The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1889-01-25
GOOD QUEEN REss.
Her Childhood, Girllaood and wonderfu
Career on the Throne.

fTer Childhood, Girlhood and wonderful
Career on the Throne.
Queen Elizabeth was born in En-
gland, and simultaneously in 1888.
Her father was Henry VIII, who was
d professional widower. Her mother
was Anne BoIeyn, and, like most OF
Henry's wives, she met her death ac-
cidentally. She was executed when
Elizabeth was only three years old.
Henry. once more in the honeymoon of
his widowerhood. cared but little for
the orphan. Alas! how orphan-but
forbear.
Little is known about the infancy of
the young Princess. Doubtless she
went through the ills peculiar to all
children. In all probability she had
trouble Matching teeth, and her gums
swelled up and refused to declare their
intentions, and had to be lanced to
bring things to focus.
As she grew older Elizabeth OBJ
tanned a good education in Latin,
Greek, French and Italian, and she
graduated with honors
1t takes a terribly homely girl
usually to get away with the prizes.
Pretty girls do not care for that sort
of competition. They are after the
male prizes. Elizabeth, however. was
not that sort of girl. She was so
bashful and modest that she positively
refused to work on improper fractions.
The historian tells us that Elizabeth
| accompanied her sister Mary to Lon
don, and was arrested and sent to the
Tower. Perhaps when she went IT,
London it was on the piano that she
accompanied her sister, for we learn
that Elizabeth was quite musical Her
music was not always in correct time.
for while she played in the Tower she
was always behind few bars. Her inn
prisonment in the Tower made her
morose, as was shown by her flying
| into a towering rage at frequent inter-
walls when she got out
At the age of twenty-five she took
her seat on the throne, and then her
troubles began. Pope Paul refused to
acknowledge her. as did Plus V. Pope
Sixtus even went so far rs to treat her
| like a poetical contribution tha. goes
into the editorial waste-basket The
result was an excommunication.
Queen Bess. as she was familiarly
called. rather liked such treatment
| after she had once got used TO it.
The King of France also snubbed
her. and Philip of Spain. whom she
had Tilted. sent out his Invincible
Armada His original intention was
to take possession of England and run
\ l..
was induced to modify his plans. 1t
was bad year for InYineible Armadas.
Some Of the Spanish ships have not
got back to Spain yet. Philip is
reported as feeling worse than the
small boy who has just tried TO smoke
his first cigar.
III the Spaniards had actually landed
| they would have had to fight Queen
Bess. for she reviewed the troops in a
suit of armor-an old-fashiond knight
dress, so to speak. She rode a white
horse and had red hair, thus making q
6ne appearance
| Mary Queen of Scots wanted to sit
on the throne for little while, but
Elizabeth refused to get up. Elizabeth
and Mary were continually quarreling.
but at last the former got ahead of
Mary, and there was no more trouble.
Elizabeth never married. Her po-
sition was similar to that of a female
witness in Texas court, who declared
that she was not widow, neither was
she single.
What are you thena'' asked the
Judge
clam an engaged woman was
the reply.
Queen Elizabeth was an engaged
woman. While engaged in her official
duties she was also engaged to the
Duke of Leicester, Essex, ct al, but
she never married. Quite a number
Of distinguished noblemen were known
to have, at one time or another, pearl
powder on their coat collars when they
emerged from the royal palace, but
that was as far as they ever got.
Elizabeth was quite vain of the good
looks she didn't have. She never an
swered a call through the telephone
without smoothing down her hair.
working up a smile, and trying to
make a good impression on the trans
mitter. She also had a bad temper,
and was one of 1.-The red-headedest and
green-eydest Queens, as it were, that
ever sat on the throne of England; but
she had pluck and good sense, and
made a nice Queen for those days
She died March "a, 1908. Texas Sift-
tngs.