Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1890-11-28
THE FATTEsT OF ALL
A Girl Who Weighs Four Hundred
and Fifty Pounda
Her Appetite h 90 Delicate That Her
- Parents SomotImosi become AlnrmedA
Two Pairs OF Stockings Required TO
Make One for Della.

A veritablo mountain Of rollicking,
rolling flesh is good-natured, pleasant
faced Della Beck, the largest girl in tho
world. Della, according to the Pitts
burgh pa correspondent Of the Chica-
20 Times, is sixteen years Of ago and
sho tips tho beam ut exactly $50 pounds.
Sho is the daughter of respectable but
poor parents; her father is eoal-miner
in tho Westmoreland regions, and her
homo is at Cokevillo, that county, near
the Indiana County line. Her parents
arc both Of ordinary size and none of
her brothers or sisters show signs OF ex-
cccding tho average limits in point of
physical development At the age Of
Two years ono sister reached tho weight
Of 145 pounds, but she died at that
period.
Tho correspondent visited Della's
homo and found her to BIO sufficiently
:omely American girl, strong and
healthy, and of fair intelligence. In
fact, sho 10 rather pretty, considering
her enormous proportions. She was
asked to tell something about how sho
;anle to DO so stout, but tho question
staggered her; sho could not toll. In
this connection, however, tho writer
lrcw from her the most remarkable
feature Of hor existence.
"What do you eat?'' she was asked.
mot much," was the astonishing re-
ply.
''You seem surprised, and I don't
hlamo you for doubling what have just
told you. but nevertheless it is gospel
truth. ! never had much of an appetite"
I(pt hrvy Co.
81 can not toll. You would like to
know what eat? I will tell you. 1t
will not take long: In tho first place,
for my breakfast l usually take cur
OF coifoe and ono or two hot cakes or
slice of toast, nothing more; for dinnoI
| cat slice and half Of bakers bread
and very small pieco Of steak OF
somc potatoes and cabbage. My supper
consists of about the Same amount.with,
Of course, an occasional change Of diet.
Really, to toll yon tho truth, meal for
an ordinary person will last mo two
meals and will have all want. too"
Mrs. Beck verified her daughters
statement and added that they were
sometimes alarmed lest their child's
health should fail from lack Of proper
nourishmcnt.
Have you never tried to reduce your
weight" asked the writer OF Miss Beck.
No. sir. i never have" she replied
why should /? ] am happy, and never
know what it is to BIO i'll. j experience
no difficulty in walking, but l puff u
little when go upstairs.
When Della was five years of age she
weighed 140 pounds, and she has been
m m " rin Il In,
creased III weight at tho ratio of one
pound per month for the last few years,
and is still gaining. In height sho Is
feet inches. Sho measures 81
inches around tIn waist, IL inches
around the neck and 81 inches around
the fleshy part of tho arm. Her feet arc
not long but arc abnormally broad, SO
that it is impossible to procure any or.
binary pair Of woman'S shoes to ii hor.
Tho samo difficulty is experienced in
lifting her with hose. Her mother OK.
planned that to meet the embarrassment
which this causes sho buys two pairs Of
bose and makes them into one. Dclla's
chair is curious picco Of furniture, es.
pccially made for her, and is satLee
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 whom her ago is
taken into account Hannah I5attcrsby,
the latest woman that over lived. did
not acquire her enormous proportions
until after she was forty, and Big Win.
ME. the colored heavyweight, was
thirty before sho mado record. Della
and her parents have at last decided to
accept tho offer Of local museum mana.
ger. and tho girl will then appear for
the FIRST timo in public. Sho will con.
tinue on tho road and will manage her.
self.