Daily camera. [volume] (Boulder, Colo.) 1891-1928, 1899-10-25
WONDERFUL TONGUE.
With 1t a Paralyzed Woman Sup
ports Herself Comfortably.
She Paints, Embroiders and Does
Many Difficult Things with This
the Only Movable Member
She Has.

Miss Fannie W. 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 been paraIyzed, but, being OF
most ambitious nature and entirely
unwilling that she should be only Il
useless burden 10 those around her, she
has by the most untiring 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 autnorl-
ties. is without a parallel in the world,
and to those who have seen this young
lady at work it hardly scem. possibly
that she could do all that she claims.
Miss Tunison, VINO is about 80 years
Did. is in no way deformed; in fact she
is very good-looking young lady,
bright and intelligent and an excellent
conversationalist. She lives with her
father and two cousins in little fish
ermaH's cottage, which was buAt by
her grandfather, a seafaring man and
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 a
cleverly constructed work table at
tached to it. In thi. chair she remains
throughout the day, held in by strong
band, which also supports her body,
which is entirely Fowerless. In the
winter her chair is placed by the front
window, so that she can sec The 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 booEmarks
and blotters, embroidering dUilIes. mats
and tides, making attractive table COW
ers, 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
sistauce, as she threads her needle,
knots her thread, and even uses pair of
scissors with her tongue. She viii take
needle out of her needle book by a
little lead weight which holds il down,
aud then places it 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 il is
passed 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
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 or
soft lead pencils. She is fond of draw
ing flowers with colored wax crayons,
and when ii is not taken into considera-
tion that she has not the use of her
hands, but only her tongue to do it with,
she arrives at some striking results In
stringing beads she is remarkably deN-
trous. She will place the needle. after
il is threaded, upright in the cloth to
hold it, and then with her tongue she
will pick up some beads, one by one,
and place them on the needle. When
the needle is full She will take il out of
the cloth and let the beads pass down
on 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
abe uses it. She places the Instrument
on the table and, holding the mallet in
her teeth, will manipulate it dexterous-
" with her tongue.-N. Y. Press.