The Daily Texarkanian., 1895-01-24
ARMLESS UNTHAN,
A Human Phenomenon and the Feats
Of His Feet,

A Human Phenomenon and the Feats
Of His Feet,
Asan example of the general ut
ter uselessness of arms Carl Herman
Unthan is a wonder, He was born
without these supposedly indispen-
sible appendages and made his feet
take the place of them, Now he
does with his feet everything the
average man can do with his hands
and some things the average man
could not do with 40 hands
Before an audience of newspaper
representatives Unthan stood on
the stage at the Hagan Friday af-
ternoon and told about himself
Then he performed few of the
feats peculiar to him and his feet.
Unthan is a blonde of medium
height, with pleasant, mobile
face, and an ample circumference
about the waist band. On the
stage he wears short coat, loose
trousers, ending at the knee and
long silk stockings, cut off at the
toes like the fngerless mitts street
car conductors wear in winter
Very low, broad shoes protect his
feet, They are easily slipped off
and easily put on,
Generally" said Mr. Unthan,
stepping to the footlights, when
you see man without arms the
sentiment excited within you is one
of pity don't want any of that
sentiment to exist toward me. |
never owned an arm and, If ] had
two wings hanging down from my
shoulders like all you people, J
would not know what to do with
them. | have made my legs take
the place Of my arms and my feet
take the place of my hands Every
since was 18 months old | have
used my feet continually for every
purpose in which the hand is called
into use Today need no assist
ance from any one; ] dress myself,
wash myself shave myself, feed my.
self and comb my hair with my feet,
rs well as hail street cars with my
right foot; drive a team with either
foot and play the piano with both
feet"
After this little conversation, Mr.
Unthan stood on left leg, while his
right foot quietly slipped into an in
side pocket Of his coat, grasped a
handkerchief and came out again
| with the greatest deliberation Mr.
Unthan proceeded to wipe his face
with the handkerchief, taking some
| time for the removal Of an imagin
AIRY cinder from his eye, Return
inr the handkerchief TO It's place II
the pocket, Mr., Unthan picked up 4
violin box, opened 1t and took out
a vioin-.all with his feet placed
the instrument on low stool, sal
on another stool close by and played
in a way that would make the av
erage yiolinist ashamed Of himself
Then he opened cornet box, tool
out a cornet, sat down, braced hi
feet on a screen and blew Wagner
ian music and "Wbose Little Cir
are YOU with equal facility, usinI
his toes for the manipulation Of th
valves lie also did some fame
shooting with a rife, holding tn,
gun in one foot and pulling the trig
ger with the toes Of the other. II
cut cards Ia two, held in the hand
of the assistant, and made stag
shots as good as any ever made b
a narksman with arms TO spare.
Unthans feet look like hands i
some respects The way he con
trols0his toes Is uncannyj snap
his toes like a scboolboy snaps hi
fingers, He lights a match with hi
toes and holds It blazing betwee
his feet like an lrlshman does whG
he lights his pipe on a windy day
There Is no limit to what Untha
can do with his feet,
In case the weather warns u
sufficiently this week Unthan wi
90 driving some day, When h
drives he creates a sensation,
Unthan Is a Prussian, A year
old educated, speaks six language
and writes the same number,
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