The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-03-05

NEW , Jim NINAN"'"
maid stepped out from the tepoo OF
her fathers
Bravciy, bllthely she took the trail
that leads 20 tho glitterlng places OF
tho whltc mans civilization,
Today she has arrived on tho con-
cert stage, Is knocking insistently ~
the door of the outer portals OF
Miss Iva Josephine Rider me has
chosen TO call herself for the benett
OF those conventional boundaries
, where tho spirit OF hcr In now con-
fined, awaiting fuch time ca II may
soar, on tho wings of song, TO realms
But in tho hoart Of her Iva Jo-
eephlne Rider ls Atlae Uukalunt the
untnmod. tho forest nomad Graded
IN the arms OF Mother Nature.
"Atlac." fho will tel you, ''lg
Cherokee for sunlight Indians DO
not numc their children nt birlh'
They walt until n name suggests u
self IN tho personality II Is to flt
was very happy child 40 they
called me Atlnc.
Nhnt Her Name Meant.
"rnknlunt means rider. My fam
ily has been for generations famous
for its horsemnnship. Hence tho
lrnknunt. Hnppiness7 You do not
know what Il means until you have
fclt tho velvet muzzlo Of your pony
nuzzliug In your hand, Mt your
check, begging you 90 Fly with him
out onto the wide spaces, tho won
drous adventures Of the buffalo
lands.
"You do not realize how thrilling
are the secrets OF tho woOda and its
littIe people, or the great white
pence that comes when you curl ~
i'm your blanket under the stars and
witch them burn their silver tnp0rs
or the glory OF n dawn that epan'
gles your head with dew diamond
and swlrls its roseato draperiei
around you until tho very soul ol
you is afro 10 live and love and do
As Iva Josephine Rider. the con
cert singer. rlppled her words int
n soft, harmonious brook Of vlsloI
tho trapplngs OF civilization Tel
away.
Gone vero the shnpeiy boots o
blnck Huedo--in their place tn
beaded pad OF the mocoasln.
Conc the folds OF soft black Satil
clinging to outline 1.-THE, suppl
and withal n strong muscled body
replaced by n fringed garment o
olkskln,
Avaunt the smart black hat. add
ing plquancy 10 a bright-eyed ros
and ivory tinted face, None but
gay scarlet feather should crow
that glistening luxuriant, black coll
furc
Ana so. IN tho garmenturo OF tr
bal splendor, Atlae Unkalunt talkc
OF the way she had Travelled an
the direction IN which sho is goinl
How did ! come TO take up mt
slc?" she repeated tho gentle Bmil
..sI,l q. .f haV charming cha
actoristics adding n deeper note
the color on her checks, the on
feature sallently suggestive OF III
race. "Ivo been at II since l was
wee baby. Mother says I begJ
grooming with her when was in \
cradle.
Mother, you see. In OF the wh'
race. Her family was driven out
Georgia when sherman made
march 60 tho sea during tho ct
war. In somo way she bocai
separated from tho caravan and "
lost. My fathers people found Il
wandering near tho camp. TIL
brought her 10 my grandfathe
tepee. Father was nine. So III
grew up together. hunted, flsh'
rode the plains, tramped the mou
tain. Always they were sweethear
AS soon as they reached the natl
ago they married.
Her Father n Senator.
when Oklahoma was made
state father was elected state SCI
tor. Ho has held this office cS
tiuuously ever since. Ills educat
was obtained In the Cherokee m
seminary I'm Oklahoma. He has
ways heen and Is today u leader
his tribe. They worship him.
In their champion. their mouthpie
Ills whole lifo has been devoted
the welfare OF his people,
"My older sisters were educa
20 become teachers and have mi
splendid records in their protest.
All have taught In Indian scho
One has been n teacher In the h
school at Muskogcc, the town lac
OF the family. My youngest sis
aged H. is now student in
same high school.
at was the wish OF my pare
that ]. too, take up teaching.
entire nature rebelled Mt the task
pleaded. They decided 10 send
to a girls school, Thomas coll
In san Antonio, Texas. de
mined more than ever to go on v
my music. For "A time / went
California thinking TO take up n
reer In tho moving pictures, w
had played the lead in n plct
chicu llo LYNX huCts IN WI
was the indian girl heroine,
fancy for the screen was gone
decided 60 Yield 20 tho wishe
my parents, who were violently
posed to my picture ambitions.
after a brief stay I'm the b
nest, was permitted 20 come ,
whore I entered Boston conse
tory. Here. nt last, ! was happ
my work. Along with my mus
u studied literature and short 4
composition with Dallas
Sharpe Of Boston university.
Served Overseas,
at tho end OF two years
America decided n was time 90
the stupeudous slaughter In Eur
! went 10 Washington iumcdia
war was declared and cnlited In
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