Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-06-05

The plot If '"The Other Woman per-
haps derives from a case Miss DaYi+
watched IN Il Federal court ia the Blue
Ridge Mountain country, where she was (.
clerk. She saw, she says, man conYicteh
Of bigamy and sent to prison, Though ~
was entirely innocent u any intent ~ 40
any wrong He had already been victim
ized and punished by nature, declares
Miss Davis; the court sentence B-eiy
added more punishment.
Received 81 tho publishers.
"rhe Unlatched Door" By Lee Thayer,
author n "Ihc Mystery Of mo Thlr-
tcenth Floor New York City: The
Century Co, 3j3 Fourth avenue.
Price, 81 10, net
The hero had been ont late and y
was before New York City vas made
dry" II - dangerous IN these times u
high moral rectitude n say he dined we'll
at any rate, he diued prOfusely When he
stepped out of his car and mounted, lIttle
unsteadily, one of New York Ctys
ancient and most oristo0stio brown
stoops, at an hour far past midnight, he
found the door % ne top of the stoop
Unmatched. He went in. few moments
lnter he fed from the place as sober az he
had ever been in his life. lie had gone
into the SyFng door, and he stumbled
upon VET Apon the mystery wluch is
the center - this story
"The Uuiatchcd Door IL combined
love and mystery story, set in New Tork
City, which the author knows and loves
with the II timacy If an old nhaNtan'
The story moves with czhilara'ing speod
involves - group 0f intensely interesting
people. and concludes With o ol1tlon
that viii astonisb most readers
The a1Ithor IS Mrs II " Thayer, who
writes mystery stories as D relaxation from
business. She is. during business honra.
the art director of an old and successful
firm Of illustrators and designers
Received % the publishers.
Exit Betty" By Grace Livingston Hill
Frontispiece IN color Philadelphla
Pa j. B Lippincott Co. Price. Sl.75.
net.
This pretty romance is . plea a-rg com
biaation of character Development thril-
inn sdvant-fre. toars and sunshine nth
7 clear and attractive religious note. n"
Vivid pictures u the different characters
and their behaviour under tho Ziven rlr2
ciIrnstance4 make q cnlorfu snd interest
ing story. absorbing the reader attention
through one unexpected event alter an
other
Elizabeth stanhopc is truly 3 "poor
little rich girI with designing steT,-
mother, 4 fortune ~ be hers wheS .sre
reaches majority In three months, and ?
sweet and trusting disposition -he n in-
troduced rs "a In her deepest trouble
. tjmid Qlrl A. the bridal altar, she looks
( into tho fare of the man beside her and NJ
Il Hot Tie one she expected y rnarrt
Saved by 4 timely swo0n, she IL lett ID the
+ rest room To recover. and while the ZJIesfs
Z are possirang ii the church and waiting i1r
+ her return. she elldes the doctor and Sins
ont side door into the stormy night. me
must get awav-she knows not where
Z anywhere n escape
Providentiallv Jane Carson = passing.
Jane Is wonderful-9ne cannot do ner
Justice lr. q few sentences. Indeed. the
heart 81 gold which developments prove
she possesses. and her capable manage
ment 81 Betty affairs, picture her 20 at-
.ractivelv she tcc0Tncs q close r1yal Is
heroine If the story.
III Il natural tg scent romance wnen
the LAWYER whom Jane sets IN Betty 4
torrnent0rs II disclosed Il. q silent adTnITer
Of the prosecuted girl The portrayal or
his splendid character and high IDEAS
through business Ilscouragenents. i
truly inspiring. Then jhere are Jane
mother and brother. ana James RYAN.
eacn of whom develops as an important
pivot around which some interesting par'
Of -he story swings The uucNperte,
climax would ne entirety sausiactorr
without the elimination 0f aounis
romance winch makes a splendid ana satls-
iylug conclusion.
Received 1f the publishers