The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1901-01-24
Mrs. Peter Fisher Read an Interesting
Paper on elizabeth, as Woman
and Queen"
A STUDY OF ENGLISH HISTORY.
Led by Miss Lou Balm and Many
Next Meeting in Three Weeks.

the next meeting, which Will occur
February 6. The subject for that
meeting will be Domestic Science"
the essayist, Mrs. Belle Leach. After
the regular routine of business and the
parliamentary drill, Mrs. Peter Fisher
read very fine paper on elizabeth
as Woman and as Queen"
Elizabeth, the daughter of Henry
VIII, and Anne Bo1eyn, was born
September 7, 1888. Upon her mothers
Punishment and tragic ending, Eliza
beth was placed in charge of most
estimab1e woman, Lady Byron, who
wisely guided the care and training of
her charge. She was taken back to
court upon the birth of Edward w,
toward whom she always showed a
very deep affection. She was an ex-
treme1y 1ovab1e child and was a favor
ite with her numerous stepmothers.
Her beauty, wit and rare personal
manners were unusual in so young a
child and called forth the prediction
that "God, who had endowed her with
such rare qualities, had certainly des-
tined her for some great future" AT
the age of twelve she was very well
educated, her knowledge of Latin and
Greek being very unusual at that time,
but history was her favorite study and
to it she devoted much time, ''reading
the future by the lamp of the past.'
After her fathers death her life was
one of extreme simplicity, even in her
attire. At II she gave little promise
of the woman of 20, who was said to
have 5000 gowns and nearly one hun
dred wigs.
At Edwards death she had to face
political questions and she joined her
forces with Mary for time, but this
union could last but a short time as
they were so different in every way.
Tie uprising of Suffolk and Wyatt
were the first toward placing her on
the throne. The first attempt failed
and she was committed to the tower
and for time it seemed as if she was
in greats,danger, but she was finally
liberated by the Lords of Council.
Elizabeth felt that she owed her safety
to the people who had hindered all the
projects to defeat her right to the sue
cession and her final accession to the
throne.
The fortunes OF England were at
their lowest ebb. Spain was their only
friend; France was to be feared. Scot
land and Ireland were being rent by
internal factions. Religious questions
were far from settled when E1izabeth
camesto the throne, but she handled
them cautiously and wisely and it came
about that all were allowed to worship
as they chose, and after little the
people woke up to the fact that the
crown was supreme once more.
The question of religion made the
troubles between Mary and Elizabeth
more pronounced, and the factions on
either side the more in earnest as
they considered it from the point of
their souls welfare. Elizabeth had
many difficult questions to handle
from the time Mary landed in Scot
land until she finally signed her death
warrant.
E1izabeth's love affairs began in the
cradle, and at one time or another all
the potentates of Europe laid siege to
the heart of the virgin queen She is
acknowledged to have been a great
queen, but a most unwoman1y woman.
She inherited from her father her
coarseness, her arrogance and her hot
temper; and from her mother he CO.
quetrY and her sensuOusness. In her
court life she was Unfortunately vain
and trivial, but in the exercise of her
queen1y prerogatives she was con-
summate diplomat. Her perspicuity
was evidenced in her choice of counsel
Tors, as throughout her reign she al
ways chose the right man for the
right place.
Elizabeth was deaf to love or graft
tude, but while without love she was
also without hate, Indifferent to abuse
and insensib1e to fear. It was the di-
rectness and steadiness of her aim
that marked her superior to the lords
arounds her. While lacking in po1iti
cal instinct she knew how far she
could go, and was perfect mistress of
political tact. She regarded lies as an
intellectual means of gaining her
ends, and was never ashamed of the
disclosure of her methods after her
purpose was gained; she prided herself
on hoodwinking men.
Great was the progress made by
England in her reign. England be-
came the mistress of the seas and |
the scene of the greatest revival of |
learning in the history of the world.
The discussion was led by Miss Lou
Balm, and the topics were:
Mary Queen of Scots.
Phillip II.
Monopo1ies in E1izabeth's Time.
The reading of one of Eliza beth's |
poems.
Ex-Cashier A1vord, of New York,