The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1910-02-02
The Problem
Of Gloriianna

term
"Ah'm very delicatellke. teachah."
explained the child my NAV, she
don't nevah expect to raise me. no
ma'am" She rolled her great eyes az
fectedly. $50 All ain't nevah ben to
school much. De teachahs all has took
mighty good care OF me in the schools
Alive ben at: Alive ben to Ave al
ready. De las teachah she always
called me angel-chile, She suah wuz
nice lady, she wuz!"
What is your name?" asked the
teacher
"Gloryannah Annatel snow Yes,
ma'am All was named for nah two
aunts. Dey wuz very beautiful ladies'.
Nah Aunt Gloryannah he'd The mos
beautifulles long yellah hair an wife
skin an blue eyes. Nah muthah says
All take after nah Aunt Gloryannah
terrible close"
The teached looked at her round
chocolate face and kinky little braids
and could not conceal a smile
IAN nah oddah aunt--Aunt Anna
bel. that wuz--hed the mos beautiful
les red hair. long an straight"
The teacher felt called upon to in
terrupt this romance
What is your fathers name?"
"Ah amt got no fathah. Nah muth-
abs widow lady. Hits awful stylish
to be widow ladies an weah long black.
wells An don't neyah remembah nah
fathah, but NAH muthah she got heh-
self a long veil las winiah an she
suah does look fine When Ah'm
growed up Ahm goin 70 be a wid5w
lady, too
What is your mothers name?" in
Quired the teacher
Nah muthah? Oh. she's awful styl-
ish with front names. She mos always
keeps heh end name, but she changes
heh front names real often. JUS now
hits Arabella Vivienne"
What is your mothers occupa-
tion?" The teacher glanced at the
clock uneasily, regretting the waste Of
time
oh nah muthah she used to wash
foh few ladies. She say II you want
any washin' done she'll do hit right
reasonable. But now she say that no
I ladies goes washin no noah Dey all
cahries III bags an go manicurin' an
haiharessin so when they asks nah
muthah wheah she goin' she say she
goin to a board meetin'!"
Very wei. Glorianna Now take
that front seat and work the arith
metic lesson on the board
Glorlanna took the seat When thf
half hour was up the monitors collect
I'D the childrens papers aud reported
that the new pupil had none.
"Glorianna. said the teacher. Sc
verely, where is your arithmetic pa
PERI
~Ah amt got none. teachah." ex
planned the child "Ah nevah does nc
numbahs. All don't like numbahs
nevah did So when the oddahs does
their numbahs All composes potry
Ahll recite you the po'try All com
posed when the children wuz doin
theih numbahs. Hits bout you-all'I
eyes" beguilingly to the teacher.
NO thank you, Glorianna Here
after you will do your numbers as tn,
rest do If you intend to stay in this
room. All children must be industrious
here What would you do IL you grew
10 be big girl and couldn't do am
numbers? Wouldn't you be ashamed? 2
No ma'am All amt neyah gon' t,
be a big girl Ah'm goin to be re
fined an delicate when nh grows up
yes, maam. An nah muthah says q
long ez Ah'm aristocratic an artisti
an hex 'complishments All don nee'
no 'rithmetic an sech things. An Xii
sing, too. Alive sung at the nicke
theatah lots NV times. Once All 60
so cents. Now I'll sing 70 yon-all"
Fortunately the dismissal bell ram
before Glorianna had time to mention
any more accomplishments for tn
other pupils were spellbound by he
eloquence.
However. in the following week tn
budding poetess was compelled TO d
her numbers" three times. much 4
her disgust She coaxed, pleaded
scolded battered and sulked to n
avail The teacher was callous 20 he
wiles Still that capable young perso
found she could not curb Glorianna'
flow Of speech Glorianna talked a
most increasingly Her leadershi
stirred The gentle little ones to disob,
dience more than once. They all d,
cided that numbers was unnecessar
and their once idolized teacher wa
nearly distracted by their disobed
ence
Glorianna came 70 school one da
with an added air Of Importance sh
handed her teacher note written o
highly scented pink paper. II al
nounced that her mother was about /
move to more refined" neighbo
hood and that GlorIanna consequent
could 80 TO a school where the teache
would be more sympathctic."