Iron County news. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1890-189?, 1891-03-14

A veritabie mountain Of roliickinp.
rolling flesh Is good-natured, pleasant
faced Della Beck, the largest girl in the
world. Della, according TO the Pitts.
ourgh (Ps.) correspondent OF the Chica-
go Times, is sixteen years OF age and
she tips the beam at exactly $50 ponnds.
She Is tho daughter of respectable but
poor parents; her father is a coal-miner
in the Westmoreland regions, and her
home Is at Cokeville, that county, near
the Indiana County line. Her parents
are both OF ordinary size and none OF
her brothers OF sisters show signs OF ex-
ceeding the average limits In point of
physical development. At the age of
Ave years one sister reached the weight
of las pounds, but she died ut that
period.
The correspondent visited Della's
home and found her TO be a sufficiently
comely American girl, strong and
healthy, and of fair intelligence. In
fact, she Is rather pretty. considering
her enormous proportions. She was
asked to tell something about how she
came to be so stout, but the question
staggered her; she could not tell In
this connection, however, the writer
drew from her the most remarkable
feature OF her existence.
"What do you eat2" she was asked.
mot much" was the astonishing re-
ply.
"You seem surprised. and don't
blanc you for doubling what have Just
told you. but nevertheless 1t is gospel
truth. never had much Of an appetite"
but how did you get SO fat?"
81 can not tell. You would like to
know whatI eat7 will tell you. It
will not take long. In the first place,
for my breakfast ! usually take cup
OF coffee and one or two hot cakes or a
slice OF toast, nothing moro; for dinner
cat SLICE and a half Of bakers bread
and very small piece of steak or
some potatoes ana cabbage. My supper
consists OF about the same amount, with,
oil course, an occasional change OF diet.
Really, to tell yon the truth, meal for
An ordinary person will last me two
meals and I will have all want. too"
Mrs. Beck verified her daughters
statement and added that they wore
sometimes alarmed lest their child's
health should fail from lack OF proper
nourishment.
Have you never tried to reduce your
weight?' asked tho writer OF Miss Beck.
mo, sir. never have" she replied.
why should ~ / am happy, and never
know what 1t is to DO i'll. experience
no difficulty in walking, bat puff a
little when 20 upstairs.
nj "a
weighed 140 pounds, and sho has been
gaining steadily ever since She has In
creased in weight at tho rate OF one
pound per month for the last fow years,
and is still ~p'ri-~ IN ro'-ht she Is
foct 4 inches. She measures 81
inches around tho waist, 10 inches
around the neck and 81 inches around
not long but are abnormally broad, SO
that 1t is impossible to procure any or
binary pair of woman's shoes TO it her.
Tho same difficulty is experienced in
fitting her with hose. Her mother cx-
planned that TO meet the embarrassment
which this causes she buys two pairs OF
hose and makes them into one. Della's
chair is a curious piece OF furniture, os-
pecially made for her, and is settee
large enough for two porsons. Hor bed
is furnished with extra supports.
Compared with famous fat women OF
history Della Beck outshines, or rather |
Jutweighs them all when her age Is
taken into account. Hannah Battersby, |
tho latest woman that ever lived. did |
not acquire her enormous proportions
until after she was forty and Big Win
MO, the colorcd heavyweight, was
thirty before she made record. Della
and her parents have at last decided to
accept tho offer Of a local museum mana
ger, and the girl will then appear for
the first time in public, She will con-
tinue on tho road and will manage her
anlf