New-York tribune., 1906-12-30

Miss Salle Kieinginne. Of Nolinton, Penn, Is
In some ways the most remarkable person In the
state from the fact that, though .less than four
feet tail and deprived of her hands. elbows and
lnees she Yet manages 10 do her own work and
earn her living, feat which many who
are blessed with all their limbs often find suf-
ncientiy difficult.
Miss Kleinginne was born handless. elbowless
and kneeless. and what she calls her arms are
only sturnps about eight inches long. the left
stump being the shortest.
The feet ars attached to the legs where the
knees ought 10 be. Neither foot has more than
three toes.
This brave woman resides in a comfortable
ttt1e home which she keeps spotlessly neat and
clean. She IS thirty-eight years old, and is
ono Of a family Of thirteen children. eight of
whom are now alive and all of whom were per-
xectly formed at birth except herself.
From experience she has never known what
a. really means TO have hands and knees. Yet.
disabled she IS. she lives alone in the house
her parents beoueathed her. not only performing
xhe daily housework thereof. but supporting
herself IN modest comfort by her needle. There
arc few kinds of fancy work that Miss Klein
gimme cannot do, ana this she sells TO the many
persons who come 10 visit her. And then she
has friends who now and then help her out with
gifts though these never solicited.
gospel. From childhood she has dressed her
eelf. AS her dresses button UP the back with
the stumps Of her arms she first slips them
oyer her head, open side front. Next she raises
the dress TO her mouth with her stumps, and
with her teeth buttons It. This operation COM
.ieted she slips the garment round on her body
20 the right position last OF all passing her arms
She IS now dressed and comes downstairs
carrying a large coal OIL lamp placed between
her chest and one OF her Stumps. She is very
careful in handling the lamp. and has never
had an accident. When she needs a light she
removes the globe OF the lamp with her right
stump. and, putting a match between her teeth,
strikes it by rubbing it against a board after
applies IL 10 the wick The town has electric
Nights, and some Of her friends are collecting
funds TO wire the house, make IL perfectly
safe for its pluclSy but disabled occupant.
To see Miss Kleinginne perform her toilet IS
said 10 be one of the most remarkable things Of
SITS kind iu the world She manipulates the
washrag in such way that II comes in contact
with every portion Of her face and neck. Her
hair, which she wears short, she combs by fast
ening the comb in the crevice between one of
her inside shutters and the window sill She
then plaoes her head against the comb. In a
short time her hair IS combed ana parted as
nicely as she had done it with her hands.
Her kitchen fire is now burning brightly
What will Miss Kleinginne have for breakfast?
Eggs probably, which she will either boil
bake. When she bakes them she first places the
knocks 81 against the wall 10 crack the she'll
and the yolk drops out accurately into the fry
sng pan.
It IS stin more remarkable 20 see her eat
She cuts her bread and meat by holding the
knife between the right stump and cheek She
then balances the knife the stump. and IN
this way carries the food TO her mouth.
She washes her dishes by whirling them
around in the dishpan. Her kitchen she sweeps
by placing the broom handle between her right
arm and her cheek. When mopping the floor
OF her house and the stoops. which she does
with water and a broom, she rests the top Of the
broomhandle on her right stump, bearing down
on the hand'a further down with her left But
ecrubbng h a regulation scrubbing brush IS
not Impossible TO this woman of resources On