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
I'm London.

LONDON. March 3O.-The Peerage.
Just issued, announces hat 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 u friend nearly
a year 4 that she was married to Lord
Francis Hope. The report was published
at that time and provoked u denial from
Lord Francis and his family.
The editor of The Peerage doubtless
had direct authority for the nnoun
ment which he o makes
Under the heading of the Dukedom of
Newcastle, he says hat Lord Henry
Francis Hope Pelham-Clinton-Hope
who was born Feb. 8, 1866, was married
to Miss May Yohe.
The date Of the marriage is not re-
corded in the Peerhge.
Lord Francis Hope is the brother Of
the Duke OF Newcastle who was married
in 1859 to Kathleen Florence May,
daughter of Major Augustus Henry
Candy; and. consequently Miss Yohe's
husband Is heir presmptive to the
Dukedom of Newcastle. AS the pres
ent Duke Is said not to be likely to have
an heir, May Yohe may be Duchess Of
Newcastle.
Miss Yohe Is at present all 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
drawing-rooms in London and elsewhere
The Prince of Wales has repeatedly
visited the Lyric Theatre to see Little
Christopher Solumbusv and was pre-,
scenes.
Miss May Yohe is reported to have
been reviously married. and at one time
irered him 81, oo ooo on the condition thai
he would break off his connection with
the American actress.
c]heckered one. She figured in Arabian
Nights" THE Crystal Slipper. ant
Their less classical productions, including
The CITY Directory and "Hoss ant
New Yorker" and others as heroes
Once she was reported married to Jacl
Mason. now the husband Of Marion
Miss Yohe's name was first seen oil
a playful in New York at the Star Thea
ire. where she played a small part II
cinderella" She Is shapely. piguan
and has fetching black eyes, coupled wit
a great deal Of dash.
From Cinderella the jaunty actres
went out to Chicago and set the pork
fed %chappies crazy. She played Prime
Prettiwitz in THE Crystal Slipper" a
; the Chicago Opera-House, and set Man
ager David Henderson's nerves on edg
by the number and character of he
escapades. One night she was dancing
and whether by accident or design. sh
kicked off her slipper n It sailed u
, towards the dome of the theatre.
AS one man the chappies rose. an
watched the graceful parabola which tn
slipper described in breathless eagerness
AS 1t descended some Of the most smit
ten rushed to the spot and had
scramble for its possession. Those VIII
secured 1t rushed to an adjacent saloo'
and drank wine out of the slipper. Afte
r that she wanted to kick ler slipper OIL
e every night. but was restrained.
z Her Chicago engagement was inter
rupted h va sensational Disappearance
, with Eddie B. Shaw, a ~well-known youn
u man about town..
d Manager Russell. of The City. Dlree
d tory" used to say that Miss Yohe ha
8 but four notes in her voice, but the
were corkers."