The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1899-12-01
WITH HER TONGUE.
A Crippled Girl sews, Embroidor..
and Paints with That Member.

VII EGMag I'm DTOIneVa.
and Paints with That Member.
Miss Fannie .Tunisonof Sag Harbor.
Long Island, is probably the most won
derful cripple in the world. Since the
day of her birth her hands. feet. legs
and arms have been paralyzed, but. be-
Ing of a most ambitious nature and en-
tirely unwilling that she should be only
a useless burden to those around her.
she has, by the most untiring and
painstaking efforts, trained her tongue
to perform many Of the duties usually
accomplished with the hands. Her
case, according to the best medical an
thorities, is without a parallel in the
world, and to those who have seen this
young lady at work 1t hardly seems
possible that she could do all that she
claims.
Miss Tunison, who Is about 30 years
old, Is in no way deformed; in fact. she
is a very goOd-looking young lady,
bright and intelligent, and an excellent
conversationalist. She lives with her
father and two cousins in little fish
erman's cottage, which was built by
her grandfather, seafaring man and
a soldier Of the war of 1912.
Every morning Miss Tunlson, who is
an early riser, is lifted by her father
into her invald's chair, which has
cleverly constructed work table attach
ed to 1t. In this chair she remains
throughout the day, held in by a strong
band, which also supports her body,
which is entirely powerless. In the
winter her chair is placed by the front
window so that she can see the people
passing along the sidewalk, while in
summer she is wheeled out of doors and
taken around the village. Every one
in the place knows the young and
cheerful invalid.
From the time she is lifted into her
chair in the morning until she retires
at night she is never idle, as she IS en-
gagged in painting pretty bookmarks
and blOtters, embroidering doilies, mats
and tides, making attractive table
covers, linen outline quilts, or quilts OF
craze, outline patchwork. All of this
work is done with her tongue and
mouth, and without the slightest as
sistance, as she threads her needle
knots her thread, and even uses a pair
of scissors with her tongue. She will
take needle out of her needle book by
a little lead weight, which holds II
down, and then places it standing VI
in her work. After the thread is wound
off the regular length she cuts it of
with her scissors, her tongue takes UT
the thread, and in some strange way 81
is passed through the eye of the needle
She passes the needle through the worl
which she is holding, then throws thu
work over, and holds it down by &
weight and draws the needle through
with her tongue. This she will continue
to do until her work is done
In drawing she uses wax crayons, Of
soft lead pencils. She is fond of draw
ing flowers with colored wax crayons
and when 1t is taken into consideration
that she has not the use of her hands
but only her tongue to do it with, sht
arrives at some striking results. II
strtnging the beads she is remarkably
dexterous. She will place the needle
after it is threaded, upright in the clotl
to hold it, and then with her tongu,
she will pick up some beads, one by one
and place them on the needle. Whel
the needle is full she viii take 1t on
of the cloth and let the beads pas
down on the thread and then put tn,
needle in place again for more.
She has a metalaphOne, on which sh,
loves to play occasionally to amus'
herself, and will often when she ha
friends in to see her show them how
she uses it. She places the instrumen
on the table, and, holding the mallet Il
her teeth, will manipulate it dexterous
ly with her tongue.-Brooklyn Eagle.