The San Francisco call., 1910-12-22
ACTRESS GOULD
ECLIPSE Big fire
May Yohe Says Her Book
Would Cause Quakes All
Over the World
Makes Decidedly Interesting Es-
Inmates of Two Husbands,
Hope and Strong

Sh-sh--sh.! May Yohe is thinking
about writing her autobiography, of
chronicling the happenings of her
eventful life, possibly emulating Nine.
du Barry in giving to the world mem
oirs that will deal intimately with the
names of prominent men and women
of the day. And If she should write her
autobogra phy-but let her do the spec
ulating herself.
Il should cause earthquakes all over
the world with my book said she at
the Hotel Tallac yesterday Instead
of dating everything from the time of
the big fire here, as they do now, peo-
pie would say since May Yohe wrote
her book But I'm afraid | should
have too many libel suits If | were to
put in the names. l have received an
offer for my memoirs. but I think I
shall let some one else rattle the bones
in my closet after l am dead"
Even though May Yohe has about
decided not to write her life history
and tell of her marriage with Lord
Francis Hope and later with Captain
Putnam Bradlee Strong and give to a
waiting world the real information as
to whether or not she is married to
Fred M. Reynolds, who is with her at
the Tallac. she writes her own sketches
and admits having written poetry when
child.
PLAYS ON HUSBANDS NAMES
During her recent tour of the north
west she appeared in her sketch, "In
Silk Attire" a satire on English So
ciety. The lines are clever-she says
SO herself. Throughout the sketch
there is a play on the names of the
husbands who have gone before When
questioned in the sketch by society
matron about her matrimonial affairs,
May Yohe puts these words in her own
mouth: "The first time / gave up Hope
and the second time. the pace was too
Strong for me-.
The play was written as a mono
logue, but after May Yohe met Rey-
nolds about 10 weeks ago she made it
duologue and took him into the cast.
81 suppose you write about the birds
when you attempt poetry" was sug
gested.
mo, 1 don't write about birds,'' she
retorted. They make too much noise.
Like the newspapers they keep twit-
twit- twittering."
And then she launched into an attack
on newspapers generally because they
would not let her alone. She took ex-
ception to one article which had COM
mitted the gross injustice of saying
that she had met Lord Francis Hope
while she was a chorus girl in London.
CHORUS GIRL. NEVER
"I was not chorus girl she insist
ed, but had my own theater. the Lyric,
and managed it for four and a half
years. / met Lord Francis at social
affair.
People think I was brought up in
the gutter. They don't seem to think
have any culture. Why. was educated
in Germany and France. People think
1 am"
''She speaks six languages, too" in
terrupted Reynolds
II like the orient better" continued
Miss Yohe. "The people there do not
future. In this country the dollars
rule
STRONG A COSTLY TOY
Her estimates of Lord Francis Hope
and Captain Putnam Bradlee Strong
els divorced her, she has only fulsome
praise for him. but with Strong it is
different.
"I got rid of him April 18th last" she
said. 1T took just six minutes to try
the case and seal the papers. The
Judge asked me only one question, and
that was why Strong went to the
orient l replied that 1t was because I
would support him no longer. He was
a good looking fellow, though, good
toy for any woman. He cost me $780,
900. He's home with mother now, and
1 suppose she is getting him back to
the simple life"
One question was always lodged by
Miss Yohe, and that was as to whether
she had married Reynolds He was
equally reticent, and said that he was
not at liberty to discuss the matter.
Reynolds is a pianist Of merit and
has applied himself to the task of get
ting Miss Yohe's voice back in trim.
She boasted yesterday that she had not
INDUCED in any stimulants for 10 weeks
and referred with pleasure to the sue
cess she was making in regaining her
voice.