The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-08-01
She Has Wonderful Tongue.

| From the New York Press.
Miss Fannie Tunison of Sag Har-
| Dor, l.. l., is probably the most wonder
full cripple in the world. Since the day
of her birth her hands, feet, legs and
! arms have paralyZed, but being of a
| most ambitious nature and entirely IN
willing that she should be only a use
| less burden to those around her, she
has by the most untirlng and pains
| taking efforts trained her tongue TO
| perform many of the duties usually ac-
| complished with the hands. Her case,
| according to the best medical authorl-
| ties, is withoupt parallel in the world,
| and to those who have seen this young
| lady at work it hardly seems possible
that she could do all that she claims.
| Miss Tunison, who is about 80 years
old, lis 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 a little fish
erman's cottage, which was built by her
grandfather, a seafaring man and a
soldier of the war of 1872
Every morning Miss Tunison, who is
an early riser, is lifted by her father
into her invalid's chair, which has
constructed work table attached to it.
In this chair she remains throughout
the day, held in by strong band,
which also supports her body, which
chair is placed by the front window, so
that she can see people passing along
the sidewalk, While in summer she is
wheeled out of doors and taken around
the village. Everyone 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 bookmarkts
and blotters, embroidering doilies, mats
and tides, making attractive table COW
ers, linen outline quilts or quilts OF
craze, outline patchwork All of this is
done with her tongue and mouth and
without the slightest assistance, as she
threads her needle, knots her thread
and even uses a pair of scissors with
her tongue. She will take a needle OUT
of her needle book by a little lead
weight which holds it down and then
places 1t standing up in her work. After
the thread is wound off the regular
length she cuts it off with her scissors,
her tongue takes up the thread, and in
some strange way it passes through
the eye of the needle. She passes the
needle through the work which she is
holding, then throws the work over and
holds it down by a weight and draws
the needle through with her tongue.
TheiS she will continue to do until her
work is done.
In drawing she uses wax crayons CT
soft lead pencils. She is fond of draw
ing flowers with colored wax crayons,
and when ut is taken into consideration
that she has not the use of her hands,
but only her tongue to do with, she ar
rives at some striking results In
stringing beads she is remarkably dex-
terous She will place the needle, after
it is threaded, upright in the cloth to
hold it, and then with her tongue she
Will take it out of the cloth and let the
beads pass down the thread and then
put the needle in place again for more
She has metalaphone, on which she
loves to play occasionally to amuse her
self, and will often, when she has
friends in to see her, show them how
she uses it. She places the instrument
on the ia ble, and, holding the mallet in
her teeth. will manipulate it deXterous-
ly with her tongue.