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\ FAT LADY "oUT ON THE ROLLING


DEEP.-Wc see the following laughable


account of the trials of fat lady at sea going
the rounds. The account is given in that


lady's own words:


"Our cabin had two boxes in il called
births, though collins would be nearer the
thing, for you think more Of Your latter end
at sea great deal. One Of these j. stu
aicd over the other like two shelves, and
these make together what is called a state
room. What would You think of not having
no dressing room nor noihingl But you
shall hear all. My berth is the upperInost
one, and have to climb up TO il, putting
one foot on the lower one and the other
away out on the wash stand, which is a
great stretch, and makes il very straining:
then | lli one knee on the berth a-r:,, roll
into it sideways. This iSvc. inconvcnicnt
to woman OF ny sizc and very dangerous.


Last n ggni put my foot on Mrs. Browns
Fec a she lay asleep close to the edge Of
the lower one, and nearly put hereye out, and
! have torn nearly all the skin off my knees,
and then have been burnt, and my head is
swclled. To dismouni is another feat of
horsemanship only tit for a sailor. You
cannot sit up for the floor overhead, and 50
YOU have to turn round and roll your lers
out first, and then ho.d on till you touch
bottom somewhere, and then lei yourself
down, upright. II is a dreadful work, and
not very decent for n delicate female il the
stewart happens TO come in when You are
in the act this way. | don't know which
is the hardest TO get in or out of berth;
both are the most difficult things in the
world, and shall be glad when ! am done
with it. am obliged to dress i'm bed be-
fore | leave il, and nobody who has mt tried
to put on their clothes lying down can tell
what a task it is. Lacing stays behind your
back, and YOU on your face nearly smothercd
with bed clothes, and feeling for the cylet
hole with one hand and trying to put the
tag in with the other, while you are rolling
from side to side, is no laughing natter
Yesterday / fastened on the pillow TO my
hustle by mistake in n hurry, and never
knew il till the people laughed. & the said sea
agreed with me, had grown 50 fat But
putting on stockings j. the worst for there
amt room 10 stoop forward; 80 you have TO
bring your foot 10 YOU. and, stretching out on
your back, lift up your leg till you can reach
it, and drag il on. Corpulent people cant
always do this easy, | can tell YOU. You
would pity me if You could conceive; but YOU
ca 't-no, nobody but a woman can tell
what female suffers being confined in a
berth at sea-"