The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1883-05-12
A Woman Without Arms.

We were reading the other day of the
marriage of woman in England, says
an exchange, who was born without
arms but who can use her toes with re-
markable dexterity. She can sew, knit,
crochet, use knife and fork and scratch
her head with her toes with as much ease
as more fortunate mortals can with their
fingers. After reading the article we
leaned back in our easy chair, closed our
eyes and allowed our thoughts to go off
on an excursion across the water. We
followed that girl from the day when
she first shared beau until her mar
riage, and some Of the mental pictures
we drew We're indeed queer ones. When
her lover would call, of course, she must
just imagine how odd it would be to see
her reaching up her foot, taking his hat
between her toes, placing it upon the ia
BILE and motioning him to a seat. She
would sit by his side talking all the little
nonsensical nothings that lovers usually
talk, ever and anon slapping him loving
ly on the cheek with the sole of her foot
when he would get OFF some joke at her
expense. She spies hair on his collar
and with the dexterity closely bordering
on the marvellous, reaching up with witch
ing 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 coyly toying with
his whiskers with her taper toes. May
hap he may hint he doubts her consistency
when, with an injured look upon her
| face she puts her foot upon her heart and
assures him that it beats only for him,
| that at every pulsation the bounding
blood murmurs his beloved name. Then
he smiles, takes the lovely foot in his
| hand, kisses it fondly and assures her
that he was but jesting, and that he
would as soon doubt the purity of a babe
as to doubt her love. If his nccktie be-
came loosencd how gracefully she would
tie it with both feet, tapping the tie
neatly down with a big toe when the job
was completed. We can picture her
screaming with laughter and clapping
her feet in high glee over some funny
story OF wiping away the unbidden tear
| with her toes at Il recital of want and
suffering. When about to part he would
kiss and ask her for just one loving en-
brace, and with the light of love beam
ing in her eyes she would-but no, that
is not the question. We forget for the
moment her unfortunate condition. lie
would have to do all the embracing him
self. She would hand him his hat, escort
him to the door, give him good night
shake of the foot and then sit down by
the fire and draw Il beautiful picture of
the day when he would fall upon his
knees before her and ask her for her foot
and heart. Then she would retire to her
chamber, undress, sit down on the floor
and bury her face in her feet and say 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, Ofcourse
the bride could not enter leaning upon
the arm Of the groom, as is customary,
for it would be rather unique and odd to
see her hopping in on one foot, and she
might attract undue attention They
approach the altar and the ceremoney
begins. Where right hands are usually
joined she must give him her right foot,
and at the words with this ring thee
case would compel him to place the gold
EN- band of love upon one of her toes.
OF course it would tickle her. and she
might finch and wriggle 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 proptious skies they
would set forth upon the journey of life
foot in hard
If the union should be blessed with
children, how exhilirating it would be to
see her spank an obstinate boy. She
would snatch him up with her toes, lay
him across her knee and whack the holy
delights out of him with the sole of Ter
foot. Then she would release him, shake
her toe at him sternly, and tell him that