The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-10-01
CHRISTINE NELSON'S
SPLENDID JEWELS.
Not Less Than One Thousand in
Number-Gifts From Crowned
Heads and Celebrities of Europe.

Christine Nilsson made her debut in
Paris at the Theatre Lyrique, under
the management of Carvalho, on the
night of October ~, 1864 She had just
passed her twenty-tirst birthday. Miss
! Nilsson sang for twenty years. She
always said that she would retire as
/ soon as the critics began to say that
her voice was failing. The cause OF
! her retirement was really some foolish
remarks about her figure, as she had
grown somewhat stout.
There were present at her debut En-
| peror Napoleon III, Empress Eugene.
| their court. and veritable crush of
the culture, nobility and financial ce-
lebrities of Europe. She sang VIC
| letta in the grand opera "Traviata.
The patronage of the nobility that
was given to Miss Nilsson on the night
of her first appearance continued
, through her entire professional career.
She is today possessed of more jewels,
gifts of crowned heads, than any other
artistic in the world
AS a token of her rendering of Mar
guerite in Faust" in Paris, the En-
peror Napoleon III presented her with
daisy of diamonds the leaves of
which the singer could pick off in the
trial of "he loves me, he loves me not,
and these leaves could afterward be re-
placed. Even alter mel SOIlOWLul
downfall. and the unfortunate little
Prince Napoleon had been killed in At
RIGA, the ex-Empress Eugene sent a
magnificent souvenir of her son to
Nilsson This was ring. Under a
large diamond. cut fiat. there were the
date of the princes birth and death,
and his portrait The diamond was
guarded on either side by golden eagles.
Nilsson has been married twice. The,
| ha tt-ifo Of
Monsieur Auguste RouZard was per-
formed in Westminster chapel, in 1872,
Dean Stanley officiating. Upon this
occasion Queen Victoria herself was
present, also her court, and many no
bles, and notable individuals. Nilsson
has numerous gifts of jewels from
Queen Victoria, the Prince and Prin-
cess of Wales. the Duke and Duchess of
Edinburgh, Lord and Lady Gerard,
members of the family of the Marquis
of Lorne, the Earls of Dudley and
Bradford, the Dukes of Westminster
and Campbells. Lady Eastwood, Dis
raeli, the Lords Lindsay and Caven-
DISH the Dukes of Manchester. Beau
fort, Sutherland; besides an almost in
Vulnerable list of other mobiles and
celebrities She has four large albums
filed with autograph portraits of kings,
queens and mobiles, together with many
volumes of autograph letters from
these same people.
One of the most valuable of Nilsson
gifts was presented by unhappy Tar
Alexander II, who was killed by the
explosion of bomb He gave her a
star, so immense in size that when
worn it half covered Miss Nilsson s.
neck This star was formed of roses
and leaves that were all diamonds.
King Oscar of Sweden has honored
his country-woman as no other woman
ever was honored. or probably ever
will be- The most valuable of these
court orders is from the King of Swe-
den. 1t is in oval form. on a blue en-
ameled center. Over the symbol the
word oscar" is cut, and it is COM
pletely circled with diamonds. Another
of her court orders from the King of
Sweden is the In suae memoriam.'
This is a beautiful medal of gold, sur
mounted with a crown of diamonds
and blue and yellow ribbons Miss
Nilsson is the only woman upon whom
this order was ever conferred: and it
is, in point of fact, only helJ. by a few
military officers of emineneea and high
rank. ......,.-
A decoration that the singer daily
wears is composed of brilliants 1t is
the Commanders Order of Art and
Science of Germany
From King Alphonso of Spain she
received a piece shaped like a large
shell, in the center of which is a costly
black pearl slumbering upon a bed of
purest ray white diamonds.
At Pesth the lately murdered En-
press of Austria gave Miss Nilsson a
magnificent bracelet, the center piece
/ of which is a large Hungarian opal,
surrounded with diamonds.
From the Baroness Rothschild she
has received a bracelet of pink, black
and white pearls. set in the shape of
trefoil; also pair of earrings. These
last are sapphires, surrounded with
diamonds.
But the presents that Miss Nilsson
loves most and best are her laurel
wreaths. that are the gifts of the gen
erai public. OF these she has a great
number. One of especial note and yal-
ue came from Vienna. Another peri
haps equally as valuable, and certainly