The evening world., 1894-03-30
MAY YOHE'S TITLE
1t May Yet Be That of Duchess
of Newcastle.
New "Peerage" Says the Actress
Is the Wife Of Lord Hope.
The American Burlesquer the Rage
in London.

LONDON. March 3o.-The Peerage.
Just issued, that Lord Fran
els Hope has been married to May Yohe,
the American actress. This appears to
settle the question which, for months
past, has been discussed in various So
cial circles.
Miss Yohe herself told a friend nearly
a year ago hat she was married to Lord
Francis Hope. The report was published
at hat time and provoked a denial from
Lord Francis and his family.
The editor Of The Peerage doubtless
had direct authority for the
ment which he now makes.
Under the heading of the Dukedom OF
Newcastle, he says that Lord Henry
francis Hope Pelham-Clinton-Hope,
who was born Feb. 3, 1866, was married
to Miss May Yohe.
The date Of the marriage Is not re-
corded in the Peere ge.
Lord Francis Hope Is the brother OF
the Duke of Newcastle who was married
in 1869 to Kathleen Florence May.
daughter Of Major Augustus Henry
Candy; and. consequently Miss Yohe's
husband Is heir p~resmptive to the
Dukedom of Newcastle. AS the pres
ent Duke Is salt not to be likely to have
an heir, May Yohe nay he Duchess of
Newcastle.
Miss Yohe Is at present al the rage In
London. She is charming large audi
ences nightly, at the Lyric Theatre,
where she is appearing in Little Chris
TOPPER Columbus" one Of the few sue
cesses of the season.
The plantation songs Of Miss Yohe
are now sung in many aristocratic
The Prince of Wales has repeatedly
visited the Lyric Theatre to see Little
Christopher Columbus" and was. pre-
scented to Miss May Yohe behind the
scenes.
Miss May Yohe is reported to have
been previously married, n at one time
# ire Tss h sal9 s,,t g." 90, d dn the H doBRdi,lo faT that
he would break off his connection with
Miss Yohe's American career was a
Nights" The Crystal slipper. and
Their less classical productions, Including
THE City Directory and "Hoss and
Hoss;n She was the heroine of a series l,ss
New Yorker" and others as heroes.
Once she was reported married to Jack
Mason. now the husband of Marion
III
Miss, ,Yohe's name was first seen on
a playful in New York at the Star Thea
tire. where she played a small part In
cinderella" She Is shapely. piquant
and has fetching black eyes, coupled with
a great deal of dash.
From Cinderella" the jaunty actress
went out to Chicago and set the pork
fed chappies crazy. She played Prince
Prettiwltz in THE Crystal Slipper" al
the Chicago Opera-House. and set Man
ager David Henderson's nerves on edge
by the number n character OF her
escapades. One night she was dancing
and whether by accident or design. she
kicked off her slipper and 1t sailed ur
towards the dome of the theatre.
AS one mar the chappies rose and
watched the graceful %parabola which the
slipper described in breathless eagerness
AS 1t descended some Of the most smit-
ten rushed to the spot and had a
scramble for its possession. Those who
secured 1t rushed to an adjacent saloon
and drank wine out of the slipper. After
that she wanted to kick Ier slipper OH
every night. but was restrained.
Her Chicago engagement was inter
rupted b va sensational disappearance
with Eddie b. Shaw. a well-known young
man about town.
Manager Russell. OF THE City Dlrec.
tory" used to say that Miss Yohe had
but four notes in her voice. but they
were corkers."