The Auerican Woman's Club thas chosen American colonial tory to be a subject of study during the present session. As a point of departure, three sketches of England in the great Elizabethan cays were prepared by Mrs. R. D. Stafford and were read to members st their meeting in the Palie Hotel on Tuesday afternoon. The Life at the Elizabethan age" was read by Mrs. Lockwood, "'Sea Captains of Queen Elizabeth," by Miss Whitney, and "'A lost Colony," by Mrs. Davies.
Phe papers were excellent in scope and picturesque detail, giving a clear impression of the life of the period, and recalling most striking features in the romantic expansion of England. One wonders how a great lady of Queen Lligabeth's calibre, and political skill, might have fared in recent diplomatic duels, taking the following glimpse as characteristic of the Queen's politics: "In the profusion and recklessness of her lies, Klizabeth stood without a peer in Christendom. Falsity was to her simply an intellectual means of meeting difficulty. War she hated." "No war, my Lords" she would ory, pounding the table, "no war." As to the old Englis! Admirals, many fine stories were told, as of one who took soundings, and then observed that though his ship might go down, his flag would still be flying.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.