The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-09-03


vain. hHpocritcal almost men
tally unscxcd person. During her reign the nation
had It's greatest Intellectual triumpis. exceeding
anything in tie past and never eGlu,led since
None OF them was owing To- the influence or
example OF Elizabeth ;lc throne. 1t is rather
SURPRISING They developed they did at that
period. rs Time has -ot, ON. however and his
tory has been distorted by irresponsible writer's
Of sontImenta! y"iubty the Elizabcthau Age" is
talked about though without the mystical mani
fcstations Of ,he lady herself VIC would no, nov.
have Shakespeare. ana perhaps we would not
have knives and forks The facts in the case
are that .ngland's peoii, permitted themselves to
he ruled By woman Tor forty years the
Psycioiosica instant Of its career. CoinciGentally
with this reign was extraordinary development
IN manners, methods and morals. Tho way 10 de-
cent civilization began u show itself. and some
thing came into lfe potent and admirable
man biudge"n and rnpier The chances that
had there been statesman The head Of the
nation other than an hereditary monarch Of
doubtful female iursuaSicn, tho advance would
have been more decisive ana to better purpose
She began her career by "A signal Of brutality
and Yeneei illness III d"calitatlg Mary Stuart.
Europe was Mortified by this foul murder and de-
ception Elizabeth signed tho death warrant with
complacency aud dispatch
The 'Elizabcthan Age" was fun OF wonderful
produc,iveness when she came to the throne
England was IN perllous condition. II had an
empty treasury ana She was considered a pre-
tender However, in spite OF whatever else she
was Elizabeth was a careful ruler far
economy Went, ana thc country gradually in
creased in wealth. With money came human
desire for what it could purchase and this de-
veloped social lines ana scqucntiamy more refine
mcnt II really the age of splendor and
magniiccncc Dress indoscribably gorgeous
under EiI@abcths example. With was
especially splendid II was tile day Of ruffs
satins, ana SILKS Tor both sexes. Amid all this
superficial pageantry literature drama, and
music had tremendous impulse. Il be said
that Eliza beth seriously considered and encouraged
the advance of universities ana all paths of learn
Ing. II the age OF Shakesi care. and Eliza
beth heard his plays with rapture. The
drama rose to great height-AIailow, Webster
Massinscr Ford Beaumont. and Fletcher
Now We . the personal divinties aIini-
ties and cXtrcmitics OF Elizabeth herself.
She was the daughter OF Henry WILL called
Henry Tudor. lie rouc libcrtine. and the
Blucboard among kings His record a dis
grace To the nation that tolerated such thitgs
a single inomcnt. His first wife his brothers
widow. he divorced her marry her maid of
honor, Anne Bolcyn. Then he found another
affinity in Jane Seymour. She died in a few
months and lie married Anne of Cleves whom he
divorced the following summer. then he turned
to Catherine Howard and took her head that
he could have Catherine Parr Fine record this
for the proJonor Of nations ruler! His
daughter Bloody Mary" first succeeded him. then
came Elizabeth. who the daughter OF Anne
ifoeyn She born in 1888. and was given the
throne with the commendabe qualifications such
as We have seem command when she was
twenty-five years old However, no matter from
what source she may be derived. there a GER
tain amount of pathos surrounding a helpless
child. Her first four years spent in the
Greenwich Palace the Thames. She had as a
govorncss Lady Bryan, who related her
mother. and who very kind and helpful
Meanwhile, the father with his amours was so
ncelectful that she had but few clothes to wear
When she was seventeen years old she had the
House Of Hatfield. held n small court servants
and rctaincrs provided by her adiniring half
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