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Muskogee Girl in Grand Opera• . * 1Soon, Doesn't Like IndianSt.-. ‘ ■ •Name *‘ -Ricturesepie ~Tndmrr names have“Te~ come very, fashionable for summer resorts aijid swell hunting lodges and for nifty canoes and ^uch things, butamong Indian girls, they’re-.not a bitfashionable, according to ivhssf Suzie Meek of New York City, one of the national board .-of- the ...Young Women's Christian Association's real Indian-born secretaries. .Miss Meek ranks as an authority on Indian. girls of to'clay,vand' cites among other Indian girls, Miss Iva Josephine Rider, formerly of this city, \yho she says much prefers her paleface friends to know her simply as Josie Rider than her Cherokee * nante which is Atlae-Unkalunt, (one who rides ini the sunshine). ... \ :• ' ; ' ■. ‘Sang to SoldiersMiss Rider, widely known concert singer, one of; the stars of the Boston j Cdnsjervatory of Music, is the sister of j Mrs. Jesse Barbre, Mrsr Joe Wicks and Mrs. 3£d K. Brook, all of this city. She is widely known both in Muskogee and In all parts of the state, haying, been born and grew; to yo'ung womanhood here. Her repetofre consists of old Indian songs, apd Indian legendsand told them, old Indian legends and / stories. .. ...To Become Prima DorinaShe is soon to be presented in the opera of Nitana, in which she will be the prima donna, taking the part of ' Nltaha, the, Indian princess. This opera which is composed of Indian settings and songs and legends; Hag beenrecommended by the International Music Festival league, as beiiig espec- a ialiy adapted for this season’s attrac-ie tlon'in keeping with the tercentenary j h celebration of the landing of the pil-i grims. Under one of New York’s best jc known opera producing companies the' c opera is being built around Miss Rider;!-as the leading soprano. •' ♦ tGood MannersI Traveling, a man is at liberty to of-Ifer aid to a woman he does not know, i if it clearly Is needed as, for instance, (in raising a refractory car winpcw or lifting a heavy valise, provided no porter is ^available, at the moment.But— . . • •He does not attempt a conversation
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Muskogee Times Democrat
Muskogee, Oklahoma, US
Tue, Feb 13, 1923
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