Newspaper Union.
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EVANGELICAL REFORMED
CHURCHES


Emmanuel's: #s 8Gs
Mems Brotherhood meets on Thurs
day evening at st. Johns church at
800 o'clock.
Catechism instruction Saturday at
1000 a. m.
Sunday school at $3.50 a. m.
Public worship at 10:45 a. m.
The w. M. S. meets on Dec. 9th
with Mrs. Lillian Anderson for the
Christmas program.
st. Johns:
Mems meeting announced above.
Choir Thursday at 7:30 p. m. Be
prompt.
Sunday School Board meeting Fri
day evening at 7:30.
Catechism Saturday at $3.50 a. m.
Public worship at 9:15 a. m.
Mission Band program between
church and Sunday school services.
Sunday school at 10:30 a. m. Re-
ligious Education offering.
Junior C. E. at $50 p. m.
Consistory Monday at 7:30 p. m.
The G. H. M. c. is postponed one
week.
The G. M. G. will meet Monday
evening at 7:30 with Miss Kathleen
Niswander.
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STOCK SALES

~
Service bulls Shorthorns and
Brown Swiss $1.50; Guernseys, Jer-
seys and Herefords $1.00, plus 5
cents per mile one way. All bulls
t. b. and Bang tested. Ten bulls in
service. C. N. Long & Son. Phone
Ada Red 1860. tt
For sale-Stock calves at Locher
sale stable. N. P. Steiner. tt
Service bulls, Guernseys and Short
horns; also male hog. Fees 81. Mile
age 5 cents one way. Freeman King
Ter, Lafayette Phone 1877. 81
For sale-Jersey-Gu Guernsey cow 5
years old with nice heifer calf by side.
Noah Badertscher, liz miles north of
Reaverdam.
For sale-Shorthorn and Hereford
Calves, VT. from 325 to 600 lbs. Amos
Thut, Bluffton, Ohio. Uhone 329-W.
For sale-12 weaving pigs. Wayne
Hutchinson, miles south of Beaver
dam.
For Sale fresh cows ,one Hol-
stein and one Shorthorn. Mrs. VIM.
Fett, 2la miles east of Beaverdam on
Lincoln.
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Pleasant Hill

Mr.. and Mrs. Glen Huber and
family were Sunday dinner guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Huber and son.
Past week callers of Mr.. and Mrs.
Dennis Brauen and family were: Mr..
and Mrs. Lloyd Brauen, Mr.. and Mrs.
Geo. Fidg, Mr.. and Mrs. Harold
Kemph and family, Mrs. Bertha
Miller, and Mr.. and Mrs. Walter
Flemming and Mr.. and Mrs. Dennis
Roby and family.
Mrs. Guy Younkman, Mrs. Will
Younkman and Mrs. Maurice Ander-
son called Thursday afternoon on
Mrs. Arthur Phillips and Mrs. Harold
Younkman.
Elton Younkman is a patient at
the Bluffton hospital.
Mr.. Norval Scoles and daughter
Salome, Walter Booth, Mr.. and Mrs.
Edward Althauser and Raymond
Thompson Were Thursday visitors of
Mr.. and Mrs. John Rupright.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Deigler OF
Gilboa; Mr.. and Mrs. Sidney Huber
and daughter Lillian, Mr.. and Mrs
Howard Smith and son, Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert Hess and family were
Sunday dinner guests of Mrs. Lily
Fett and Nellie Huber. f
Thanksgiving day guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Oscar Zimmerman and Mr.
H. P. Zimmerman were: Mr.. and
Mrs. Elmer Long and family, Mr.
and Mrs. Harry Zimmerman and
son, Mr.. and Mrs. Wayne Zimmer-
man and daughter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Zimmerman
were Thursday evening visitors Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Cal Herr.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dennis Brauen anG
family were Thursday dinner guests
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Hiram Reichenbacl
and family.
Thanksgiving day visitors in the
VIM. Lugibihl home were: Miss Lois
Long, Mr.. and Mrs. Clifford Mont
gomery and son, Mr.. and Mrs. Lester
Zerbe, Mr.. and Mrs. Wayne Lugibih
and daughter, and Mr.. and Mrs
Daniel Younkman and family.
Norman Lugibihl spent Friday anc
Saturday with Mr.. and Mrs. Clifford
Montgomery and son of Fort Re
covery.
Mr.. and Mrs. Avery Watt anc
family and Mr.. and Mrs. Willard
Jennings and family were Sunday
dinner guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Floye
Woods and family.
Mrs. Lily Fett and Nellie Huber
were Sunday evening visitors of Mr.
and Mrs. Sidney Huber.
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Interment of the remains of Mrs.
Glenn Ludwig, 62, of Leipsic, was
made in the Clymer cemetery north
of Bluffton, Friday afternoon. Mrs.
Ludwig's death occurred unexpected
ly in Toledo while visiting at the
home of her daughter in that city.
Funeral services were held in
Leipsic, Friday with Rev. Shafer of
the Church of Christ of that place
officiating. Surviving are her hus-
band and two daughters.
Those from this place attending
the funeral services included Mr.. and
Mrs. E. c. Ludwig, Mr.. and Mrs.
Eli Deppler, Mrs. Matte Morrison
and Miss Alice Ludwig, all cousins
of Mr.. Ludwig.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-11-30
FIRST METHODIST CHURCH
j. A. Weed. Minister

j. "A. weed, Minister
Wednesday: 700 p. m. Midweek
devotional service.
THURSDAY:
3:45 p. m. Junior Choir rehearsal.
TOO p. m. Senior Choir rehearsal.
7:15 p. m. Allen County School of
Religion and Life, at Trinity Meth
odist church, Lima.
SUNDAY:
900 to II: 100 a. m. Unified service
Worship, Lesson study, Sermon. DR..
George Cutschall viii speak on "A
Program for World Peace"
600 p. m. Epworth League devo-
tional service and Young Peoples
Choir rehearsal.
TUESDAY:
200 p. m. Ladies Aid Society will
meet at the parsonage.
500 p. m. Woman's Missionary
Society will meet at the home of
Mrs. Ross Bogart, 322 Cherry street.
Miss Theola Steiner is program
leader.
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$50 OUt-Of-TOUn
Men Chartered Here

Approximately 100 men employed
in laying the new 10-inch Buckeye
Pipe Line thru this area, now are
quartered in Bluffton, and so more
are expected here by the close of the
week.
Rooming accommodations have been
obtained for the entire group, it was
announced. The peak crew of $50
will room in Bluffton about three
weeks.
The new 10-inch crude oil pipe line
is being laid from Lima to Cygnet,
a distance of about 46 miles. Fol-
lowing the present right-of-way, the
new line will run thru Bluffton east
of and parallel to the Nickel Plate
railroad tracks. durnJ 4 II
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-11-30
Famous Americans Honored In New
u. s. Commemorative Stamp Series

Seven groups, each including five
stamps, will be included in the Fam
Gus American Series of commemora-
tive postage stamps, the release of
which is expected to start in Decem-
Der.
Values of the stamps will range
from one to ten cents, including the
two, three and fve-cent denomina-
tions.
Altho the actual date for the ap-
pearance of the first stamps has not
been announced, release of the initial
series is expected sometime in Decem.
Der.
On the stamps in the seven groups
will be authors, artists, composers
educators, inventors, poets and scient.
lists.
The order in which each of the fam.
GUS Americans have been assigned tt
their respective groups was decided BY
their birth dates-the oldest of the
group being given the lowest demon.
ination. ~
The artist group includes Gilbert
Charles Stuart on the l-ceut; Jane:
A. McNeill Whistler on the 2-cent
August Saint -Gaudens on the 3-cent
Daniel Chester French on the seen
and Frederic Remington on the 10
cent.
Authors will be Washington Irvii
on the 1-cent; James Fenimore Coop
er on the 2-cent; Ralph Waldo Emer
son on the Scent Louisa May Alcot
on the Scent and Samuel l.. (Marl
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-11-30

Twain) Clemens on the 10-cent.
Composers will be Stephen Collins
Foster on the 1-cent; John Phillips
Sousa, on the 2-cent; Victor Herbert
on the 3-cent; Edward A. Mcdowell
on the Scent and Ethelbert Nevin on
the 10-cent.
Educators will be Horace Mann on
the 1-cent; Mark Hopkins on the 2
cent; Chares w. Elliot on the 3-cent;
Frances E. Willard on the Scent and
Booker T. Washington on the f0-cent.
Inventors will be Eli Whitney on the
1-cent; Samuel F. B. Morse on the q
cent; Cyrus III. Mccormick on the 81
cent; Elias Howe on the Scent and
Alexander Graham Bell on the 10
Poets will be Henry w. Longfellow
on the 1-cent; John G. Whittier on the
2-cent; James Russell Lowell on the
g. cent; Walt Whitman on the Scent
and James Whitcomb Riley on the 10
cent.
Scientists will be John James Au-
dubon on the 1-cent; DR.. Crawfor
Long on the 2-cent; Luther Burbank
on the 3-cent; DR.. Walter Reed on the
5-cent and Jane Adams on the 10
cent.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-11-30
Use OF Nicknames

Nicknames are the language of
gangland, but they are also the lam
guage of the nursery, the play
ground, the world of sports, the
business world, international af-
fairs, the world of science, the bat
tlefeld and even of institutions of
higher learning. Thomas Jonathan
jackson did not feel bad about be-
ing called tStonewall." When
Great Britain wants to strut a bit it
thinks of itself as John Bull" and
when the United States has some
thing to be proud of it says Look
at your Uncle Sam"
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1939-11-30
FIRST MENNONITE CHURCH
HI. T. Unruh, Pastor

Thursday 7:15 p. m. Cottage pray
er meetings at d. G. Bixel home on
Lawn avenue; Levi Oberly home
Cherry street; Noah Zuercher home
South Main street. All are welcome
to attend any one of these prayer
meetings.
SUNDAY:
900 a. m. Church school and
election of Church school officers.
1000 a. m. Morning worship
Sermon by Rev. John Theissen, re-
turned missionary from India.
900 p. m. intermediate c. E.
TOO p. m. Junior c. E.
Evening service-Special music
program by college students, instru-
mental and vocal-Come and wor-
ship with US.
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Settlement

William Burkholder put in large
number of tile for Homer Reichen-
bach and is now working on Willard
Moser's farm.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Kanagy and
two sons of Wampum, Penn, visited
with relatives over the week end.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. T. Albaugh of
Navarro, Ohio, and Miss Ethel Mills
of Massilon, Ohio, accompanied Miss
Eudora Lehman to spend several
days with her father. They were
all Sunday visitors in the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Milford Haas.
Communion services were held at
the st. John church last Sunday.
Rev. d. ]. Unruh left on Monday
for Mountain Lake, Minn., where he
is to conduct a series of services.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sidney Hilty and
family of Mt. Blanchard, o., visited
with relatives in this vicinity on
Sunday.
Miss Mary Haas, missionary from
Africa is to bring the morning mes
sage at the st. John church next
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Homer ]. Kohl and
daughter, Mary Ellen of Chatham,
O., spent Saturday night and Sunday
at the home of E. D. Kohl and Mr..
and Mrs. H. NJ. Kohl and family.
Other members of the family who
were Sunday dinner guests weret
Mr.. and Mrs. A. E. Kohl, Mr.. and
Mrs. Kenneth Gallant, of Columbus,
Ohio; Mr.. and Mrs. Peter E. Kohl,
of Ottawa; Mr.. and Mrs. Edward
Kohl and son Allan, Mrs. Susie
Boaz and daughter Ruth and son
Harold, DR.. and Mrs. Forrest Yoder,
Alice Jeanne and Bob, of Bellevue.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Wenger and
son Bobby, of Lancaster, spent
Thanksgiving at the home of Mrs.
Frank Logan in Columbus Grove.
Mr.. and Mrs. Irwin Bixler and
family of Elkton, Mich, visited at
the home of his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Adam Rixler for several days
last week.
Lehman Bros. are shredding corn
for farmers in the Linwood neigh
borhood.
Lantz Wynkoop is again summing"
himself down in Florida where he
has spent the past few winters.
Oscar Lora is assisting Omar
Gratz with repair work about his
buildings.
Miss Elizabeth Hilty who has been
bedfast for long time was not well
during the past week.
Mrs. G. T. Soldner has not been
well since the first of the week.
ROLAND Reichenbach, Harold Dill
Ter, Earl Lehman, and Chauncey
Schumacher, members of a boys
quartet, sang last Sunday morning
at the First Mennonite church. at
Bluffton, and in the evening they
sang at the Mennonite church in
Berne, Ind. 90
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Myers and
family of Berne, and Mr.. and Mrs,
Herman Myers of Monroe, Ind,
visited some of their relatives in the
community over Sunday.
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Students Home
For Thanksgiving

Among the Bluffton young people
attending college who were home fol-
the Thanksgiving vacation were:
Josephine Niswander from Heidel-
berg college, Tiffin.
Mary Marshall, Bowling Green
State university.
Roberta Biery, Oberlin college.
Carlton Wilson, Dayton university
Ropp Triplett, Harold Schultz
University of Cincinnati.
Richard Wenger, Case School OF
Applied Science, Cleveland.
James Bixel, Cincinnati Conserva-
tory of Music.
Herbert and Ralph Marshall, Ohio
State university.
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EBENEZER MENNONITE

H. "a hiGWNAy dStoh
Thursday: Primary election of
Sunday school officers 1880 p. M,
with short devotional service.
Friday: Rev. 0. Bartchwitz, for
mer missionary to Chile South
America, 16 years.. For some time
Pastor of churches, evangelist in
Germany Czecho- -SIavakia and Po-
land. Having made 6 trips, the last
time returning in June, 1889. Will
be in our church 7:45 p. m.
Sunday:
Sunday school $50 a. m.
Sermon 1890 a. m. by Rev. o.
Bartchwitz.
Christian Endeavorers 1880 p. m.
Mission program.
Mission speaker, Rev. o. Bartch-
WITT 8:15 p. m.
Our Aim, to reach America for
Christ; Our calling, to prepare the
way for Christ; Our Message, tc