The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-04-12
SIR WALTER RALEIGH
Splendid Series of Tableaux
and Dialogue.
A Talented Psi'y From ~insiOO-'aI+m Will
Tour the Stale With Delightful En-
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Raleigh is in May to have as one Of
its most important social events a Sir
Walter Raleigh entertainment
This viii be given by talented ladies
and gentlemen OF Winston and is under
the auspices of the Federation of Wo-
mans Clubs of North Carolina. Mrs.
Lindsay Patterson, the president, being
in charge.
Not alone will this entertainment be
given in Raleigh, but it will be seen in
winston Salem, Charlotte. Salisbury.
Greensboro and Durham. The first per-
Torrance will be in Winston Salem on
the nineteenth OF May, and the tour will
close in Raleigh on the twenty fourth OF
May.
The entertainment is to consist of tab
leaux and dialogue Illustrative of the life
and times of Sir Walter Raleigh. It's
purpose is to assist in raising funds for
the erection of the monument to Sir
Walter Raleigh in Raleigh. 1t is certain
that great audiences viii greet the party
which will be with Mrs. Lindsay Patter-
son, for the entertainment will not alone
attract because of it's purpose, but viii
be so delightful that the audiences will
be limited to the size of the opera
place at which the monument is to be
located, should excel itself in the num-
bers present when the entertainment is
given here.
HISTORICAL SKETCH
The following historical sketch. writ
ten by Mrs. A. H. Eller, of Winston
Salem, will give an idea of the scope and
effects of the splendid entertainment.
1st. The Frog Would a Woong.
Melismata-16:11.
2nd. Walter Raleigh spreading his
cloak before Queen Elizabeth.
BY a single act of gallantry, Walter
Raleigh, then subordinate officer in the
army, achieved fortune.
On his return from Ireland, he was
brought into the presence of the great
Queen. then reviewing her troops, and
seized the opportunity to cast his elegant
mantle upon the muddy way which she
was treading
Her Majesty rewarded this courtesy
with promotions, honors. and it is be-
lieved her love-eertain il is that Raj
eigh succeeded to the place in her conf
dence and affection, which was enjoyed
so fully by Robert Devereux, Earl of
Essex
3rd. Sir Walter Raleigh writing the
first line of Couplet to Queen Elizabeth.
Every one who has read the charming
story of "Kenilworth,' will recall this
tantalizing moment in the life of Raj
eigh. Leicester was regarded as the
Queens prime favorite, she inquired
about the young Squire Lack Cloak, and
was told by Lady Padget, she had just
observed him writing on the window
pane with the diamond ring which she
had given him. The Queen had the
curiosity to read from the pane with her
own eyes: N'Fain would | climb. but that
l fear to fall" and the wit to inscribe
with her own hand" If thy mind fail
thee, do not climb at all.
4th. Walter Raleigh Introducing Ed
mund Spencer to the Queen. In 1890
Edmund Spencer then Secretary to Lord
Grey, the Queens deputy in ireland had
written two cantos of the Earle Queen
which was destined to give him a place
with the immortals of literature He
was visited by Walter Raleigh to whom
belongs the honor of introducing him to
Queen Elizabeth, and inspiring him to
perfect and publish the Earle Queen
The critics of the day had dissuaded
the tender and retiring Spencer from pur-
suing the bent of his great genius, and
it was only the discriminating Judgment
and exalted talents of Raleigh that saved
this masterpiece of the English tongue
as one of the chief glories of the Eliza
bethan age. which has served as a model
fer yet greater masters of English verse.
9Th Recitation-The Silent Lover BY
Sir Walter Raleigh
9th. Song-The Hunt is Up. Chappell
From Musick's Delight on the Cithern
1e67.
eth. Walter Raleigh receiving the grant
of Land from Queen Elizabeth
Not dismayed by the failure of his
half brother, Sir Humphrey Gilbert in his
expedition to the new world, Raleigh OBJ
tanned from Elizabeth in 1854 patent
precisely similar to Gilbert's. It's state
ly and graceful phrases run as follows
Elizabeth, by the grace of God of
England, France and Ireland, Queen, de-
fender of the faith, etc.
ITO all people to whom these presents
shall come. greeting
know We that of our special grace
certain science and mere motion, we have
given and granted. and by these presents
for us, our heirs and successors, we give
and grant to our trusty and well beloved
servant. Walter Raleigh, Esquire, etc.
Sth Walter Raleigh presenting to
Queen Elizabeth the two Indians, Man
teo and Wanchese.
From his own ample fortune Raleigh
dispatched two ships commanded by
Barlow and Amidas with instructions to
steer southwark, which brought them to
scenes unlike the bleak coast of New
Fcundland where Gilbert's fortune had
been wrecked: but the fragrance of the
flowers and the gentle zephyrs, as salu-
brious as the Mediterranean proclaimed
the approach of more favored land.
On the 4th of July, a day destined TO
become memorable in the history of the
New World they entered the inlet to
Roanoke, and found it Inhabited by In
dians, whom Barlow described LAS most
gentle, loving and faithful; void of all
guile and treason and such as live after
the manner of the golden age" They
FASTENED to return with tidings of their
happy adventure. and as living witnesses
brought two red men, whose names are
now familiar as Wanchese and Manteo
Ii was the supreme moment in the life