Dear Sir, - Last time I wrote you it was under the nom de plume "One-legged Bride To-be", and now that I am a "One-legged Bride That IS," your readers, - especially "C. D. B.," for he has said so - may like to hear once again.
Well, all went off according to plan, and no unforeseen accident happened, and the foreseen ones were studiously avoided.
I was congratulated by many on my appearance, and my short dress showing up my one-legged state was considered admirably suitable for a crippled girl as I am. I felt complete confidence and no inferior complex as I slowly swung up the aisle on my beautiful grey crutches. It was the first time I had used them, and so they were spotless and glistening in the fitful sunlight. My escort walked slightly behind and to the side of me, and I was conscious of all eyes being on me - first on my face and general appearance, and then they dropped to the crutches supporting me. At the altar my two attendants each unobtrusively took one of my crutches and I knelt without difficulty, each bridesmaid placing a crutch under its respective armpit as I later rose.
I did not walk out of the church in the accustomed manner, on the arm of the groom, as it meant temporarily discarding one of my crutches and thereby affecting an ungainly gait, as is always so with those who use only one.
My going-away costume was of grey, and with my one high-heeled shoe and the same grey crutches, the tout ensemble was voted ideal. I have shown "C. D. B.'s" letter to my husband, and I should like to thank him for his kind words.
In suggesting a padlocked gold chain on the one remaining ankle, perhaps "C. D. B." is thinking that, being padlocked, that one ankle may be saved a similar fate to that of its companion!
My husband has bought me a lovely four-and-a-half-inch high-heeled patent leather shoe, which I am getting about famously on, and he tells me that as it is normal to buy a pair, but I have use for only one, he will get me a second one but that it will have a five inch heel. I am a little dubious as to whether I can manage such a high heel on my one leg, but I intend to master it as it is hardly possible to refuse such a request when all the thrills of being one-legged, using wonderful crutches, and all the rest that make life for us monopedes so happy and worthwhile are put in the background when a man gather up his one-legged wife in his arms and tells her that though he would have been attracted by her in any case, it was her having only one leg that brought out his love, and that he married her not in spite of her affliction, but because of it. How often has he told me that he would far sooner have me as I am, with just one leg, than if I had two. What a man and what a husband!
I must tell you that I often have to be out in the black-out and so I have had my crutches treated with luminous paint, and I do commend this to all one-legged girls as a very excellent safety precaution, for even those of us who have complete confidence in and on our crutches are in constant danger on a dark night.
Though this is a long letter, may I add a word as to your excellent picture of that charming Miss Olive Kent which was reproduced in one of your issues, for I noticed that for charging by the crutch she was holding, it indicated that this young lady had her right leg amputated, whereas I think I am correct in saying that it was the left leg that is missing.
Yours truly,
One-Legged Bride That Is.