Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-12-08
Very Queer, Indeed.


We were reading in an exchange the
other day of the marriage of woman in
| England who was born without arms, but
| who can use her toes with.remarkabie dex-
| terlty. She can sew, kBit, crochet, use a
knife and fork end scratch her head with
her toes with as much ease as more for
! tunate mortals can with their fingers.
After reading the article we leane !
| back in our easy chair, closed our eyes
aad allowed our thought to go off on an
excursion acrsss the water. We followed
that girl from the day when she
first shared beau until her marriage, and
some of the mental pictures we drew were
| indeed queer ones. When her lover would
| call of course she must receive him as
| other ladies would aud just Imagine how
| odd it would be to see her reaching up her
foot, taking his hat between her toes,
placing it upon the table and motioniny
him to seat. She would sit by his eide
talking all the nousensical nothings that
lovers usually talk, ever and anon slapping
him lovingly on the cheek with the sole of
her foot when he would get off some joke
at her expense. Shs spies a hair on his
collar and with a dexterity closely border
ing on the marvellous, reaching up with
witching grace, takes it in her toes and
casts it away. We can see her sitting
there with her foot IN his hand responding
TO his tender squeezes. or coyiy toying
with his whiskers with her taper toes.
Aayhap he may hint that he doubts her
constancy, when, with an injured look up
on her fair face she puts her foot on her
heart and assures him that it beats only
for him, that every puisation the bound
ing blood nurmurs his beloved
name. Then he smiles, takes the
lovely foot in bis hand, kisses
it fondly and assures her that he was but
jesting and that he would as soon doubt
the purity of babe as to doubt her love.
Ii his necktie became loosened how grace
fully she would tie it with both feet, tap
ping the tie down with her big toe when
the job was completed. We can picture
her screaming with laughter and clapping
her feet IN giee over some funny story, or
wlplng away the unbidden tear with her
toes at the recital of want and suffering.
When about to part he would kiss her and
ask her for just one loving embrace, and
with the light of love beaming in her
eyes she would-but no that is out of
the question. We forgot for the moment
her unfortunate condition. He vould
have to do all the embracing himself
She would hand him his hat, escorte him
to the door, give him goodnight shake
OF the foot and then sit down by the fire
and draw beautiful picture of the day
when ne would fall upon his knees before
her ana ask her for her foot and heart.
Then she would retire to her chamber. un-
dress, sit down on the -four and bury her
face IN her feet and says her prayers as all
good girls should and go TO bed to dream
of future frescoed with bliss and dadoed
with supreme happiness.
And the marriage ceremony! OF course |
the bride could not enter leaning upon tbs |
arm of the groom as is customary, for it |
would bs rather unique and odd to see her |
hopping in on one foot and she might at |
tract undue attention. They approach the |
altar snd the ceremony begins. Where |
right hands are usually joined she must !
give him her right foot, and at the words i,
with this ring thee we'd the peculiar cir |
cumstances of the case would compel him to |
place the golden band of 1--we upon one of |
her toes. OF course 1t would tickle her |
ard she might finch and wiggle her pearly |
toes, but this need cause no serious hitch |
in the proceedings. After the ceremony
friends would crowd up and shake her foot |
and rain down blessings and kind wishes |
upon her head, and under propitious skies |
they would set forth together upon the |
journey of life foot in hand.
And If the union should be blessed with |
children how exhilarating it would be to |
see her spank an obstinate youngster.
She would snatch him up with her toes,
lay him across her knee and whack the |
holy d'ylights out Of him with the sole of |
her foot. Then she would release him,
shake her toe at him sternly, and tell him
that if he ever disooeys her again shs will {