The magazine is late this time by virtue of my being away on the trip but I trust you will find the new layout worth waiting for. But greater dignity and a better appearance call for appropriate and interesting material to go in it, so those of you with a yen to write fiction, histories, poetry or articles on various aspects of our common interest please do so.

As pointed out in #50 it was necessary for newstand sales to leave the month off of the outside cover so that it would not be taken off of newstands at the end of the indicated month. The nominal month of issue will still appear on the Contents page so you can keep track of things. But it was also indicated in #50 that I could not aim precisely at the 1st of even months as previously. My travels, personal life, this new method of typography and other things make it extremely difficult to stick with a fixed publication date. So don't expect TVia to appear exactly when the month of publication indicates that it should. I'll do the best I can and you'll get it in due course.

You will also note the absence of a Leading Lady story. This is due to the fact that the preparations for the trip were so demanding that I had no time to scout one up, so this is a literary issue. If any of you wish to submit for the Leading Lady spot please do so. As this is the first thing turned to when people pick up the magazine, because it has the only large picture and the most small ones, it means that the Leading Lady must be a good representative of the group. I never like to turn anyone down but I hope you will be modest enough (but not too self-effacing) to check your appearance in the light of this limitation. I print all kinds of pics in the body of the magazine as I feel each of you needs to have her day in print but I do think that the Leading Lady pictures and story must be a bit better than average in order to create a good impression on the non-TV reader. I'm sure you will all agree. However, I still need some Leading Lady stories, so let's see who is next.

VIRGINIA