GIRL WITHOUT ARMS

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LVI, 12 January 1926, Page 2

GIRL WITHOUT ARMS

MAKES GOOD IN VARSITY Three years ago Martha Hale's registration at the University of California attracted considerable attention. The girl had been ’without arms since birth, and it was wondered just how far she would get in competition with other normal students. Miss Hale is now a senior. She lias accomplished as much or more than most of the girls of her class. "It’s brains that count,’’ she says "not arms.” On the university honour list for high grades in her studies, Miss Hale goes to Berkeley daily from San Francisco, carrying her books balanced on a shoulder and smiling to think that some people feel sorry for her. In her case, Jeet are made to do duty for hands. S*ie can write, comb her kair, eat. even drive an automobile, or operate a typewriter—all with her feet. She wears shoes that she can remove quickly. Her stockings arc modelled so that the toes are free.

In class work Miss Halo, a pen grasped between her toes, takes notes as swiftly as any of the other students. The handicap of being armless has not dismayed the girl. Instead it lias made her work harder. She is pretty, vivacious, and mingles with others of her age without embarrassment.

"f have ambitions just tho same as any other girl,” she said. “I have boy friends, too, just like they have. “And when I find the right one, I’ll probably get married.’’