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~crld- Della. accSeciax - TIE Pitts
bargh Pa , correspondent - the Chic&-
- lines. = sixteen Ys4rs q sge aRd
she tips s1e bean a. exactly sc Eso1nas-
sac IS the d4aShter of Eespsct&tle b1t
poor psrsn =. heg father Is = co3l-ainer
IN the WestmoTela1d regions and her
home Is At Coses lile. that county. neAr
the Indiana County line. Her parents
are both u ordinary size and none Of
her brothers or sisters show signs - ex-
ceeding the &ver&gs limits IA point Of
physical development. AT the axe Of
five years oDe sister reached the weighs
0f rs pounds. but she died at that
period.
The correspondent visited Della's
home aud found her 10 be q sufficiently
c0mely American girl, strong and
healthy, and OF fair intelligence IA
fact, she Is rather pretty, considering
her enormous proportions. She vas
asked 10 tell something about how she
esme % De 80 stout, bat the question
staggered her; she could not teal In
this connection, however. the writer
drew from her the most remarkable
feature OF her existence.
What do you eat9" she was asked.
mot much" was the astonishing re-
ply.
"You seem surprised, and | don't
blame you for doubling what have Just
told you. but nevertheless IL is gospel
Il
But how did you get so fst?"
81 can not tell. You would like 20
know what eat9 ! will tell YOU IL
will not take long. la the first place,
/ for my breakfast / usually take a cup
I OF coffee and one or two hot cakes or q
slice OF toast. nothing more; for dinner
| j eat slice and = half OF bakers bread
and very small piece of steak or
some potatoes and cabbage. My supper
consists Of about the same amount, with,
| of course, an occasional change of diet
Really, to tell yon the truth, meal for
an ordinary person will last me two
meals and VIII have all want. too"
Mrs. Beck verified her daughters
statement and added that they were
sometimes alarmed lest their child o
health should fail from lack of proper
nourishment.
Have you never tried to reduce your
weight?" asked the writer of Miss Beck.
NO, sir. l never have" she replied.
why should 1? | am happy, and never
know what il is to be Ill. ! experience
no difficulty in walking, but l puff a
little when go upstairs"
When Dclla was ave years Of age she
weighed $40 pounds, and she has boon
gaining steadily ever since. She HIS in
crea d I'm weight at the rate of one
pound per month for tho last few years,
feet inches. She measures 81
inches around the waist, l2 inches
around the neck and 81 inches around
the fleshy part Of the arm. Her feet arc
not long but are abnormally broad, so
that it is impossible to procure any or
binary pair of woman's shoes 10 fit nor.
The same difficulty is experienced in
fting her with hose. Her mother ex-
planned that to meet the embarrassment
which this causes she buys two pairs ol
hose and makes them into one. Della's
chair is a curious piece of furniture, es-
pecially made for her, and is a settee
large enough for two persons. Her bed
is furnished with extra supports.
Compared with famous fat women Of
history Della Beck outshines, or rather
outweighs them all when her age is
taken into account. Hannah Battersby
tho fattest woman that over lived, did
not acquire her enormous proportions
until after she was forty, and Big Win.
ME, the colorcd heavyweight, was
thirty before sho made record. Della
and her parents have at last decided tc
accept the offer of local museum mana
ger, and the girl will then appear fol
the first time in public. She will con
tinue on the road and will manage her
self