LEGLESS MAN WHO DANCES.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3324, 31 October 1919, Page 8

LEGLESS MAN WHO DANCES.

—-~«-——~——.o- —»~————~ AND AN ARMLESS ONE WHO SHAVES QUICKER THAN BARBER.

Two Americans, a banker and an ex-judge, who are both without vital limbs, explained to nearly 3000 disabled soldiers at the Central Hall, Westminster, how they had overcome their disability and “made good” in life. The-banker. Mr M. Dowling, has lost both feet, the left arm and pal't of the right. hand. but he possesses -the “gift of -oratory, and frequently caused 12.ughter and applause. Bluff, bearded, and emphatic, he said his loss was due to frost~bite contracted when a lad of fifteen, and though without a penny, he isnow an influence in the political and finafibial life of Minnesota. 1 “The only thing I can"t do,“ he confcssed, “is to tie my bow. I’\'e been trying for thirty years, and I hope some day l:‘11 learn to -tie that tie.” To :1 representative of the D"aily Chronicle, Mr Dowling said he 1-ides horseback, skates and drives his own auto-mobile, the first niotor being introcluced into Minnesota by him twenty years ago_ “And I dance too,” he added. “None of my partners has ever complained that I’_m. awkward. I never step on their toes, and (glancing whimsically at -his ersatz feet), “I’m sure I. don't mind if they jump on mine." V Judge Corley, who has been armless for 14 years. is not troubled with the problem of a bow tie. “I use a madeup‘one_," he explained. He dresses in fifteen minutes, and shaves himself considerably quicker than a. barber could, he asserts. I

His purse is carried in :1 Licl-mt pocket outside his coat, and, with his mechanical “hands” he can extract coins with the precision of ‘..-mg prac~ ticc. No thief has _/ct aitelr:pte<l to relieve him of his purse, “an-1, any Wa"y,’_’ he said, laughing merrily, “thoy’d find little in it; sonlet‘.mcs nothing at 3.11." “ With their confidence and merry spirits, their racy “nor:-ativa: and example the tjxo .~‘..mol'iCa‘-.15 niarl-3 :1 great impression on the limbiess S".-Ic'li€:l's. They are touring the country and will visit France.