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Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 30 June 1921, Page 2

" HIS WIFE'S FRIEND"—At EVERYBODY'S, SATURDAY NEXT. In the hidden walks of the Celestial Republic there are tangents and mazes, dark and secretive, of which the Western world knows nothi^. There are poisons that destroy and leave no trace. There is the secret of a drug that has mesmeric powers that drive men, to involuntary-self-destruction. At some time, nevertheless, when these indomitable forces are pitted" against Occidental science.add deductive reasoning, a gripping mystery will be traced to its logical solution. It is this clash of subtle Oriental plotting against the science and aggressive perserverance of the West that furnishes the basis for " His Wife's Friend," a Paramount- Artcraft picture, taken from J. Harris Burland's successful novel, " The White Rook," with Dorothy Dalton in the leading role. She handles splendidly the exceedingly difficult part she has been S Q allotted. In addition, the, plot embraces j| a virile love story in 'the romance of a woman—a romance tinged at first with the bitternessooff f an unhappy marriage, .^ then purged in the steadfast loyalty of her friend and the high-minded codes of < both man and woman.