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Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-01-26

their feet with Honey Ma Honey"
That's what puzzled me- said May
Yohe. Il knew | could sing. but singing
doesn't build ships. | couldn't typewrite
Then realized that | was a woman and
could scrub floors All women can do that
if they are forced 20 It, None like It,"
SO May Yohe went to work on the
graveyard shift" from midnight until Z
o'clock in the morning, scrubbing floors.
dumping out waste baskets and various
other things expected of iantresses Dur.
ing the day she nursed her husband, cook.
ing little delieacies tina. she had earned
herself by scrubbing floors.
Then one day the sun shone again for
May Yohe Her husband was pronounced
out OF danger by the physicians and was
able to return to his work in the ship
yard In two weeks time. by their com
bined efforts Captain SHUTS and his wife
paid $40 as their first installmens on
their little chicken ranch. BY this time
May Yohe thinks she has solved the
science of chicken-raising She knows
Just how many eggs one hen is supposed
TO lay during the year, and she has de.
cided that each one of her feathered pos.
sessions must produce So profit yearly or
go into the pot. Her ambition is to have
1000 of the three.dollar-a-year earners and
her little home paid for. by her ealcuia
tons years hard work will yield the
price she often paid for one gown
But my clothes don't cost much now"
she said. calling attention to her neat
house dress. by watching the bargain.
counters a woman can dress on few
dollars"
May Yohe in her new happiness ex
presses sympathy for those she has left
behind in her former world of pomp and
vanities.
1t isn't worth the price one pays" she
said Titles. diamonds, so-called honor
and world applause, What are these
things? Titles cause envy and hatred
Diamonds are no. worth while. The an.
planse of the whole world is not worth
half as much as husbands praise of his
wife's biscuits.
Il have probably had nv share Of
worldly things. People say | made ire.
nendous hit on the stage 1t Is true that
] once wore the Hope blue diamond But
believe me | was happier when | was
scrnbbing floors in the shipyard than
was as Lady Francis Hope wouldn't
trade my present life for thousand Hope
Diamonds"
This confession of the happiness she
finds in the life of scrubwoman Is hardly
more surprising than many other incidents
in the extraordinary career of May Yohe
From the day when the pretty American
dancer startled the world by marrying
Lord Francis Hope. of one of Englands
prondest families, and becoming the owner
of the worlds most superb collections of
jewels her life has been just one surprise
after another
The vcissitudes OF the welded life OF
Lord and Lady Hope are familiar to all
readers of this page. How she redeemed
herself temporarily by period of perfect
decorum; how this was followed by re
lapses into the gayeties of her old theat-
rical life; how she suddenly renowned all
her frivolities and sternly devoted herself
10 charity; how Lord Hopes family be-
came reconciled and took her up only to
a'ne discouraged and drop her again
~ known history.
hes visit A.ta LAD
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-01-26

You once paid me. there is more heart
thrill in my beloved husbands smile than
in all the pomp and prestige ! had as Lady
Francis Hope"
When May Yohe met Captain SHUTS
In London the woman who earned fortunes
on the vaudeville stage. who had been the
mistress of the lordly Hope estate
"Deepdene," and who entertained royalty
in her London house, had been having a
hard time making bo.h ends meet. Rumor
had it that she was seeking a reconcilia
ton with her husband from whom she had
fled for no other reason than that she
could not stand the correctness of his
chilly English friends and family" 1t is
said that Lord Hopes love for his erratie
ex-wife never really died, and that she
knew what she was about
But If May Yohe had any such intentions
they were banished when she met the gal
liant soldier. They were married and
sailed to South Africa, there to begin life
anew.
And they were there when the war broke
out in 1914 Captain SHUTS applied for
commission with the British army and re
ceived sufficient encouragement to cause
him to make trip to the Orient, where
lie had expected to be assigned. Every cent
thai the two had or could get together was
spent on this voyage, and when arriving
at Yokohama, Captain SHUTS received no
lice that he could never be accepted for
military duty because Of physical disabli
ties they were absolutely penniless.
1t was in Yokohama 700, that
learned of my mothers DEATH. said Mrs
Captain SHUTS. 1T seemed then that my
cup of grief was filled to the brim But
we managed to come back to Seattle and
my husband easily found work in The steel
shed at the Seattle North Pacific Shin.
building plant
All went well and May Yohe was happy
for time. She found real pleasure in
planning surprises for her husbands
lunch basket They managed to live on
the 1896 day paid for that branch of
labor performed by Captain SHUTS.
My last engagement in Seattle" said
May Yohe, "ne.ted me 81 900 week, but
the thousand failed to bring the pleasure
that my husbands hard-earned weekly paw
check did"
The SHUTS lived in a small apartment
on Second avenue. Seattle, and May Yohe
found that by careful management she
could save two or three dollars each week
from her husbands earnings That vas
before Captain SHUTS became i'll with the
Spanish influenza
nd Aep, nJa.y
The services of the companys fifty-cents.
a-month doctor. Medicines were needed
and also food. It was then that May Yohe
decided TO work
Ny husband Is i'll and ] want work"
she told the employment manager at she
shipesrd
- 1o2" he asked the woman
sfi 20 off
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-01-26

| wore when | was Lady Francis
Hope and that $4,000 evening
gown and the big Hope diamond,
and into the picture comes this
pail and scrub brush. You can't
understand.
John, let me tell you my scrub
brush is more joy than the great
Hope diamond once wore. my
tweve-dollar wage is greater
happiness than the $1,000 a week
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-01-26
You are think

ana tOTlHef mayor. MdJOr 2lT'
infatuated with Lady Hope a
she left her husband. From {
,cross oceans and continents I
in a vain search for the hap
was forever eluding them.
During this period Westerr
prietor objected to the motor
May Yohe was bringing to his
and ordered her to leave. Sh
a rage and nnsnapped the lea;
jewelled collar Of huge rib
bull dog which was her inva
panion.
At a word from her the
beast sprang at the hotel
mans throat and would have
done him serious harm but
for the timely interference of
several strong walters.
May Yohe screamed and
tainted, When she was re.
yiyed she promptly brought
suit against the hotel for
heavy damages. The case
was finally settled out of
court.
The visit of the infatuated
pair 10 Havana will not be
soon forgotten. They lunched
ana dined together
in the various fash
ionable restaurants
and the attentions
which he layished
on her We're so bold
and SO affeetionate
as 10 attract the
widest attention.
The amount OF
wine and highballs
which May Yohe
consumes in an af-
ternoon or evening 4
is still considered -
The record in Ha-
yana's cafes.
lust before the
pair sailed from 49,
San Francisco for S
Japan, May Yohe
appeared on the y
steamers deck with
her colored maid
and for five min
utes joked and
laughed.
But as the steam
er moved away
from the dock she
leaned against the
rail and her laugh.
ter ceased.
"Oh, Marie" she
cried, turning 10
her maid. ITS aw.
ful to be leaving
America like this"
Then she hid her
face in her hands
and sohbed like
woman whose heart
vas broken.
What will this
extraordinary wo-
man do next? Even
those who know
her best world
hardly dare ven
iI.e 4 guess.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-01-26

NUAY yOHE the little Pennsylvania
N girl who married an earl, wore for
49, time the notorious "unlucky'
Evening star., 1919-11-30
The P0sthurnouS Sonnet By Edmond Haraueour

falsify. The poet who holds his place
IS IN a way a deserter. since he
doesn't give back to the race what the
race has conflded to him, without even
asking his permission. He has come
into the world with capacity which
IN itself indicates a mission, and he
doesn't fulfill his mission If he remains
silent. Through egoism or through
laziness he fails his country, and per-
maps posterity. That Is cowardice."
: You put 1t strongly, captain"
But the poet who falsifes is still
worse. He Is a traitor. Having re-
ceived as pure gratuity the means
OF speaking and of moving others, Of
making himself heard and followed.
he treacherously abuses his gift when
he uses it to advance hts own for.
tunes In place Of consecrating him.
self Loyalty to expressing that Dor
tion of the common soul of which ho
Is the depositary."
. Lieut.. Brachon raised a finger az
Chevignard went on:
tomorrow you can all answer me,
II am still alive There isn't time
Tor that this evening. l only wanted
to offer this young man, in the way
OF legacy two or three convictions
which I desire to leave behind me.
'f they Kill me tonight, my boy, re-
member my last words and repeat
them to those who come after you"
"And II I fall, captain?' :.
IF you fall? Then I shah print
your posthumous sonnet. Give it to
me-"
"Here it is. captain" 2.
Ihe little sergeant smiled again as
lie handed over the paper He was
killed that night. -
Copyright, 1912
Evening star., 1919-11-30
A Story by H. c.. WitWer

hand moved from pocket TO pocket with
frantic haste. He staggered back against
the wall. his face bloodless.
MY God.' he muttered, II left 1t
rhere."
Dick took n quick step to his side.
Left what?" he asked, curiously.
"My watch. remember now, i
left it in the vault at the bank. 1
took it out, figuring the watchman's
rounds It's hanging from a check
file there where the first one in will
see IT."
"Your brand ON itT" asked Dick
quickly. 49,
"My name is on I'll" moaned the
other, wringing his hands in a par
oxysm Of fear. ut was given to me
self before the whole crowd-a re-
ward for faithful service! AS soon
as they see it they'll know".
TITS no use now-they'll get me!
] might as we'll make a clean breast
of it and confess everything! They'll
get the money back and maybe they'll
be easy with me-" He seemed to have
fairly tumbling from his mouth.
"I've taken my chance and I'll face
the music!" he added. Strengthening
up suddenly in weak attempt at a
heroic pose.
You amt goin' to confess nothin'!"
snarled Dick. seizing his arm. you're
willin' to face the music, eh? Regu-
lar movie hero, amt you? What mu-
sic? What chance? You bust in your
own bank and If you're caught there
you got million quick answers
for embarrassin' questions-you're
worlin' on the books or somethin'.
Takin' a chance! he sneered in the
others face. "You calculated on
takin' this here money. hittin' the
trail with your actorine and touchin'
Evening star., 1919-11-30
The One Distinction.

MAJ. CRAUFURD STUART of tho
new British amba ssador's staff.
was talking about the high wages
now paid to servants.
Really" he said, "between the mis-.
tress and the maid there is little to
choose, save that the maid is rather
the better of OF the two.
"A London cook on her day OF came
downstairs in a very smart frock.
"Why. Jenkins her mistress said,
how nice you look, 1t would be hard
to distinguish the mistress from the
cook. wouldn't It.?
Well, num- said Jenkins, come
placently, the cookin' would tell"
Evening star., 1919-11-30
The Surprise.

A LEADER Of tho steel strike said
"A to O Pittsburgh reporter at the
climax Of the struggle:
"The steel barons tell the strikers
that II they come back to work al
sorts Of agreeable surprises are In
store for them.
"The steel barons remind me Of the
man who told his daughter that If she
learned to cook he'd give her a sur
prise. The innocent girl went to cook
Ing school and learned to cook to the
queens taste. and then her foxy dad
surprised her by d;scharsing the hired
gfrl"
Evening star., 1919-11-30

derstand me, for you are young. A
poet is rare product. He doesn't
belong to himself. He belongs to his
people, to his generation. He is the
voice of the mute, with manuate to
speak for them, in their name, in
their place and for a double purpose:
First, that the mute may find in him
means of expressing what they feel,
but don't know how to express them
selves; secopd, that, thanks to him,
they may leave behind them tran
script of the collective soul at any given
moment
"As to that
"My boy, have you been favored by
a secret inspiration from on high?
Then speak. sing, cry aloud! Utter
what Is within you. 1t is not only
your right to do that; it is your duty.
For what Is within you is something
more than yourself. 1t is the sum
Of the inheritances out Of which you
are constituted. with the aspirations
which result from those inheritances.
You are an accumulation from the
past, which now turns toward the fu-
ture. You are a machine which is
driven by what lies behind you and
which must. in its turn, drive what
is ahead Of us-that which will be,
but hasn't yet arrived"
II believed"
Don't merely indulge yourself.
You are a reservoir Of forces. What
you call your genius is a store Of
ancestral vibrations. spending itself
through mechanism made to pro-
duce harmonies and to demonstrate
to history the number and amplitude
of those vibrations"
THAT Is .why-".
THAT is why, my boy, you have
neither the right to be silent nor to
Evening star., 1919-11-30
{: I: DICK

lons voice called down the stairway:
rs that you. Herbert?'
With a half sob Dick swung the
o,her man around. facing him-hoId-
ny MN IN steely grip there in the
dgEkness.
rs that your wife?" he almost
sIiarled.
Ihe man nodded, panic-stricken be-
yGhd speech He did not read the
eNpress.on on Dicks contorted face.
Pick fell back. releasing him, and
bl@ced himself against the wall. The
voice from above stairs sang in his
ears, He had lived on it, lived for
1t. all those soul soaring years in
the pen. He remembered how each
day had been a stimulant for the
next. Why, he'd counted the hours
In the last eternity of weeks. eacb
one bringing him nearer to the mo-
ment when, freed, he would tell her
what was in his heart. And this
trembling, ear-stricken thing was
her husband!
Ihe woman called down again. This
time the growing alarm was patent
In her voice and it was Dick who
came first to his senses.
"Quick-answer her." he shot in the
others ear. Go up and tell her it's
all right-you been workin' late or
somethin'. savvy? Then come down
again. I'll be here"
He shook him roughly, and the
other, with a. start called IN re-
assuringly. starting for the stairway.
Dick grasped his arm and nodded to
the bandage, which had fallen at
rakish angle over the mans head.
Tell her YOU got headache from
workin' so late" he whispered, the
conflict of emotions within him not
affecting his natural resourcefulness.
AS the sound Of the others hurry
ing footstcp died away on the
Evening star., 1919-11-30
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

T EMON juice well rubbed into
kitchen tables quickly removes
all grease.
Hang on hook in the kitchen
closet a small dark -colored cretonne
bag made with a draw wstring. In this
bag should be kept, protected from
dust and dirt, spool Of Mite cotton,
a ball Of white twine and thimble.
Above it should be hung a small PIN
cushion containing pins and needles.
This simple arrangement will save
much time and many steps.
Use bicycle pump 10 clean such
parts OF the sewing machine as you
cannot reach with cloth.
Before peeling onions !ct them stand
in water, then peel and the eyes Will
not smart so badly.
If alum Is added TO the paste lssd
in covering boxes with paper or fer
scrapbooks, moths or nice will He*
invade them.
Evening star., 1919-11-30
Inside Window Boxes.

Tor small sum Of money very at.
tractive window boxes can be
got together Nothing you can do
about q house will be more decorative,
from both sides of the window, too.
Just now there seems to be q fad
for those showing foliage plants only.
Box and ivy vines first for choice;
little pine trees are good. Very cost
~ but charming are those crooked
and gnarled evergreen trees Of Jap-
anese extraction. which look a million
years old and full Of wisdom. sunny
windows are fine for geraniums. ana
II your windows are half shady,
fuchsias and begonias make a charm.
ing variety. The only thing is. stick
to one color: 1t Is far safer and gem
orally more attractive.
Evening star., 1919-11-30
DISTANCE.

nothin' but the high places It'll 1t
petered out. Then when she bucked
and threw you oyer. you come back
here. blame it on the white lights and
go to jail for q few months while
everybody says It's a terrible shame.
know your kind OF hombre-I had
one In the next cell to me for five
years. What about the woman up
stairs? What chance is she takin'7
Was she Goin' to get any Of this here
quick money? Well. you didn't sound
lileo 1t when heard you"
He stopped breathlessly. while the
other watched him as IL fascinated by
his vchemence, them
1--WE can be back at the bank in ten
minutes" Dick went on, lowering his
voice, with fearful glance at the
stairway. wen put back the money
and get your watchs Nobody will ever
think of that loose grate--that was the
best thing you've done about the whole
business"
But now Dick seized tho satchel and
fairly pulled the other out the window
after him, plunging on through the un-
derbrush the way they had come less
than an hour before. Dick briefly out
lined a way their strange mission could
be successful-the cashier was to re-
turn the money and obtain his watch,
entering by way Of the loose CRATE In
the rear Dick would stand guard out
side, taking care" as he put 1t griinly.
Of any casual passerby.
Dicks first act was to rcconnoiter
Evening star., 1919-11-30
H0bbIed.'

THE high cost Of shoes led a con-
gressman to say at a banquet:
"If the dealers CT look out. well
all take to wearing clogs, and our
children will grow up as ignorant of
shoes as Lancashire Ernie was.
Ernie, like most Lancashire lads,
had never worn a pair of shoes in his
life. yet he was seventeen years old.
Then his grandfather died. and the
morning Of the funeral his mother
said to him:
"'Ernie, lad. th'll ha' to have pair
O. shoon for t funeral. Tha nun go
to Rochdale and fotch thysen pair.
Don't gle more'n five and eleven for
'em. Coon back in 'em and leave thy
clogs to be clogged, and mind tha
bain't late for t funeral
Ernie set Off. Funeral time came
and he had not returned. Funeral
time passed and still no Ernie. So his
mother hurried down the road to look
for him. She met him about halfway
back from Rochdale, hobbling pain
fully.
"Bah goom! he said. II ever All
ge these shoon Off Ah'll never put 'em
on again.
"'Why, thou dumb calf said his
mother, 'tha's ne'er united T. string
what strings 'em together at back
Evening star., 1919-11-30

stairway Dick slumped down In
chair and buried his face in his
hands A sudden. swift thought made
him glance searchingly around the
room, hut there were no evidences
Of luxury in the view afforded by the
moonlight falling through the open
window. Suddenly he crept over to
>:...e stairway and listened to the
muffled sounds from above. The mans
voice was raised, angrily, the wom-
an's-her voice seemed pleading-but
he could catch no coherent sounds.
The man seemed to have aged an
incredible number Of years as he
faced Dick again at the bottom OF
the stairway. standing silent under
the latter's scornful glare. He
cleared his throat several times and
moistened his thin lips with his
tongue. before the words came fal-
teringly frem them:
''That--that money Is going back to
the banh!" he said. and his eyes stood
the fire OF Dicks. 'I'u take 1t back in
the morning. I'm glad you came
along tonight! L"
His tired voice trailed Off somewhere
back of those pallid lips. his hands drop
ping to his side with a helpless gesture.
Dick looked at him searchingly, his eyes
fairly boring through the detected. limp
figure. At length, evidently satisfied by
what he saw. he moved to the window.
well. i guess I'll mooch along" he
said grufly. "What time have you got?"
Mechanically. the other man fumbled
in his pochets--at first casually. then his
Evening star., 1919-11-30
An Improvement.

A NEW YORK critic sat at the win-
dow Of the Players Club In Gra-
mercy Park when red-nosed man
passed In an open car
There goes Bozeman Boozcr." he
said. Poor old Roozer! This prohi-
bitiou---"
And the critics eyes twinkled be-
hind his pince-
This prohibition has fairly taken
his breath away"
Evening star., 1919-11-30

e. the panic was gone from His rea-
tlttes. He dangled the watch in front
of Dick in response to the lotter's
Qucstion-he even essayed q Jest, now
that the danger was past. perhaps
thinking shame-facedly of the sorry
figure he had presented at the bot
tom of the stairway. But Dick threw
up his hand and cut him off roughly.
"Git back to her as quick as you
cam he commanded. IF she wakes
Evening star., 1919-11-30

the bank from all sides. noting that
the two guardians OF the law were
still sleeping peacefully on the front
steps The cashier then lowered him
self into the basement for the second
time that night, taking the satchel
from Dick.
IN what Dick thought was sis
months, though 1t was really only
ten minutes, the cashier reappeared,
pale and perspiripg freely. but most
Evening star., 1919-11-30

tip and you ain't there she might
git scared or somethin'! I'll forget
anything Y saw or heard stnnight--
/" He stopped and hnished hus-
kily. "Go back to her now and see
II you can't make white man out
OF. yourself"
And he, to make The freight west.
turned and strode hris)ily of toward
the railroad.
iCCVyrigNt. 1919
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-07-15
Young Woman Jumps
From Second Story
To Escape Capture

OAKLAND. Cal. July 15.-Bleed-
ing from blows about the head, Mrs.
Virginia Meyer and Mrs. Betty Allen.
both 20. were rescued from a lodg-
ing house here today. Four men and
one woman were arrested charged
with imprisonins the two women.
planning to force them into immoral
life on the Mexican border.
Mrs. Meyer was found wandering
half clad at this morning. bleeding
from the face and neck from blows
She informed an officer that the two
women were forced into the lodging
house by two men where they were
assaulted
Mrs. Allen jumped two stories when
an officer entered. She was severely
bruised. Mrs. Meyer was formerly
"a movie actress. Both are from Los
Angeles.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-07-15
new GRADE CROSSING
TO ELIMINATE DANGER

Arrangement was made between the
state highway commission and repre-
senatives of the O.-W. II. e. N. co.
yesterday whereby satisfactory
grade crossing on the highway be-
tween Milton and Freewater will be
established. The new crossing elimi-
mates a series OF sharp turns. making
the route safe and visible for a suffi-
cient distance to insure against acci-
dent.
The railroad men agreed to recon-
mend the transfer to the highway
commission of the necessary land
from their right of way to make pos
sIble the new crossing and will rec
ommend that their arrangement be
ratified by headquarters. The Settles
ment was gratifying to the citizens of
Freewater as the only alternative
would have been to cut out that town.
according to w. L. Thompson.
The location of the highway through
Weston was also looked into by Mr.,
Thompson and r. II. Baldock, resi-
dent engineer but further data is to
be requested before final location is
made The Weston factions have de-
cided to abide by the decision of the
commission as to the route to be
used.