Dear sir, - I was very pleased to read in your last issue of the ever-popular "London Life" that the Summer Number will contain a story about a one-legged girl. I am sure this will be a pleasing feature. I am very interested in the acts of girls who have only one leg, as I am one of the number.
This is how it came about. Twelve months ago I had an accident when driving my father's car, and I got so damaged that my right arm and left leg had to be amputated.
At first I began to despair. Gone were my visions of happiness when I, a girl of 17, realised that I should have to go about for the rest of my life minus my right arm and left leg.
But since you published in your bright paper a letter from a one-legged girl, telling how she wore a slender wooden leg, and, above all, a very high-heeled shoe, I have done likewise and since then I have delighted in my limblessness.
I used to find it awkward to walk with a crutch, as that required the full use of my hand; but now I wear a wooden leg and get a very thrilling sensation as I improve the daintiness of my walk with a shoe which has a 4 inch heel.
In conclusion, let me thank "One-legged Girl," through your paper, for the joy which she has aided me to obtain.
Hoping to see some features on one-legged girls and high heels in your paper from time to time.
Yours truly,
Elsie C.