Dear Sir, - I am glad at last to see that "Single High Heel" has led the way by sending a charming photo of herself with her one leg. In order to encourage other monopedes, I am sending one or two snaps of myself, in the hope that they will be suitable for reproduction.
My left leg was amputated not far from the hip about four years ago and, strange though it may seem, I am perfectly happy on my crutches. Perhaps it is partly the sympathy and interest my one-legged condition arouses wherever I go, for most girls like to attract attention and certainly I get my full share, whatever the cause may be.
If I am at the seaside and hop down the promenade on my smart French crutches, I am conscious that all eyes are on me and my single leg. If I enter a room full of people, I am at once given a seat and looked after with special attention. Of course I know it is chiefly because I am a cripple, but as a not unattractive and well dressed girl it certainly appeals to me. Anyway, I have gradually come to think that the stump of my leg is not such an unfortunate possession as I once thought it. Like "Single High Heel" I can hop about the house without my crutches, and prefer it, as it sets my hands free, and with the aid of a double balastir rail I can also get up and down stairs on my one leg.
When out of doors I prefer to use two crutches, as a single crutch gives one a rather ungraceful walk. I wear a high-heel shoe, as I have always been used to wearing heels very high before my amputation. I have a pin-leg, but must confess I do not like it, and rarely wear it, though, strangely enough, my husband likes me to wear it and seems to think it attractive. So sometimes, to please him, I put it on and go out after dark with my little wooden leg and single slipper. But, best of all, I like in the evenings to hop over to his side and know that I am truly loved in spite of being
Yours truly,
A One-Legged Wife.