The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-10-05
HER HUSBAND 5 FOLKS
Would Like to Keep May Yohe
From Being a Duchess
BY MEANS OF DIVORCE
Their Prospects Not Brilliant
"A Poor Girls Career.

1t is thought that their efforts are caused
by the likelihood of Lord Francis soon
succeeding to his title as Duke of New
castle. Mrs. Yohe, the mother of Lady
Hope, is now in Philadelphia. To q re-
porter for the New York Sunday World
she makes the following statement:
81 do not believe that Lord Francis
| Hope will try to divorce May.
I'm the first place. he would have a
mighty hard time, fer the divorce laws
of Great Britain are very stringent, and
! there is ID one who can utter breath
of scandal anout Lady Francis Hope.
There is no young matron in all the
country more exemplary and domestic
! than She She is the same bright, fun
| loving girl, though she has taken on the
1 flesh of the average British matron.
II will be back with her in a few days,
and then 1 will find out the truth of the
situation. Lord and Lady Hope have
been on the most amicable terms, and 1
am sure that am in position to know.
1 was with them in their villa on the
! Thames-which, by the way, is a lovely
| pIace-just before 1 ran over there, and
! everything was as serene as possible.
There is little to tell about Mays baby
hood. She was a pretty, bright little tot,
and we idolized her; so much so that I
suppose she was spoiled.
Then domestic difficulties broke up
our home, and 1 went with May to Phila-
delphia. L determined that as far as pos
sible her prospects should not change
and endeavored to give her every posi-
BILE advantage in the way of education I
opened a dressmaking establishment, and
prospered beyond my expectations.
May proved very bright at her studies
and made friends with her teachers. She
displayed marked musical ability, and
Prof. and Mrs Conrad Behrens volunteer
ed to give her a musical education. Mrs.
Behrens gave her a solid founda ton in
teachnical work, and the professor dis
covered the four wonderful contralto
notes which made my daughter famous.
Nay became very 2roficieEt in French
and German, and as she had great ideas
about helping herself and not burdening
me she got up little class and taught
the two languages. She succeeded very
well, but her music became all absorbing,
and about that time amateur entertain
ments made her stage-struck.
II never dreamed, the night she made
her first appearance in a church concert,
that she would ever evince any fondness
for the theatre. We had to fairly push
her on the stage, and she was so fright
ened that I cannot say that she distin-
guished herself
She got the Paris bee in her bonnet
70 i, he 1ol-o
a great singer Nothing would discour-
age this idea, so finally took her to
Nine. Etelka Gerster to get an opinion
on the childs voice
1.-THE great singer was very kind, prais-
ed Mays lower register but told her
frankly that she would never be a great
singer. She pictured to May the temp
tations, privations and hardships of stu
dent life in Paris. Mays ardor was
dampened for short time, but returned,
and to Paris she went.
81 have always regretted allowing May
to go to Paris. However, maybe it was
all intended, and anything what is done |
cannot be changed.
at nearly broke my heart, but I pa
tiently watched my business affairs and |
prayed for her safe return.
stage life was very distasteful to me,
but I went about with May as much as
possible. There are few girls who can |
withstand the temptations. of life in a |
comic opera chorus. especially if they are
pretty and attractive.
MAY always had a great many admir- |
ers. and her head was turned. There was
never any real harm in my girl, and I |
will say that she has been a good daugh- |
ter to me.
81 have long since given up my BUSH |
ness; May wouldn't hear of IL. 1 live |
abroad and am with or near my daught- |
er nearly all the time, returning here al !
intervals, and then only for brief visit. |
England holds May. and although 1 am a |
loyal American, England is the dearest |
place on earth.
''You know that every mother thinks 4
her duckling a swan, and to me my girl /
is all right I will be proud and glad to /
claim her for my own II at any time !
her English lord is tired of her. She is /
q great lady, with her name in Burke, !
but first and always she is May Yohe to 4
me. the joyous American girl who, I wiz 1
admit. has given her mother some anxi- /
ETY.. but that is all past and gone. May /
has better judgment now. and am not /
afraid that she will ever do anything TO
forfeit her high position.
May will be a duchess in due time, fam 4
fly or no family Lord Francis is a good |
hearted man. and do not feel the slight |
est uneasiness about his deserving May.
He would be a very poor excuse for a /
man if he did. for May has tried in every !
way TO make a good wife and 70 conform |
to his wishes
Understand. it was a love match. and !
these two young people are very fond Of I
each other. But if he ever does turn 4
against her. May knows that there will 4
he one person who viii always stick 10 i
her. No matter what the future holds !
she Is my girI-just the same TO me that /
she has always been"
The rise Of Lady Francis Hope from a I
poor girl OF obscure birth 10 an English !
peerless is an oft-told tale.
There are chronicles Of glittersng ca /
reer, brilliant with footlight and mascu- |
line admiration. May Yohe has been the /
talk Of TWO continents. and vet there Is 1
one little story which has not been told. /
II is the story OF mother love and sac /
rifice, and Lady Francis Hope today rec /
ognizes that it has been her salvation. the /
beacon light that has guided her through /
the stormy waters OF the past ten years /
May Yohe,s mother is the daughter % /
an Indiana ParSon. Her maiden name )
was BarcheIier and she claims a strong /
strain Of Indian hlosd, which shows II
her undaunted ability to pIod through
Young Yohe, sturdy iron worker % |