The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-02-05
THE EVOLUTION or a
STORY TELLER.

The February issue Of tha Southern
Woman's Magazine has a most de-
Hghtful account OF 1.-THE Evolution OF
Story Teller" by Katherine p.
Wright (Nfrs. r. T. Wright of Nash
Vile, Tenn, and not only those who
are interested in this work but all
who ind q stimulus In achievement
will find the story well worth reading.
Mrs. Wright, who Is daughter Of
Mrs. q. M. Mcintyre and sister of Miss
Margaret Mcintyre, Of this city. tells
the story Of her work In a most de-
lightful way, and the article is Illus
trated with q fine likeness OF herself
and two other pictures of her, one in
her Garden OF Hearts Desire and
the other at ''Teatime IN the Garden"
Mrs. Wright began her tory-telling
in the Francis w. Parker School, Chi
cago, while In that city studying
crafts. From there she went to the
Pratt Institute, New York, and during
the intervals OF study, she would
amuse the other art students with
Uncle Remus stories. On her return
to Nashville. she told stories at the
Carnegie library every Saturday, and
at the end OF two years the records
showed an increase Of so per cent in
attendance Of the children, and the
records then showed that the children
read better books than the adult bor-
rowers
Mrs. Wright says, In this most In
teresting story: Gradually my work
became known outside of the library,
and the demands upon my time be-
come 50 insistent that had little time
for other work. then decided that
my ability should be worth something
to me-" OF this work she Is making
a wonderful success.
Everyone who loves children and a
good story should read The Evolu-
ton Of Story Teller"
OF her own beginning she says:
I was one OF the oId-fashioned, unl
scientific mothers who rocked and
cuddled my baby, Rugged him up just
as close as / could get him.
A little space of grooming. brooding
lullabies, then, This Little Pig Went
to Market, and Pat-a-cake stories.
The Old Woman Who Lived In a
Shoe, The House That Jack Built. The
Cow With the Crumpled Horn, The
Mouse That Lost Its Tail. The Three
Little Kittens, and The Three Bears.
but for several years we lived in init
mate companionship with Swiss Fam
lily Robinson. which he pronounced
"the greatest book ever written"
read 1t until he knew 1t by heart, and
later found this note in it, Il finished
this book the sixth time, April 1897"
And / know he read 1t several times
after that. Il taught him to read
over and over, rather than more and
more books.
Then came the charming Hans
Christian Andersens tales, Aesop's
Fables, and those of the Modern Ae-
sop" Uncle Remus' wonderful tales.
He thought the last word had been
said when Uncle Remus spoke.
These tales were interspersed with
nature tales of bugs and birds and
beasts, Water Babies, Gulliver's
Travels, history. Arthurian legends.
Greek heroes, Shakespeare tales,
Scott, and by that time the boy was
ready to leave the nest.
No nurse ever shared the pre-
ciousness of my baby, no illiterate ne
gro Of this new day ever filled his lit
tie mind with superstitious horrors. |
He was mine, mine to love, to train |
and nourish. He never knew fear, |
darkness had no terror for him, he
loved the wind, the lightning and roll
ing thunder and the beating rain on |
the roof.
He loved the stars and the woods |
and the sea, and revered the Power
that created them. I never decivd