The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-08-04

mond Iocket came from originally is it.
self a mystery. The ring is an odd crea-
ton of twisted gold representing q huge
serpent cOile6 in a threatening attitude,
its back studded with six large dia-
mOndS of rare value and wonderful
brilliancy. all of equal size and finely
cut.
Both jewels are OF strangely beauti-
ful design and remarkable workman
ship The king of Belgium found them
amongst his collection OF gems and
gave them to his mother. She declared
that they cast an evil spell over her,
and on her deathbed gave them to Os-
car d'AsOlOmOn, a close relative Of the
royal family. who, it is said, was al
ways involved in some H3sOn and, con-
sequenuy, in debt.
D'AsolOmon gave the Jewels to first
one and then another of his fair charm
ers. who were enthrailed by their
beauty; but when misfortune overlook
them. which seemed to be the newt
able result Of possessing them he al
ways skillful1y cOntrived TO get them
back again Finally he came to Amer
lea. Some say ne was obliged to flee
to escape the consequences Of wild
life. but be that as it may, he brought
the snake ring and the diamond lOCket
with him. and they next passed out of
his hands into the keeping Of a mar
riCd woman IL Detroit, to cover q loan
which D'AsOlOmon had secured from
her. She committed suicide. and this
relative of royalty managed to get
them back without liquldatlng the loan
And this was the history of the imper-
ial Jewels for the next several years.
d AsOlOmOn always borrowed OF
women. to whom he artfully narrated
the tradition OF their evil influence I'M
til. in each case. their new pOssessor
always developed . horror for them.
and out of the resulting tragedy the
gem -lways found their way back to
I d Aso- }-uOn.
In this way. too. they finally lodged
I in the vaults of the Farmers and Me-
chanics' bank. and when the institu-
ton went to the wall W D. Mathis,
father of little June got the Jewels in
/ part payment of the banks indebted
/ ness to him.
D'Asolomon traced the jewels and
I tried to get them back. but Mr. Mathis
was too highly pleased with their alb
solute novelty of design to part with
them. notwithstanding their mystic
/ spell of evil which D'AsOlOmon de-
/ scribed at length.
He gave them to his baby daughter,
I June. and she has always had them
! about her ever since. The ring is TOO
{ big to be v-Orn without fear of losing
il. and for that reason she generally
/ carries il attached to the lOczet about
I her neck
And so it is that this child actress
has a little One-act play in which she
. runs the whole gamut Of emotional sen
satiOns, and in which her talent dis
plays a wide range and variety Of eX-
preston.
For next weeks offering the Wilbur
KirNin opera company has bur
lesque arranged especially for the or
ganiZatiCn. 1t consists of two parts
The first part is called Camp Kent.
The plot is supposed to be laid at Fort
Douglas al the time the volunteers
were in camp there at the outbreak OF
the SDanish-American war. The second
part IS entitled Han of Statues"
The illustrated songs by Ed Reader
/ which have received such generous ap-
plaUse, the Amazon march by the ChO-
( rus and an opening chorus by Strauss
I viii be given Some of the songs are
Baby Mine. renting On the OLD
{ Camp Ground. Jimmy" Every Race
Has Flag but the Coon Tell Ne
, Pretty Ladies" Songs of All Ma
tons. etc. Among the other features
win be a drill ~ the Awkward Squad
I and the German band.
Judging by the success of the min.
! stelsy and vaudeville given in the pas
: two weeks. this performance Will be M
doubt fully as enjoyable.
The announcement is made that vii
, Siam Gillette has completed his ar
engagements for the production o.
Hamlet upon a very elaborate scenic
scale, at the knickerbocker theatre il
: this city next season. The result of tn,
! experiment VIII be awaited with Ger
: tain amount Of curiosity. says the New
, York Post Mr. Gillette has never We
/. done anything to indicate his capacit.
for Shakespearean tragedy, but he ma.
. have surprises in store. 1t is not al
= together encourae ing. however. TO hea
that the spectacular spleudors Of hi
: revival are 10 surpass anything of tn
kind that has been done before. ant
, that something particularly striking il
+ the way Of light effects is 10 be shown
+ When so much insistence IS laid upol
> the pictorial part of a performance
I'll the presumption is natural in view o
: past experience that the histrionisu
VIII be inferior But az roles have thei
= exception. and the deal performance