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New-York tribune., 1918-05-12
But and Rebut
By Haywood Broun

From Somewhere in the United
States" comes the following letter from
an American army officer concerning
"Hearts of the World":
Permit me to thank you for the few
remarks you made in your column few
days ago regarding Hearts of the
World Despite the cheap brand of
publicity used in connection with this
production-no doubt you recall the
trash inserted in the dailies by Messrs.
Comstock and Gest, in which they gra-
ciously rendered Mr.. Griffith's conde-
scending thanks to New York for think
ing we'll Of his supreme triumph and
tearfully begged the public to call a
policeman If speculator dared to so
much as look at them--despite this, /
repeat, bought ticket (from the box
office) and attended.
"Now, sir, I am an officer in the
United States army, and I am fully
cognizant Of the fact that we are not
going to lick the Germans by any pink
tea methods, but at the same time l
wish to raise my voice in protest
against the unnecessarily revolving
scenes that Mr.. Griffith has allowed to
mar his otherwise perfect example of
cinematography. Pictures of that sort
are the worst sort Of thing for home
morale-and that is just as important
as front line morale. Can you imagine
how the girls we leave behind are GO
ing to feel If some adverse fate leads
them to the Forty-fourth Street Thea
tire ARE our mothers going to come
away remembering the love scenes or
the bit of film, no doubt referred to as
'zippy' by the producers, in which a
bayonet is the means Of causing a
fountain of blood to squirt from mans
body? Concerning tho Germans froth-
ing at tho mouth, or his charmingly
frank invitation to the girl to come and
be seduced on the floor, your remarks
were SO much to the point that further
comment is useless.
Il imagine that very nearly every
soldier In and around New York has
seen this film, and every one have
heard discuss it has made substantially
the same comment-~that it's wonder
ful production, but that a Wholesale
cutting of the ghastly CLOSE ups would
improve it and it's reputation. Not
that 1t affects the men in service. but
we don't want our nothsrs, wives aud
New-York tribune., 1918-05-12
Virginia Fox Brooks
Began Career With
Sack and Black Wax

Virginia Fox Brooks, whose beautiful
speaking voice and fine acting ability
are now being seen in "Sinbad," began
her career IN an unusual way.
On the 29th day of January, 1893
on: DuI that's giving away secret,
.snt 1T! Well, in due time | started
!. ~ gfo" up and was sent away to
1,oardlng school. There, one wonderful
gay, played witch in a school pan-
eomime. remember wore costume
maze out OF a dirty potato sack, and
that l put black sealing wax on nv
teeth-all but one. l was SO artisticl
! had to be taken to dentist to have
thls sealing wax removed, and | re-
nemoer u. mat 1T was painful opera
tion. But 1T did not alter the resolu
tion taken on that eventful occasion
tnat was going to be an actress
on, great actress. l think I was
ABOUT twelve years old.
"A few years later l was sent IN
rarls' At first to school there. and
then to live with Nine. Yvette Gnil-
bert. l spent four wonderful wears in
her house in Paris. l studied jan-
guages and dancing and music and
singing, the latter with jacques Is
n,ardeop, Of the Paris Conservatory. l
snail never forget those four years
WIN Mme. Yvette: If I do anything
reaily me- | feel that I shall owe it to
her, to the privilege of daily associa.
ti9n q, with SO marvellous an artist, to
a.; an 1nat l nave learned through my in
innate friendship with her.
i came back to New York three
years ago and my first season on the
stage was with Leo Ditrichstein in oThe
Great Lover Then came short ans
gagement with Sir Herbert Tree in
The Merry. Wives of Windsor, Last
WINTER I played with William Faver-
sham In Getting Married."
New-York tribune., 1918-05-12

edged in that it satirizes conventional
people as we'll as those who pride
themselves on being unconventional.
The O'Neill play is drama called "The
Rope" and, like his great success "In
The zone," deals with simple, passion
ate people who live by the sea- In addi-
tlon to these new plays "Lone-
some Like" by Harold Brighouse, and
THE Home of the Free" by Elmer
Reizenstein, will be continued.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-12
In Vaudeville

PALACE - Spanish dancers from
"The Land of Joy"; Josephine Victor
Elizabeth Brice, "Tom Walker in
Dixie" Rockwell and Wood, William
Ebs and Merian's CANNES.
ALHAMBRA-Trixie Friganza, Willie
Weston, "The Wild Guardians" Avelinp
and Lloyd, "Waiting for Her." Ford
and urma, Kaufman Brothers, Frank
and Mike Hanlon and Richards.
COLONIAL-Nan Halperin, Clark and
Hamilton, Ray Samuels, Arnaut Bro
theirs, "Shoes," Seabury and Shaw,
"Blue" Bert Kenney, Browne Sisters
and Four Sensational Boises.
RIVERSIDE-Trixie Friganza, Gus
Edwards Song Revue, Olga Cook, Edna
Aug, Aveling and Lloyd, Behind the
Front" Alton and Allen and Dupree and
Dupree
ROYAL-Grace La Rue, Jack Wilson,
Mckay and Ardine, Charlie Chaplin
photoplay, Ryan and Lee, waiting for
Her." "The Lemon" Ed Morton and
"Bits From Variety"
LOEW'S AMERICAN-'The Lieu.
tenant and the Traffic Cop" Kuma
Four, "Cloaks and Suits" and William
Hart in "The Tiger Man"
New-York tribune., 1918-05-12

Susan Glaspell and Eugene O,Neill
will have plays on the new bill of the
Washington Square Players which will
open tomorrow night at the Comedy
Theatre. Miss GlaspQl, whose plays
'Trifles" and Suppressed Desires"
have proved among the most popu-
lar IN the repertory of the Play
ers, has written in "Close the Book"
keen satire which is said to be double
New-York tribune., 1918-05-12
NolD on the Boards

Astor .................. Fancy Free"
Belasco .........." ."Polly With Past"
Bijou ........."A Pair Of Petticoats"
Booth ................ seventeen"
Broadhurst ................"M "Maytime"
Century Grove ....... Midnight Revue
Geo. M. Cohan. ."The Kiss Burglar"
Cohan & Harris "A Tailor Made Man"
Comedy :. Washington Square Players
Cort ................... "Flo-Flo"
Eltinge ..."Business Before Pleasure"
Forty eighth Street,
"The Man Who Stayed at Home"
Fortyfourth Street Roof,
"Good-Bye, Bill"
Forty Fourth Street,
"Hearts of the World" (Film)
Greenwich Village Theatre,
Three One-Act Plays
Henry Miller,
"a Marriage of Convenience"
Lexington ..... "The Mystery of Life"
Liberty ................. ."Golng Up
Lyceum ................." ."Tiger Rose"
Maxine Elliott 1.-The Eyes of Youth"
Morosco ............" lombard, Ltd"
New Amsterdam 1.-THE Rainbow Girl"
New Amsterdam Roof,
'The Midnight Frolic"
PPark ."Seven Days Leave"
PLAYHOUSE "The Little Teacher"
Plymouth .......... IA Dolls House"
Princess ."Oh, Lady! Lady!"
Republic ."Parlor, Bedroom and Bath"
Shubert ............" "The Copperhead"
Thirty-ninth Street,
"a Cure FOR Curables"
Winter Garden .............."S "Sinbad"
New-York tribune., 1918-05-12

The soldier in question wasn't so
much interested in the liquor problem
as he was in letting every one within
matter like coming to France was sim
ply an everyday occurrence to him.
The remark of an American artillery
lieutenant months later showed q
somewhat similar spirit. He was the
commander of the battery which had
fired the first shot at the Germans, and
some newspaper men were asking him
to describe the incident "What did
you say?" one of the correspondents
asked.
"I gave 'em the range" answered the
lieutenant, "and then / said Ready to
fret and then Fire."
"Was that all there was to it 2" asked
the somewhat disappointed newspaper
man.
"What would you expect me to do,
make speech?" replied the officer.
1t may be that the public of the
theatre expects the characters in
khaki to make speeches. More pos
sibly the author allows his characters
to do SO because that is an easy way
to write play. In the late american
Ace" the playwright tried to make
every third line bid for applause.
During che early portions Of the play
he got much of this applause for
which he tried, but later on folk just
$ho
of the stage as medium of patriotic
propaganda will soon be entirely lost
IL playwrights do not refrain from
hammering their points home so hard.
American soldiers in France are
neither sententious bores nor brag-
CARTS, and there isn't reason in the
world why they should be SO repre-
sented on the stage.
The war propaganda Of the screen
Is not always Of the most stimulating
sort, either. After viewing one popu-
lar film, we came away from the thea
tire with q confused idea that our chief
grievance against Germany lay in the
fact that the Kaiser had been rude
to Mr.. Gerard.
In direct ratio as the war comes
nearer our plays become more friv-
olous. II play is not about the war
II must be about nothing. Somewhere
in France" or Somewhere in April''
are the only alternatives open to the
playwright. Nobody cares now for anv
problem except that of the war. Only
rarely does the author who turns his
back upon the war succeed in turning
out a hrst rate play. Belinda" for
instance, is rather amusing, but there
Is no getting away from the fact that
mere lightness cannot make people for
get the war. The more joyous the play
tie more will some be reminded tha.
there is something around the corner
Perhaps the most courageous attitude
Tor American playwrights to assume il
to accept the fact that the war is the
only subject in tho world just now
and strive to interpret 1t in varying
New-York tribune., 1918-05-12

In review of IA Marriage Of Con-
venlence" we suggested that a prelim-
mary preparation of very good Bur-
gundy might add to the spectators en-
joyment. Perhaps it might be we'll to
consider beverages suitable for other
performances. Milk, slightly warmed,
should be appropriate for "The Little
Teacher; nothing heavier than whipped
cream would do for Belinda; bromide
to steady the nerves under lombard
ment is prescribed for Hearts of the
World" with nut sundae for "The
Army With Banners" and cyanide fo,
"Salome."
New-York tribune., 1918-05-12

Mr.. Metcalfe, of "Life," thinks that
we Americans are tolerant "in the mat
ter of speech on our STAGE" He cites
"a Dolls House," and writes: at is
difficult TO picture a French audience
approving a cast with the delivery, in
the same play, of the French lines so
remote from the French accent as the
contrasting Bolshevik English of Nine.
Nazimova and the British-English of
Mr.. Atwill are from purely spoken
English, even from the not at all bad
American-English of Messrs. Probert
and Young"
Perhaps one of the reasons for our
tolerance is the fact that our ears
are not so accurately tuned as those
OF the French. Mr.. Metcalfe, for in
stance, speaks of "the American Eng
lish" of Roland Young, in spite of the
fact that Mr.. Young is an Englishman
with considerable training on the Eng
lish stage and a marked English accent
which has hardly been touched by
some six years of playing in this coun-
try
New-York tribune., 1918-05-12
In Brooklyn

BUsHWICK-Lillian Shaw. Conroy
and LIE Marie, Charlie Chaplin photo
play, Imhop, Conn and Coreene, Venita
Gould, "Our Family" "Just Fun" DON
aid f. Roberts and the La Vars.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Tucker, "viol-
inn," "The Human Machine Gun"
Frank Westphal, Joseph L. Browning,
"The Submarine Attack" "Mann off the
Ice Wagon" and Mcintosh and His
Musical Maids.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-12
Real Soldiers Don't Suank
Barrie Is Right to Exalt Reticence in
"The New Word," for Speechnaking Is
No Business for Officer or Doughboy
By Haywood Broun

British retnce which Barrie eal though laughs in
"The New Word not be the admirable of
a at ALL although rather think
all others which the
mind.
of the
the
which British
totally the
not the word describe the attitude the American soldier
field He nothing.
him of
"a maker history that the doughoy endavors his complete
Indifference round about by trivial
words the first American to dock
doughboy who leaned the rail and shouted little
Say they let the enlisted
here?"
New-York tribune., 1918-05-12
NoRozH$ Dk<vc,au
AEZ1/ING 70 6REAh
GAcr oZznzzew" "
RECo<RDS.

sweethearts to be reminded that we
may be going through just such scenes
They realize it enough as it is, God
bless 'em."
New-York tribune., 1918-05-12

There is a third possibility which we
forgot to mention. If there Is any one
among US who can look through the
war and beyond it, he will not want
for audiences.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-12
Nev Plays This Week

the Comedy Theatre the Washington Players
Close Book by Glaspel;
to be played with LONESOME Like"
New-York tribune., 1918-05-12

moods. Probably nobody will deny that
tragedy is the pervading mood of war,
but there is comedy there as we'll, and
even farce.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-06-13
Country Happenings.

Miss Fayetta Ramsey, OF Appleton
City, has been employed to teach the
Oak Grove school the coming year.
Mrs. Clara Bachelor has been en-
tertaining, company the past week.
Miss Thelma Sargent called on Mrs.
Marsh Brown Tuesday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jake Frey were But
Ter visitors Monday.
Mr.. Hays did some carpenter work
Tor c. c. Wilson last week.
Geo. Keen and family motored to
Butler Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. Z. Harvey and Mr..
and Mrs. Bruce Odneal and baby
went to Rich Hill Sunday in the lat
ter's car to visit relatives.
Charlie and Harry Frey plowed
corn for Geo. Sargent last week.
MIR. and Mrs. Claud Clark called on
the latter's sister, Mrs. Dave Wigger,
Friday.
Tom Chitwood and family spent
Sunday with his mother, Mrs. J. M.
Chitwood. T. Anderson were also
callers in the afternoon.
Mrs. Geo. Keen and daughter, Nina,
spent Thursday afternoon with Mrs.
&. w. Sargent and daughter, Thelma.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jake Frey spent Sun
day with his mother in Appleton City.
DAISY.
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In And Around Maysburg.

Mrs. Pearl Simpson went up in
Jackson county Saturday to visit rel
atives.
Rev. Post filled his regular ap-
pointment at Cove Creek Sunday
Mr.. H. O. Maxey made fine talk
on "Why the War at Walnut Grove
church Sunday afternoon.
Ermine thinner came home from
Butler Sunday.
We are sorry to say Cecil Mccoy
is not so we'll the past few days.
Mrs. Will Douglas. is quite poorly
They think she has appendicitis and
if she continues poorly will go to the
city for treatment.
Andrew Workman, wife and daugh-
ter, Edith, visited relatives in this vi
cinity Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jim Harrison, wife
and son, visited Mrs. Harrison's par
ents Sunday.
Elisha Ewing, Edith Workman, Veda
and Leeda Hendrickson took dinner
with Yada Snow Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clark took dinner at
Mr.. Gilbert's Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hudson took dinner
at Mr.. Middleton's Sunday.
Mr.. Wimbledon and family are rid
ing in a Ford at present.
Frank Pats hired hand happened
with quite All accident with Mr.. Patti 5
Ford Sunday. While coming from
Urich the car slipped off the grade
south of Urich and turned the car
over, breaking the Hill boys limb
just below the knee and hurting Mrs
Pats mother quite badly.
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Virginia..

Children's Day exercises were held
at the NJ. f. church last Sunday morn
ing. "A large crowd was in attend
ance and good program was given.
Reverend Jones breaches there in the
evening.
Miss Carrie Harper visited last
week with relatives in Butler,
Miss Elsie Park. who has been
supervising English in the Sedalia
High School. has returned home to
spend her vacation with her parents.
Misses Ruby and Grace Berry, and
Ralph Berry. were guests of Miss
Maude and Grace Martin Sunday,
Miss Ruth Orear conducted League
exercises last Sunday evening. Next
Sunday the topic will be Jealousy,
the Handicap of Team Work" Cor.
1874; Gal SEQ; I Sam. 1869. Miss
Ola Ayres will be leader.
Reverend Pfost will fill his>regular
appointment at the Christian church
next Sunday.
Mrs. ]. w. Greenup has been made
district organizer and worker OF the
w. c. T. u. She has been in Dade
county the past two weeks.
Misses Emma Pahlman and Ola
.Ayres spent the week end with
friends in Butler.
Mrs. T. S. Harper and Mr.. Herman
Hill were called Monday to Butler
ro the bedside of their mother. Mrs.
Pleasant Hill, who is very low.
Miss Edna Odneal, OF Spruce, has
been employed to teach Grand View
school the coming school term.
Born-To Mr.. and Mrs. Marion
Hedger, June g, baby girl, Mrs.
Hedger was formerly Miss Olive
T,,1y
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but in different barracks, can visit
each other.
We 60 to bed at 9 o'clock. Reveille
is at 5:45; 10 minutes are given to
dress in, then we line up outside to
report those absent, for any reason.
Then we fall out for breakfast.
Camp Dodge is located twelve
miles southeast of Des Moines, on the
Des Moires river. 1t is reached by an
interurban railroad, which follows the
meanderings of the river mentioned,
The camp is four miles long and two
miles wide. housing $4,000 men in bar
racks. 1t is said to be the best in the
United States and is full to capacity.
There are many negroes in camp.
The main streets are paved to accom-
modate the heavy traffic. The soil
is sandy, drying quickly after hard
rain. The camp site is not very level.
So far it has rained here nearly
every night, and some times during
the day time. Before we left Butler
we were told we would see some
beautiful country and experience an
ideal country, but for my part, and
have heard others say the same thing.
just give me old Missouri. This part
of Iowa seems to be very billy.
Butler was the only town from
there on to Des Moines which sent
it's boys off with band and good
feed. Much credit is due Mr.. Fisk.
the Allen orchestra, the Commercial
Club, the Elks and the Red Cross for
so graciously entertaining the Bates
county boys. 1t was greatly appre-
ciated.
E. F. futile.
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JACK AND JILL.
Cortland.

The Soderstrom young folks gave
a party Saturday night. Ice cream
and cake were served early in the
evening and again in the wee small
hours of Sunday morning.
MIR. and Mrs. Emmett Shay and
son, Raymond, of Ell Paso, Texas, are
visiting his father, A. w. Shay.
Miss Clara Faubion, of Butler, Wis
tied Sylvia Vaughn the last of the
week.
Charley Daniels and family. who
live near Appleton City, called at P.
l. Turner's Sunday afternoon.
Jim Simpson took supper with
home folks Wednesday night.
Mrs. Lucy Fox and son, Bart, spent
Sunday at George Fox's in Butler.
Miss Connie Craven, of Butler, Wis
tied the Soderstrom girls Friday and
Saturday nights.
Mr.. and Mrs. Calvin and daughter.
Frances, Mr.. and Mrs. Jim Vaughn
and daughter, Ruth, took Sunday din
ner at Mrs. Hannah McClintic's.
Ray Morrison, Guy Fox, Virgil
Lockard and Elmer Soderstrom had
to register for the draft Wednesday.
Athol has a new operator. A young
lady from Joplin.
Mr.. and Mrs. Boyer and son, of
Joplin spent Friday and Saturday
nights with their son, who is at work
at Matt Simpsons.
Mr.. and Mrs. Emory Lockard and
daughter, Lucille, visited George Rud-
dell, near Passaic, Sunday. :.
Miss Maude Morgan is visiting in
the Black neighborhood.
Dona Spier is visiting in town this
week.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-06-13
brackney Items.

Summer is here at last, and a good
hot one. And if we don't get rain
pretty soon it will also be very dry
one.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. B. Williams and
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Colson motored
to Nevada Sunday.
Mrs. L. A. Deems spent Monday at
ternoon with Mrs. S. A. Deems.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. Deweese and MIR.
and Mrs. B. II. Smithson were Sum
day guests OF Mr.. and Mrs. c. Dan
iels.
Miss Marie Baker spent Sunday
with Misses Irene and Lorene Fer
rell.
MIR. and Mrs. Fred Pry and Mr. and
Mrs. Horn were Sunday guests OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Phillip Pry.
Pearl Birch and mother, and A. G.
Deems spent Sunday with Mr.. and
Mrs. {. b. Baker.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. A. Deems and
daughter, Nancie Mae, and Mary and
Hugh Deems, were Sunday guests OF
MIR. and Mrs. Bert Hedrick and FAM
lily OF Appleton City.
A number OF the young folks spent
Sunday with Miss Anna Walters.
Mrs. w. S. Nafus and children OF
Arcadia, Kansas, are visiting with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs S. a. Deems.
Mrs. A. G. Deems and son, Ernest,
Mrs. J. Birch and Ralph Ghere spent
the week end in Kansas City.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Pry returned
to Butler Sunday where they expect
to stay for some time.
Miss Nancie Deems spent Sunday
night and Monday with Miss Mary
Deems.
The ice cream supper at Peru and
Pleasant Gap Saturday night was we'll
attended.
JACK AND JILL.
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North New Home.

Mrs, J. w. Jones and two sons,
William and Glen Jones of Abba,
Iowa, are visiting her parents and
lack Patterson of Jefferson City
came the last of the week to visit
with his parents, J. A. Patterson and
wife, and help in the wheat harvest.
Brick McCaughey and John Ehart
each have purchased new binders.
Mrs. Schuyler Ehart visited from
Friday till Monday with her mother,
Mrs. CASTOR, of Butler.
Mrs. Mccormack has returned to
Butler from Kansas City and is get
ting along fine.
Otis Chart has got the mumps. =
Mrs. J. A. Patterson and daughter,
Miss Ruby, Albert Linendoll and
mother and Guy Kegerreis and Mrs.
J. w. Jones and sons and Mrs. Henry
Ehart aud Mr.. Gish and family at
tended the show in Butler Wednes-
day night.
/. Geo. Mcdaniel and family moved to
Nyhart Monday.
Sam Patterson, of Hume, made a
visit with his parents.
Bud Berry is doing some carpen-
ter work for Perry Osborne.
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EIGHT BILLION IN TAKES
McAdoo Outlines Plans for Fiscal
Year of 1919.

Washington, June 6.-Secretary
McAdoo today recommended in let
ter to Chairman Kitchin of the House
ways and means committee that the
new revenue bill be drawn to obtain
8 billion dollars by taxation, one-third
of the estimated "a billion dollar ex-
penditures in the fiscal year 1919.
He also recommended that war
profits tax be established at high rate
to be super-imposed upon existing ex-
cess profits taxes; that the normal in
come tax on unearned incomes be in
creased, and that heavy taxation be
imposed on luxuries.
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(Too Late For Last Week.)

Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Patt have pur.
chased Ford.
Harry White came down from
Kansas City Sunday to visit home
folks and returned Monday.
Jim Hargrave left Monday for Kan
sas City to join the navy.
We are glad to know Cecil Mccoy
is able to be up and around.
Mrs. Coonrod visited Mrs. White
Sunday.
Mrs. Gilbert visited her daughter
Mrs. Powell, Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clark visited Mr.. Nc.
Coy Sunday afternoon.
Tan White, wife and daughters
Thelma and Mary Louise, visited
Mrs. Whites parents in Butler Fri
fday.
Ermine thinner went to Butler
Sunday to help her grandma pick her
cherries,
A NEIGHBOR.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-06-13
Wise Alabama Negro Captures Hun
Dogs by Novel Method.

With the American Army in
France, June "A wise Alabama
darkey iii. a colored organization with
the French troops used novel
means to capture number of Ger
man dogs that had been employed to
carry important dispatches to. the
front line from the rear posts. The
darkey got leave to go hunting and
killed fox. Then he crept across
No Mans land at night and dragged
the fox back along the ground from
the German trenches. The following
day six German messenger dogs came
bounding into the American trenches,
with their noses to the ground, fol-
lowing the scent.