Dear Sir, - I have often noticed in your paper letters from readers, both men and women, describing the delights of wearing high heels, and I think my experience would be of interest to your readers.
I have always been very fond of wearing very high heels, but about four years ago I lost my leg in an accident - I was not wearing high heels at the time, so they cannot be blamed for the accident.
During my convalescence I resolved not to give myself up to a life on crutches and low heels, and as soon a I left hospital and could use crutches, I resumed my high heels - now only one heel, though.
I found I could manage quite well with a heel four inches high, and had an ordinary peg leg made to fit my height when wearing the leg and ordinary low heel for working in, the peg was too long to walk on, so I had to resort to crutches again.
However, the leg was very comfortable, as it had a rubber pad on he end to lessen the noise as it met the ground, and a rubber pad in the socket for my stump to rest on. I had to use a stick to walk on, of course.
I now use elbow crutches, as I find that they do not distort my figure so much as the kind which fit under the arm and I can wear my single high heel with comfort, and in the evening indoors I can manage a five inch heel, but cannot walk more than a few paces on it.
I do not wear my high heels in the streets, as my solitary leg already attracts more attention than I care about, but I never wear a heel less than two and a half inches high, and for the same reason I do not wear very short dresses out of doors, as my leg is taken off at the knee, so my stump would be visible, so therefore I only wear a very short skirt in the house and in company with intimate friends, and then my stump in the upper half of the black stocking is no commented on.
All my shoes are of patent leather and my stockings are of black silk.
Some of your readers also describe the delights of being perched on tip toe, but let them wear a five inch heel and stand on one leg, and even then they do not feel as I do, as they can always put the other foot to the ground and keep the balance.
I have never yet seen a letter in your paper from a onelegged wearer of high heels, or even an article describing a one-legged girl. Surely there must be some besides myself.
Yours truly,
Helen Fivetoes