The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-02-05
The Problem
of Cloriianna

HeT ueSk.
Why" she asked the small colored
girl, didn't you enter with the rest of
the class at the beginning of the
term?'
"Ah'W very delicate-like, teachah,"
explained the child. my NAV, she
don't nevah expect to raise me, no
ma'am." She rolled her great eyes A.
fectedly. so All amt nevah ben to
school much. De teachahs all has took
mighty good care of me in the schools
Alive ben at; Alive ben to five al
ready. De las teachah she always
called me 'angel-chile.' She suah wux
a nice lady, she wuz!"
What is your manner? asked the
teacher.
"Gloryannah Annabel 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.
AN nah oddah aunt-Aunt Anna
hel, 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 manner"
"Ah amt got no fathah. Nah muth-
abs 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 Ah'm goin' to be a widow
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 heb end name, but she changes
heb front names real often. JUS now
hits Arabella Vivienne."
What is your mothers occupa-
tom" The teacher glanced at the
clock uneasily, regretting the waste Of
time.
.Oh, nah muthah, me used to wash
fob 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 60 manicurin' an
haihdressin'. So when they asks NAH
koh xuhA he tn h. 81.
goin' to a board meetin'!'
Very wei, Glorianna. Now take
that front seat and work the arith
metic lesson On the board.'
| Glorianna took tie seat. when the
half hour was up the monitors collect
ed the children's papers aud reported
that the new pupil had none.
"Glorianna," said the teacher, Sc
verely, where Is yeur arithmetic pa
PERI"
"Ah amt got none, teachah," ex
planned the child. "Ah nevah does n,
numbahs. All don't like numbahs-
nevah did So when the oddahs doe
their numbahs All composes po'try
Ah1l recite you the po'try All CON
posed when the children wuz doir
theih numbahs. Hits bout you-all'
eyes," beguilingly to the teacher.
mo, thank you, Glorianna. Here
after you will do your numbers as tn
rest do if you intend to stay in thi
room. All children must be industriou
here. What would you do if you gre'
to be big girl and couldn't do an
numbers? Wouldn't you be ashamed ?
mo, ma'am. All amt nevah gon' t
be big girl. Ah'm goin' to be r,
fined an delicate when All grows vi
yes, ma'am. An NAH muthah says e
long ez Ah'm aristocratfc an artist
an hez 'complishments All don nee
no 'rithmetic an sech things. All XII
sing, too. Alive sung at the nick,
theatah lots Nv times. Once All &
so cents. Now I'll sing TO- you-all."
Fortunately the dismissal bell ran
before Glorianna had time to mentio
any more accomplishments, for II
other pupils were spellbound by b.
eloquence.
However, in the following week Il
| UuuuluS pOclSSS Was COIl pSlltu ~
her numbers" three times, much
her disgust. She coaxed, pleade
scolded, flattered and sulked to 1
avail. The teacher was callous to h
wiles. Still that capable young persC
found she could not curb Glorianna
flow of speech. Glorianna talked ,
most INCREASINGLY Her leadersh
stirred the gentle little ones to disob
i. dience more than once. They all d
cided that numbers" was unnecessa
and their once idolized teacher WI
: nearly distracted by their disobet
ence.
Glorianna came to school one d,
: with an added air of Importance 81
handed her teacher a note written
! highly scented pink paper 1t a
nounced that her mother was about
move to more refined" neighbc
hood and that Glorianna consequent
: could 60 to a school where the teach