The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-01-28
ARMLEss WONDERS.
tsAaten who Have Achieved 0rsas r.
with Thsar Fest

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with Thslr Feet
A reporter was strolling along q
prominent thoroughfare on Walnut
Hills the other day, says the Gin
oinnati Enquirer, when he came up.
on a business room that was beins
remodeled and improved prepare
tory to occupancy. The carpentes
who was doing the work was a one
armed man, and not only managed
his Ratchet and saw skillfully, but
was quite intelligent in converse.
ton. He did not appear to bemoan
the fate that had deprived him of q
good strong arm, but regarded II
with the air Of a philosopher. he
said that he was not the only one
armed carpenter in Cincinnati-thaa
he knew Of four or FIVE others.
Another one armed man familiar
to residents Of the hill, whose mis-
fortune would seem to interfere
with his avooation, but does not, is
the driver of one Of the big oil tank
wagons. He does everything re-
quired of q man with two arms in
such a position, from driving the
team to measuring out the oil and
delivering it to his customers.
Judging from the following in
stances, published in an English jour-
nal, it would seem that the absence
Of n or even both arms need not
interfere with one earning ones
bread and butter:
| 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
at Antwerp, where he has a spacious
atelier in the market place.
He uses his supple feet, without
any apparent effort, to open his col
or box, clean his brushes, set his
palette and arrange his writing ma
terials. He paints with surprising
swiftness and delioacy of touch. 1t
may be said of him, too, that he
writes an excellent foot. One of his
friends says his writing is as bold,
free and flowing as any handwriting
with which he is acquainted. He is,
moreover, a man of gentle nature,
courtly in manner, of highly cult.
waited intelligence and no less en-.
gazing in speech than in appearance.
Earlier in the present century
there flourished another armless art
ist, a lady named Hawlin, who, be-
sides painting very tolerable pic.
lures, learned to do with her toes a
variety Of interesting and ingenious
things-out out watch papers and
the like. She grssped and worked
her scissors in some way that has
never been explained.
Miss Bif1n was only a trihe less
unfortunate. She was born without
toes or hands, and without any more
arm than was represented by q
stump cut short above the elbow.
Yet she managed to make for her.
self a comfortable living in the ar
tistio way.
"She painted miniatures with OK.
quisite neatness and accuracy and
added to this by cutting out paper
profiles with the aid of her mouth,
a pair of scissors and her two little
stumps. The Earl of Morton employ
ed her to paint some portraits for
him and introduced her to the notice
of royalty, who also patronized her
and put her in 10 way of obtaining
advanced lessons in painting from
n of the foremost men of the day.
He also gave her a small pension,
with the aid of which she set up as
a regular professional. She foil in
love and married, but carried on her
work and was always known under
her maiden name"