St. Paul daily globe., 1895-12-05
MAY MARRY JOE GAINES.
Helen Yorke Says She Will Prob
ably Change Her Name.


Very few of the people in the au-
dience at the Metropolitan opera
house last night knew that among
the spectators was pretty little Miss
Helen Yorke, who will be best re-
membered as having posed in the
principal living pictures with the
Wilbur Opera company last sum-
mer. On the other hand, the more
observant people did notice quiet,
dignifed little woman who bore a
remarkable resemblance to Della
Fox and who seemed pleased in her
own way at the tricks of Bancroft,
the magician.
Miss Yorke left the Wilbur Opera
company at the end of last week, the
company being in Cleveland at pres
ent resting She arrived here early
in the morning, and repaired directly
to the Metropolitan hotel. She was
quite popular while here before, and
has many admirers, who were cleo
trified to learn that she had deter
mined to quit the stage and become
the of Joe Gaines. The two were
seen in each others company most.
of the day, and the report was cir
culated that the wedding was quietly
celebrated during the afternoon.
A Globe e reporter found Joe
Gaines last night, and he stated
quite frankly that there had been
no ceremony, although it was quite
likely there would be before long.
''I met Miss Yorke three years ago."
he said, lin Cincinnati. where her
parents live, and when she was play
ing with Seabrooke in the Isle of
Champagne / have corresponded
with her. l saw her when the Will
bur company was here last summer.
I visited her in Duluth. and it's an
even bet that before long she will be-
come Mrs. Gaines. She will visit
here in st. Paul for a week, after
which she will return to her home.
I think she is remarkably clever
little woman, and has a future, If
she remains on the stage. She rs the
living picture of Della Fox, and has
received the most complimentary no
parts either in the Wilbur operas Or
in other plays in which she has TAX
en- part. We became engaged near
ly a year ago, but we have not fixed
the exact date for the wedding"
A visit was paid to Miss Yorke at her
hotel. ..-.-a =.
"When We're you and Mr.. Gaines
married?" was the pointed question
Miss Yorke was asked.
'+Oh, we're not married yet, but 1
! guess we will be all right"
She added her testimony to what is
printed above, but stated quite en-
phatically that if she was married she
| would abandon the stage.
ST like the stage and many of the
people you meet ON it." she said arch
~, "but when a girl is married she
ought to devote her time and thoughts
to her husband"
Miss Yorke halls from Cincinnati
where her mother and stepfather live
the latter being a steamboat man on
the Mississippi. She is nineteen years
old, very pretty, being of the fair
type, and has an exceptionally shapely
figure, which made her greatly in de-
mand for the living pictures. She says
she may be married in Cincinnati, al
though she thinks she might get her
| parents to come up here. for, to use her
own words, ''They would enjoy the
| trip"
Joe Gaines, who is to be the happy
groom, was born and raised in Winona
and has got ahead by dint of hard
work and close attention to business.
He is the proprietor of the Metropoli-
tan buffet.