From the May 10, 1914 New York Times: The situation is simple and at least as old as the city of London. A young girl, beautiful, brilliant and adventurous, comes to a great city, alone and penniless, to seek her fortune. She attracts men of various sorts [. . . ] So far according to legend. Now comes the twist that gives the story its significance. Doré Baxter, the heroine, is a pursuer in the pursued, a temptress in the tempted. She walks in flame by preference, and escapes burning partly through her own cleverness, partly through luck.