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AT ABMLESS. WOMAN.
:yi'EÀK?-Wf3DDING- KINGDON LEFT.,
"the- j. -FOOT. - ,?*" ''
At Eastbourne, (England), resides a
woman probably without an equal in England
She was born minus arms, yet
she" can do almost anything with her feet
Her name is Mrs Peirce, of Tower street,
And recently he attended a dinner given
feet the old people of the town by the local
lodge of Buffaloes " £ ^ ; ^
v8Eé surprised^Sverybody, present by 'plane,
ing her feet upon the table. and, prolong
up the a knife and fork, with marvellous
dexterity, commenced to enjoy the feast
She manipulated the knife and fork quite
as well as any ordinary person would with
her hands, and although she looked very
uncomfortable with her feet on the table,
she was quite at ease. t ¡
One had to look very closely to discern
that Mrs." Peirce was actually using her
feeble and. had anyone been looking round
and had not known of her infirmity he
"would have..-pa8Bfed* withouk-"noticing' any.
thing," so natural did she look. '.
As a housewife, Mrs. Paree is truly
wonderful. She cooks the dinner, cleans
the house, in fact, she fulfilment very
creditably, too almost all of the duties
of a housewife. She has had seven children,
but of these six have died. The
seventh, - however; is married, and Mrs
Peirce. show a grandmother. ' Thatcher 2
children did not die early, and Up to the
time of their deaths Mrs Peirce did '"not
quire any assistance in order adequately
-This unique woman wears her wedding
ring On the top foot. When she I was
-married she was asked if she would care to
sit down for the bridegroom to place the
Tomison the toe, but^sheZ-TefuBed,^ and
lifting hcV foot to the level of her bases
barnie waist with the greatest of ease the
necessary performance * was successfully
carried out. " " * " " T- ' ' ""
Then again, Mrs. Peirce can write excel .
ten days" with the left foot and can perform'
the art of needlework to a wonder nil degree
of excellence. - She, works' with the
left foot and guides the material with the
right.
Whe
en asked". to "hand" anything, Mrs.
Pénibbdoes so with perfect ease and come
forth r Should the article asked for Tie on
the sideboard or on the piano, h sets foot
would leisurely lift itself up to that particular
place, and the ' request would be fulfilled.
"It is said that Mrs. Peirce's feet
are far more capable that the hands of
some people * t
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