The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-11-26
HAS HUNDREDS
OF THOUSANDS
WHERE STRONG AND LADY
FRANCIS HOPE GET THEIR
STUFF.
STRONG MADE IT IN STOCKS
THIS YEAR.
Says He Cleaned UP over 5000, 900 in
Northern Pacific-May Yohe Enter
tanning the Yokohama Bloods.

The secret of the unexpected wealth
of Major Strong and May Yohe is out.
May has not had to pawn her diamonds
| as has been reported nor are she and
the gallant and erring Major on the
verge of a separation. May proposes
to remain with her consort just so long
as the money lasts and, if recent re-
ports from the Orient prove correct,
they can continue their love making
| indefinitely. Nor Is it surprising that
May proposes to cling to the Majah' for
| 1t is, he who is supplying the cash.
| He supplies it, not in cheap Mexican
| 'dobe dollars, but in good hard Ameri-
can double eagles. Where he got the
mazuma lies the mystery. Majah'
Strong has tired of all the talk that
has been made at his expense. The
hints that his powers of fascination
were measured by the depth of his
purse perhaps twitched his vanity and
| it was this resentment that caused him
| to break the seal upon his lips and re
veal the truth.
"Oh! all of this talk in the newspa-
pers about our separating, because we
are out of funds makes me sick. 1t is
nobody's business if we are out of
funds. We have not asked anything
from anybody, but we are not running
short of money and will not be apt to
do so for some time to come. l have
plenty of money and we propose to do
with it as we like. Where did l get it?
$4,000 won't go very far at this rate
Well, that sum is nothing. 1 am worth
100000 in cash today l made it in
stocks. l made it in Wall Street dur
ing that famous jump in Northern Pa
cific stocks. 1 got out at the right
time and made over 100000 on the
deal"
But Strong is not only nettled over
the insinuation that his consort will
leave him when his cash is gone. He
feels aggrieved over the insinuation
that he treated his mother badly.
why as to that house being sold in
/ New York. he is quoted as saying
that was done at my mothers wish
! She did not care to reside in it. Be-
sides, my mother and have not spoken
to each other for seven years"
But May? She dear thing is as win
some and velvety Fascinating as OF
yore. She has solved the problem OF
living a virtuous CD life. Like Becky
Sharpe, she finds it an easy matter be-
ing good on ten thousand year. May
is not quite so eXtravagant as the little
villain of Mayfair though, but now
that Strong has admitted how strong
} he really is financially, she may make
a fresh splurge and try to plumb thai
100000 wad.
The pair are living in elegant quar-
ters in Yokohama. They are delighted
with the climate, the place and the peo'
pie, that is, May is pleased. She en-
tertains lavishly, and has all of the
swell young fellows of Yokahama tC
call and see her, The Major has tC
play the part of the "Sheep Dog" like
Becky used to have at her little house
in Mayfair, and growl when the visi
tors become too amorous in their cups
! Ladies of respectability do not attend
pink teas at the Strong-Hope resort
Women of the easy code may stray in
once in a while to an afternoon cham
pagne, but, as a rule, May reigns alon'
in her little place. Meanwhile Ma1ol
is learning to swear dreadfully the!
say, and mix cocktails like a barkeep-
and there aint no Ten Commandment
on the road to Mandalay.