To the Editor. Dear Sir, - I was very interested in "A. B. T.'s" letter recently of the legless mother and one-legged daughter. Although I am one-legged myself, I have never met with one of my own sex who has undergone a double amputation, though I suppose such cases exist.
I don't think I should like to have both legs off. I am entirely happy with only one, and enjoy the attention a pair of crutches and my one foot attract. Most people pity a one-legged girl, but there are many compensations.
My sister, with whom I live, is a big, athletic girl, and rather scorns my little high-heeled Court shoes, and thinks I should hide my one-legged conditions as much as possible.
My left leg was taken off when I was 14, leaving me with a short stump about 8 inches long. I cycled, and used to play a few games with a single crutch. I soon got my balance, and was able to hop about in the house or garden without a crutch at all. As I grew up, my only fear was that men would shun me; but I soon found out that some men seemed to admire my one-legged condition and to seek to get to know me, and now I am engaged to very dear boy who confesses that he prefers me as I am.
Yours truly,
Single Shoe