Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-11-19

int wfthou: Hands Who Have
Done Excellent Mora with Ibeir

p,;,terx yxffb,u. Hands who Have
Done Excellent Work with Ibeir
Feet.
A reporter was strolisng along a
prominent thoroughfarc on walnut
Hills the other day when he came upon
a business room that was being re-
modelled and improved preparatory 10
occupancy. The carpenter who was do
ing the work was a one-arnied man
and not only managed his Ratchet and
saw skilIfully, bat vas quite Intelligent
In conversation. He did not appear To
bemoan the fate that had deprived him
of a good strong arm. but regarded IL
with the air of Il philosopher. he sald
that he was not the only one-armed
carpenter in Cincinnati that he knew
o. four or five others.
Another one-armed man familiar 10
| residents OF the Hill whose misfortune
would seem to interfere with his voca-
ton. but does not, is the driver OF one
of the big oil tank wagons. He does
everything required Of a man with TWO
arms i'm such a position. from driving
the team 10 measuring out Il Oil ana
delivering il to his customers.
Judging from the following instances
published in an English Journal, IL
would seem that the absence OF one. or
even both arms, need not interfere
with one earning ones bread and but
ter.
lone Of the leading Belgian artists
OF the present day is a gentleman who.
in default Of armS. paints with his foot.
His name is Fehu. He lives ut Ant
werp, where he has a spacious atel!er
in the market place.
He uses his supple feet without any
| apparent effort to open his color BOX,
clean his brushes. set his palate and
| arrange his writing materials. lie
paints with surprising sWiftness and
delicacy OF touch. 1t may be said OF
him, too, that he writes an excellent
foot. One OF his friends says his writ
ing is as bold. free and flowing as any
handwriting with which he is acquaint-
ed. He is. moreover. a man of gentle
nature, courtly in manners, of highly
cultivated intelligence and no less en-
gaging In speech than in appearances.
Earlier in the present century there
iourished another armless artist, a
Aulg LldlilEu LA W I'M nv 'PN'N
painting very toierable pictures, learn
Ell TO do with her toes a variety Of in
| teresting and ingenious things-cut
watch papers and the like. She grasp
ed and worked her scissors IN some
way that has never been explained.
Miss Bitin wa. only a trife less un-
fortunate. She was born without toes
or hands and without any more arm
than was represented by Il stump cut
short above the elbow. Yet she man
aged to make for herself a comfortable
living in the artistic way.
she painted miniatures with exquis-
lite neatness and accuracy, and added
To this by cutting III paper protles
with the aid OF her mouth, a pair OF
scissors and her two little stumps. The
earl Of Morton employed her 10 paint
some portraits for him, and introduced
her to the notice of royalty, who also
~patr0nized her and put her in the way
os obtaining advanced lessons in paint
ing from one Of the foremost men of
the day. He also gave her a small pen
sion, with the aid of which she set up
as "A regular professional. She fell IN
love and married, but carried on her
work, and was always known under
her maiden name Cincinnati Enquirer.