Dear Sir, - I have followed with close interest the courteous duel between Joan Roper and Wallace Stort. There is no doubt that victory rests with the latter, who, as "psychologist" agrees, has established his contention that there is a class of men who find monopedes attractive. This being so, the monopede who hopes for marriage should not attempt to conceal her deficiency, but to display it attractively. Incidentally, let me express to Wallace Stort my great gratitude for his splendid articles and stories.
While I am handing out bouquets, I should certainly like to hand one to "Zenophon" and another to Miss Olive Kent, the charming one-legged subject of his letter and photograph. All your many interested readers will wish to hear more of Miss Kent, her thoughts, experiences and ambitions. She is certainly the most beautiful of the monopedes whose photographs have appeared in your pages. If Miss Kent wishes to go on to stage the publicity given - and I hope to be given - her through the pages of "London Life" may well help her to achieve her ambition. In any case, we should like to hear more of her and to have some more photographs.
I observe that Wallace Stort only deals with that class of man definitely possessing the limbless kink. I agree that this class exists probably in greater numbers than is generally supposed, but I think there is another and larger class who, while not possessing the kink, is definitely interested in and by no means repelled by one-legged girls.
I have several monopede friends, and I have always found that other acquaintances who know of such friendship exhibit a keen interest in the girls. This interest is due, I am certain, not to idle curiosity, but to a feeling akin to but much weaker than my own. If an attractive monopede enters a crowded place, one can always sense a quickening of interest among those present, and it is surprising how many people wish to ask questions concerning the girl. In any case I should be interested to know Wallace Stort's views on this aspect of the question.
Yours truly,
Disciple.