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Show J FATTEST OF ALL. A Girl Who Wolffha Four Hundred and Fifty Founds. nr Appatlto Is to Delicate That Her rarenu Botuatlraea neooroe Alarraad Two Pln of StotkltiRi IUqulred to Mako On for Delia. A vorttablo mountain of rollicking, rolling flesh la good-natured, pleasant-facod pleasant-facod Dolla Beck, tho largest girl In tho world. Dolla, according to tho Pittsburgh Pitts-burgh (Pa.) correspondent of tho Chicago Chica-go Timos, is sixteen years of ago and sho tips tho beam at exactly 450 pounds. Sho is tho daughtor of rcspootablo but poor parents; her fathor Is a coaUmlnor in the Westmoreland regions, and hor homo is at Cokovlllo, that county, near tho Indiana County lino. Ilor parents aro both of ordinary size and none of hor brothers or sisters show signs of exceeding ex-ceeding tho avorngo limits in point of physical development. At tho ago of flva years ono slstor reached tho wolghc of 145 pounds, but eho diod at that porlod. Tho correspondent visited Delia's homo and found hor to bo a sufficiently comoly American girl, strong and healthy, and of fair intelligence In faot, sho is rather protty, considering hor enormous proportions. Sho was asked to toll somotlilng about how sho camo to bo so stout, but tho question staggered hor; sho could not toil. In this connection, however, tho wrltor drow from hor tho most remarkable foaturo of hor oxlstenco. "What do you cat?" buo was Bskod. "Not much," was tho astonishing reply. re-ply. "You seom surprlsod, and I don't blamo you for doubting what I havo lust told you, but nevertheless it la gospel truth. I never had muoh of an appotlto." "But how did you got so fat?" "I can not toll. You would liko to know what r cat? I will toll you. It will not tako long. In tho lint place, for my breakfast I usually tako a cup of coffee and ono or two hot cakes or a sIIlo of toast, nothing moro; for dinner I oat a slico and a halt of hakerc' broad and a vory small piece of steak or somo potatoes and cabbage. My suppor consists of about tbo samo amount, ltb, of course, an occasional change ol dlot. Really, to toll yon tho truth, a meal for n ordinary person will last mo two meals and I will havo a'l I want, too." Mrs. Beck vorlQod hor daughter's statoment and added that thoy woro somotlmos alarmed lest their child's health should fall from a lack of propor nourishment. "Havo you novor tried to reduco your woigbt?'' usked tho writprof Miss Beck. "No, sir. I novor havo," ibe replied "Why should I? I am happy, and novor know wlmt It is to bo ill. I experience no difficulty In walking, .bit. I pulta little when I go upstairs." Whon Dolla was flvo years of age sho weighed 140 pounds, and alia has been 0 aining steadily over olncW Sho In s increased in-creased In woight at the rato of ono pound per month for tho last fow years, and 1 H11 ilnt- Tn i-MMit she Is foot 4 Inches. " Sho measures 61 inches around tho waist, 13 inches around thu nock and 91 Inches around tho fleshy part of tho arm. Ilor fcot aro not long but aro abnormally broad, 60 that It Is lmposdblo to proem o any ordinary or-dinary pair of woman's shoos to lit hor. Tho samo dlfUoulty is experienced in lining her with hose. Ilor mother explained ex-plained that to meet tho embarrassment which this causes alio buys two palro of hose and makos them Into one. Delia's ohalr is a curious pieco of furniture, especially es-pecially mado for her, and Is a settee lurgo enough fur Uo porsons. Ilor bud Is furnished with extra bupports.- Comparcd with famous fat women of history Dolla Bock outshines or rathor jutwelghs them all wbun hor ago is taken Into account. Hannah Batterxby, the fattest woman that otor lived, did not acqulro hor enormous proportions until after oho was forty, and Big Winnie, Win-nie, the colored heavy- eight, wm thirty beforo sho mado a record. Dolla and her pnrentshave at lat decided to accopt thu oiler bl a local museum manager, mana-ger, and tho girl nlll thon appear for the first tiino in puUlo, Sho will continue con-tinue on tho road and will manage hor- 80lf. ' |