The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1910-01-24
The Problem
Of Clorianna

the class at the beginning OF the
term?
"Ah'm very delicate.iike. teachah,
explained the child my nav, she
don't neyah expect 10 raise me, no
ma'am" She rolled her great eyes ar
fectedly. so All ain't nevah ben TO
school much De teachahs all has took
mighty good care OF me in the schools
Ah've ben at; Alive ben to five all
ready, De las teachah she always
called me angel-chile She suah wnz
nice lady. she wuzl"
What is your name? asked the
teacher
@Gloryannah Annabel Snow Yes.
ma am All was named for nah two
aunts. Dey wnz very beautiful ladies
Nah Aunt Gloryannah he'd the mos
beautifulles long yellah hair an w'lte
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 smile
An 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?"
All amt got no fathah. Nah muth-
ahs widow lady Hits awful stylish
TO be widow ladies an weah long black
wells. All don't nevah remembah NAH
fathah. but nah muthah she got heh-
self long veil las wintah an she
suah does look fine When Ah'm
growed up Ahm goin to be widow
lady too"
What is your mothers name n 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?p The teacher glanced at The
clock uneasily. regretting the waste of
time
Oh, nah muthah, she used to wash
foh few ladies. She say If you want
any washin done she'll do hit right
reasonable. But now she say that no
ladies goes washin' no NOAH Dey all
cahries III bags an go manicurin an
haihdressin So when they asks nah
muthah wheah she goin she say she
! goin' to d board meetinl"
Very wei. Glorianna. Now take
that front seat and work the arith-
metic lesson on the board"
Glorianna took the seat. When the
half hour was up the monitors collect
ed the childrens papers aud reported
that the new pupil had none.
"Glorianna." said the teacher. Sc.
verely. where is your arithmetic pa
per?"
All amt got none, teachah," ex-
planned the child. "Ah nevah does no
numbahs. All don't like numbahs--
neyah did SO when the oddahs does
their numbahs An composes po'try
/ Ahll recite you the po'try All com
posed when the children wuz doin'
theih numbahs. Hits bout you-all's
eyes" beguilingly 10 the teacher
mo, thank you, Glorianna Here
after you win do your numbers as the
rest do if you intend TO stay in this
room All-chlldren must be industrious
here What would you do II you grew
to be big girl and couldn't do any
numbers? Wouldn't you be ashamed
'No, ma am. All amt nevah gon te
be big girl Ah'm goin to be re
fined an delicate when All grows up
yes, ma'am. An NAH muthah says ea
long ez Ah'm aristocratic an artistic
an hez 'complishments All don need
no rithmetic an sech things. All kir
sing, too. Alive sung at the nicke
theatah lots NV times. Once An got
so cents. Now IN sing fo' you-all"
Fortunately the dismissal bell rams
before Glorianna had time to mention
any more accomplishments for tbs
other pupils were spellbound by hel
eloquence.
However, in the following week this
budding poetess was compelled 10 dS
her numbers" three times, much t
her disgust She coaxed. pleaded
scoded. hattered and sulked to nt
avail. The teacher was calIous TO hei
wiles. Still that capable young person
found she could not curb Glorianna'i
flow OF speech Glorianna talked al
most increasingly Her Leadership
stirred the gentle little ones to dlsobe
dience more than once. they all de
cided that ~numbers@ was unnecessar.
and their once idolized teacher wal
nearly distracted by their disobedi
ence
Glorianna came to school one Ga,
With an added air Of Importance She
handed her teacher note written OF
highly scented pink paper II an
nounced that her mother was about K
move to a more refined neighbor
hood and that Glorianna consequent,
could 80 to a school where the teacher
would be more sympathetic"
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luatice Demanded