Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-09-20

and h handicaps She has met and
bravery overcome. And then take heart
anew.
one of the best known as we'll as II
IF the most respected inhabitants of
the busy factory town OF MohusNille.
IN Berks county. Pennsylvania. is Miss
Sallie kleinsinmc. who is cheerfully
working her way through life despite
the fact that she WAS born Without
hands or knees.
She resides IN n comfortable home. in
which all the work is done by her. n
iresseS herself. cooks her meals, does
plain and fancy sewing. scrubs her
floors. whitewashcs her fences and
writes letters. indeed, she has trained
herself To about everything that an or
binary Woman is called upon To do. de
spite the fact that nature has handi-
capped her 50 cruelty.
Hank We. therefore. To the story of
Miss kleiusinne and her brave battle
against fate.
The attention of the public was called
recently To the case OF kitty smith.
AN Indiana girl. who lost both her arms
through accident some years ago
\. kind of circular-lettcr system of APP
peal. adopted ON behalf OF this untor-
tunate young m has resulted in
the accumulation of a considerable
sum of money. which is being used for
her support.
No appeal for the aid of Miss Klein
gimme has been made. teSolutelN ana
alone she faces her misfortune. n per
ions who have seen her At her occupit-
tlons marvcled at her accomplishments.
Miss kleinginne was born without
hands ANA minus the usual loWcr por-
<ons of the legs. All there is of her
arms are stumps about eight inches
0ne. The left is somewhat shorter
Cham the right stump. The woman has
40 leg eXtreinitics below the knees. The
feet are attached to the legs. where the
knees seemingly ought to be. and each
'oot has but three toes.
Miss ~KleinSinne resides in a COM
'ortable house. II presents Il neat n
lean appearance. and the cleanliness is
NJ due to the eXertions of the unfortu-
nate but always happy woman
She is now IS years of age. was born
in Cumru township. Berks county, a
laughter of the late MIR. and Mrs. Ben
neville kleinginne, who resided on Il
farm. She was one of thirteen child
zen. eight of whom survive. All the
other children were perfectly formed.
This woman never knew what 1t
meant to possess the usual well-formed
members, and. apparently, she has new
er missed them.
When her parents retired from the
''illll Miltit llt WoItli1 WAS UOTH t1ty
% into the house where Miss Klein
gimme now resides and which she owns.
After their death she made her home
in The same house with the family of
4 brother for a time. Nearly Il ear
< the brother and his family moved
nto another house. and since then she
has lived alone.
She does not feel lonesome. She is
cb!e to wait m herself and is not OBJ
liged to call ON her relatives and friends
for any assistance whatever.
Miss kleinginne is II devout Chris
tan. She is n emb of Zion United
Evangelical church. of Mohnsville, and
the Rev. w. J. Itdclman is her pastor.
She is also a member of the Sunday
school. Women's Missionary society and
Christian EndeaVor society. and is reg
ular in her attendance.
While Miss kleinginne is without
lower legs. she is able to walk. Ere
|quently she journeys to Reading on
the trolley. and travels along the pave
uentS with almost the Ease of more
fortunate persons.
one would think hat n person with
out hands could not dress herself. and
yet she does. Her dresses. too. button
at the back.
With the stumps of her arms. she
slips the dress over her head. keeping
the open side in front. She then raises
1T to her mouth. and with the teeth she
buttons it. When this operation is com
pl"ted she slips the dress around her
body to the desired position. and push
es the arm stumps into the sleeves.
With her short arms and teeth she
puts on her stockings and laces her
shoes. Completing her toilet, she comes
downstairs, carrying a large coal oil
lamp between her breast and one Of the
arm stulnps. When she needs Il light
she ENJOY the lamp globe with her
right arm. and. taking Il match be-
tween her teeth, strikes it.
a remarkable spectacle is that of
Miss k%leinsinne at her toilet. She ma
nipulates the washrag so that it strikes
every portion of her face. She wears
her hair short. but combs it herself
daily. To do this she fastcns the comb
to n of the inside shutters in such "A
way that the teeth of the comb pro-
trude beyond the edge of the sill. She
then places her head against the comb.
ard in n short time the hair is dressed
as neatly as,she would be able to do it
with The aid of hands.
For her breakfast she usually cooks
several eggs. To break them she places
the cgs between the stump of her right
arm and her cheek and cracks the
shell. whence the contents drop into
the pam.
II is still more remarkable to see her
''N- '''I |''' ~ pi'aih dliIl meat "
holding the Knife between the right
stump and check. The knife is then
balanced ON The stump. and in thi:
manner she carries the food To her
moath. After the meal she washes her
dishes as easily as she does any of he,
other work.
when Miss Kleinginne undertakes Ia
clean her kitchen She does SO by sweep
ing The floor with II broom placed be-
tween nor right arm and the cheek.
When she scrubs the porch with the
broom the top of the. broom handle
rests on her right arm and the left
bears upon the broom handle further
down She is also able to scrub the
floor with q brush.
Just as easily and in the same man
n"r she cleans and blackcns her stove.
she allows the fire to get low or 20
out. and then she gets on top of the
stove. placing her foot through the
aanile Of the brush, and in a few min
utos she has her stove shining.
When n starts her fire she takes
u ions-handled coal shovel. which is
wcll balanced on her short arm, and
in tcis way She takes the coal from
the bucket and shovols it into the
stowe.
Miss K%lcinginne attends to all Of her
correspondence She is able to writ.
- leSibiy as the average person. Wish
ing to reply to a letter, she takes a
Shcct of iaper. places a lead pencil be-
tween the stump of hcr right arm and
cheek. and proceeds TO write. She has