Dear Sir, - the following may interest your one-legged readers and those who are admirers of their pluck and their attractive appearance.
Recently I was roaming through London and noticed a girl, good-looking, smartly dressed and minus her right leg, hopping along on two crutches. Her one leg was well dressed in a silk stocking and she wore a high heeled Court shoe.
While standing on the up-going escalator at Leicester Square station, I was amazed to see this girl gracefully mounting it whilst it was in motion, at a much greater speed than many able bodied people. She seemed to swing herself along with complete confidence, and appeared to be oblivious of her crippled state.
There was something extremely attractive about this girl having only one well dressed leg, and her only foot so neatly shod in her brown high-heeled Court shoe.
Why girls who have lost a leg should wish to wear an artificial one, I cannot understand; for they are far more attractive on their crutches. But this is only a mere man's point of view.
During the same "roam" I saw another girl using crutches, but this one was not minus a leg; but her left leg was perhaps 24 inches short - too short fortunately, for her to wear any unsightly boot or irons.
This leg hung limply, gently swaying as she moved along. Her left foot hung downwards (due to a stiff instep), and disclosed a Court shoe of patent leather with a heel which must have been 5 inches high. The shoe, of course, looked perfect, as it was not even soiled owing to her inability to use it or to touch the ground with it. This, too, was another form of attractiveness in a hopelessly lame girl.
I have observed other girls compelled to use crutches, either due to shortness of a leg or to the amputation of one, but I will not describe those unless your readers wish it, as it is already a long letter.
It is, however, sufficient to show that most crippled or one-legged girls, especially when well dressed, incite the admiration and sympathy of
Yours truly,
A Mere Male.