The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-06-04
HAPPY IN POVERTY
Former theatrical Star Ends
sss Restless Search.
kaleidoscope Career of May yohc,
Once Petted Favorite of TWO Con-
tinents, Bids Fair to Have Un-
conventional Ending.

searching lOr happiness, couFtn-
iionally and Internationally. along
the gilt edges of the world Madcap
May Yohe. once darling of royalty
has found It at last as the wife of
workingman amid humble surround
ings, herself a janitress. She has
found II In work, In service AND In
self-effacement.
1t is ifs Mrs. John SHUTS that the
tempestuous theatrical star OF yester.
day has added a bright chapter to the
life that led the American girl to an
English peerage at eighteen, into
troublesome days of eseapade. through
heartbreaklng years and decline Of
fame, into marriage again md adyen-
lures in far lands. All In the restless
search for love. asA tr pef lsf en8
AT the end OF her Kaleidoscope en-
reer she Is now In Seattle. knowing
poverty and the meaning of toll. and
she says she's found what she's hunted
for a lifetime IN the man who loves
her and is good to her 1lpe floA9E
Twenty years ago May oYohe had
the theatrical world at her feet. She
became Lady Francis Hope, mistress
of the great blue Hope diamond, Jewel
Of i'll omen. AS such she was the pet
ted favorite Of aristocracy and Of King
Edward VII. u 5lfpleap 1880
Then she listened 20 the blandish-
ments Of Capt. Putnam Bradlee
Strong, son Of the then mayor of New
York, and seeking happiness uncon-
ventionally went away with him. The
adventure brought only sorrow and
disappointment.
Striving to regain her lost glory.
she stood again before London au-
dience in 1913. and London forgave
her and took her back into its heart
with roaring welcome as In the older
days of song and dance and youthful
allurements.
Having accomplished that she bo-
came the bride OF Capt. John Shuts
cousin of Gen. Jan SHUTS Of Boer war
fame, and himself an officer In that
war. She quit the stage and accom-
panied him TO South Africa, 10 Singa'
pore. to India. China and Japan.
Coming to America year or SC
ago, in the hope that he would get a
commission in the British army Cap
tain SHUTS went to work In Seattle
shlpyard when his application was
turned down and ready funds were moi
available.
It was there he developed inhuenzS
and the woman who had once swayet
the footllght world went to work az
janltress 10 earn their daily bread. Al
worker and nurse she battled desper
ately for his llfe-and won.
"Won the greatest happiness / have
ever known" she said, las well as III,
life of my dear husband"
When Captain SHUTS resumed worl
In the shlpynrds after his Illness HI
"banIshed" May Yohe TO keeping hous'
in their one-room apartment, wher'
they are living today.
Their financial straits were explained
by Mrs. SHUTS as due to red tape tina
prevented access 70 estate moneys
and TO the fact that Captain SHUTS.
Judge and barristcr In South Africa
knew no one In America.
"When Jack became III they aske'
me jolIngly at the shipyards II
wanted a Job. accepted It seriously
The only place open was for JAM
tress, and took t.
Things are brighter now I still
have my Jack, we're going to &c
some money soon, and II we don't &
to England Wen start little chlcke
ranch near the city here. Meantime
what more could one wish forT'