THE ABERDEEN PRESS AND JOURNAL

Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

27 June 1929

(page 11)

EPSTEIN'S MODEL.

Tiger Woman. By Betty May. Duckworth: 10s 6d.

Not many women have had such an astonishing career as the famous Betty May. Born in Limehouse, she was at an early age a member of the notorious Apache gangs of Paris, where she gained the title of "The Tiger Woman." She had extraordinary adventures, and while still only a girl was well known in the bohemian society of London and Paris, or which she gives several fascinating glimpses in this book of her life story.

Betty May sat as a model for more than one of Epstein's [Jacob Epstein] figures, and her portrait was painted by many famous artists.

Later, in the seclusion of a Sicilian abbey [Abbey of Thelema] she had opportunities of observing the weird and sinister rites of "black magic," her description of which is one of the most amazing chapters of the book.

The authoress, in recording the many remarkable episodes which make up her life, is as entertaining when she tells stories of the old Café Royal as when she describes the commotion that she aroused in the quiet of village life. Facts are frankly stated without trite or sentimental comment.