The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-03-18
Her LAUDABLE EFFORT
BY EFFIE SAUNDERS

AA~i inquired tne HLlle steuQRraDher
Of the bookkeeper.
Wen, that depends he replied
non-committaily. There is the wealth
er and the daylight and SO many 9th.
er things ones supposed I, notice d
change in"
On tell me al about that some 9TH
e. time!" interrupted the little stenoe.
rapher " had the floor, and / simply
asked you question to be answered
yes or no. I had reference to q
change for the better However / know
it would be hard for you to distin-
guish any added graces and beauties
IN me, SO I withdraw my question"
Thank you,n murmured the book.
keeper, meekly.
You'll be pleased to know that I'm
a follower of one OF the muses.. AZ
feet gymnastics-and they, incidental
", affect me! OF course, gymnastics
II themselves are not my aim-rather.
they were not. once could see myself
spinning around on one toe. rushing
gracefully across the floor with ont.
stretched arms as though to catch a
streak Of lightning, suddenly hating
and spinning like a top; then vigorous.
~ repeating the performance with yari.
ations
You know, really saw a flesh and
oiood girl do such things. And she
said 1t was easyl
u talked with her about 1t and oh
she was SO graceful, it seemed 10 AZ.
feet even her tonguel While she talked
she moved around me like a fairy. and
nearly fell over myself III awkward
attempts to get out Of her way every
time she came near mel But she
talked right on, and never noticed auv-
thing She was SO well.possessed AZ
result Of her dancing.
$50 grew more and more interest
cd. She told me what she had studied
and how long she'd been at it-iust
two years and what it cost for q
course and, above all how much fun
it wasl
Il fell the need Of something Of the
sort. When I'm out In company / sit
still and envy every one, most Of the
timel 1t seems that I'm the only Der.
son on earth who hasn't single ac-
complishmentl And after talking with
the girl who knew gymnastic dancing
could see myself calmly smiling at
al my new hosts of friends while thew
begged me to dance for them. / could
see myself, after much coaxing. rIeing
languidly and, amid a breathless hush.
pirouetting into a wonderful dancel
II could see club women begging
me, as q favor, to help them entertainl
! could see myself doing innumerable
dances vita wonderful men escorting
me- throughout all the rest Of nv lifel
Well, Of course, couldn't start
right In pirouetting In graceful mazes.
| had to begin with the groundwork
That girl had to, too, when she be.
gan. Il sounded all right. | thought
| could hastily brush over the neces-
sary foundations, and hasten onward
to the heights
I'm still fastening, but the heights
nave gone up so high in the meantime
that I've given up even wanting to get
there! Do you know, in order to
dance, you have to be able to swing
Indian clubs to music, just as fast as
you can whether your head gets In
the way or not makes no difference
until it's just as simple to you as
swinging your arm over a boat.
Thus far / can manage to grasp
the club firmly and put it back Of my
head every other count without muir
dering my neighbor-and I consider
that this degree Of dexterity is quite
an achievement
Then you have to be able to bend
forward, with your knees straight, and
touch your hands to the floor. Now,
the tips Of my fingers come almost
within foot Of the floor when I'm
bent double that way. and I'm most ap
preciative Of the early martyrs who
had their muscles drawn out as far as
possible. Unless / crack, l fear my
hands will never touch the foorl
Then you have to stand facing
front, and at a signal turn so that just
the half Of you from your waist up is
facing backl ] know it sounds im.
possible, but it's required and that's
al there is to it. You just have tol
Il isn't the only absolutely impossible
thing that I'm forced to do!
But, anyway. I've paid my tuition,
and they say it's beautifyirg, SO I'm
making It my ambition now to grow
beautiful
"Oh, yes--I didn't tell you that. The
reason I've relinquished the dream OF
dancing is that I discovered that my
graceful adviser studied every day
Of her two years. all day long! have
been trying to learn in one hour a
week, at night suppose now. if u
fail to grow graceful, III find that it's
because 7 should have begun trying aa
an infant, before my bones hardened.
But as long as they keep the bitter
truth from me, l shall continue to
hopel"
you asked me a little while ago.
said the bookkeeper, If / noticed a diff