The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-12-14
"or, if thou wilt not. be but sworn, my
love,
And I'll no longer be a Capulet."

And l II no longer be a Capulet."
But Cupid is a democrat. Neither race
nor creed nor rank nor station nor feuds
nor letters enter into his calculations A
heart IS a heart without race, without
kin, without tether) to the little God of
Love. 1t is game Of Il spy" And
what heart once Spied by Cupid ques-
tons his sagacity in choosing it a mate,
His name is Romeo, and a MOntagU
the son Of your great enemy said the
nurse TO Juliet. But what cared the
heart of Juliet, whose sun was Romeo.
when his heart so tenderly addressed her
OWni
In the Romeo and Juliet of TODAY we
find many resemblances to the Romeo
and Juliet of Shakespeare-"tw house
holds both alike in dignity" with the
same ancient grudge kept up through
many years; a hero and a heroine very
young, desperately in love, and determin-
ed to have their own way, like the Romeo
and Juliet Of old; q stage setting for their
meetings like that IN the Playwright
/ lights and merry music
A dance is on. Nay. gentle Romeo, We
must have you dance" says Mercutio;
and Romeo does, and so meets juliet.
Shift the scene to the brilliant ball in
the Berkshire Hills where Helen Kelly
was only allowed to look on. being
too young to join in the festivities but
where Romeo discovered her all the sam
1t Is the same old story. The bah in the
Berkshire Hills was two long years ago.
long, l am sure, to Romeo and Juliet
for in love year is a century; a day a
year.
Helen Kelly is barely Il and unusually
attractive; hair of tawny gold, a skin like
a rose leaf, svelte, girlish figure and a
wonderfully sweet smile are a few Of
her charms So young she has not vet
been formally introduced into society
and will first see the world at her hus-
bands side.
Frank jay Gould. her hance. is the
youngest child of the great fnancier jay
Gould, and is quite her opposite in ap-
pearance; nearly six feet tall, with the
olive skin, jet black hair and piercing
/ black eyes, strong nose and oval face
of his family.
My name, dear saint, is hateful to my
Because it is an enemy to thee
They met at the ball in the Berkshires.
and it was a case Of love at first sight,
we are told a love as radiant and true
as ever illumined the pages Of history or
romance.
It is not on record that Romeo com
pared his sweetheart to Snowy dove
but no doubt he had eyes for her only
and found every other lassie dull and
ugly in comparison. If he were given
to quoting Shakespeare, he may have
said;
20, she doth teach the torches to burn
bright,
Her beauty hangs upon the cheek of
night
Like a rich jewel in an Ethiop's ear"
Certain it is that from that hour he
/ has been bound to win her, and only
her extreme youth has restrained him
I from earlier begging to call her his own.
Nearly all of the Gould men have had a
strong prediction for actresses.
I George, the eldest son, married Edith
d H.
most fascinating woman. Jay Gould Bit
terly opposed the match. but afterWard
/ became tenderly attached to his daUgh-
ter-in-law and her children.
Edwin was never heard of in stage-door
gossip but married the step-daUghter
/ Of DR.. George F. Shrady-
Howard, however. was extremely fond
/ of the society Of actresses, and was at
broke the engagement at the entTeatieS
/ of his father. 4 few years later he mar
, ried Kathrine ClemmOns, an actress.
Anna Gould's engagement to Harry
! bit of unfounded gossip. as the story Of
{ Frank Gould's devotion to a pretty
! actress may or may not have been mere
/ idle chatter. Certain it is. however,
/ that actresses IN future viii interest him
! only across the footlights, for his Juliet
( has a face that Will keep mans eyes
/ at home.
The will of Jay Gould left his millions
Z
I provision that they were not to marry
/ before coming Of age, unless with the
/ consent of each of the others
Frank, the baby, came into the com
| Portable little sum Of $l0,090,0o0 on reach
/ ing his majority two years ago; a sum
! that had been fostered by Uncle" Rus
/ sell Sage, who had charge of the invest
! ments.
call me but love. and III be new baD-
fiZed
Henceforth I never viii be Romeo"
Long years before Jay Could had
/ reached the pinnacle Of his fortune he
met with constant opposition from Eu-
gene Kelly. one of the most prominent
bankers of thef metropolis These two
giants of the Wa0 street wOrlO were al
{ ways fencing, one thTusting. the other
narrying. first one having the advantage,
/ then the other
/ When the old commodore died his son
I Edward stepped into the fray. There
/ were suits galore-keily VS. Gould. Gould
VS.. Kelly-some Of them not settled 60
this day. although the death of Jay
Gould in 1892 caused a cessation Of hos
tllities. After his death a truce was
patched I'D between the Gould sons and
Edward Kelly and the suits were not
pressed
The death of Captain Edward Kelly,
three months ago carried the warriors
out Of the field. and It is safe to predict
the strife viii never be renewed, for
closely following upon her fathers death