Show THE ORIGIN OF TATTOOING it antes so far back that it I 1 kloct la antiquity tattooing dates back so tar that it is impossible to discover when it was first practiced but it was one of the practices that were prohibited to the jews for in leviticus 1928 is the following ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead nor print any marks upon you from this it may be inferred that tattooing wa prevalent in the days of mosea it is a custom eliat prevails among alie savage nations of the earth and tattooing is practiced to this day except where christianity and civilization have put a stop to it it was at one time years ago and is yet but not to auch a marked degree a fad among bailers bailors to have various designs placed on the body it was also a fad among a certain class of silly women to have their lovers name tattooed on the arm or breast there aro sailors in almost every seaport at this time who are willing for a consideration to place figures on the flesh of any who are foolish enough to have disfiguring marks driven beneath the of the skin with needle points dipped into coloring matter |