| Show NEW YORK WOMEN HAVE A NEW FAD New York women have a senseless and dlingrlng tot of taltoolnr The Idea was not suggested b7 Ihs touch decorated nrmi of the heroes of the navy Hi Inaururatlon Ii I due to the act that English eoclety women are laving their lIb tattooed Ilecently one of th loclely taltooeri came over from London and In hli New York studio seam busy enough to be enjoy nc the popularity he claims Of course nt all his vatroni are women but he dips that a large majority of them are ctrenei are especially 1 fond ot near ne some occult lymbol which they run will bring them good luck Of cone laid llh loclety tattooer when oiked to tell lomethlng about Ids work I never divulge Iho namei of my patrons I make that a rule von when I know the women would not object In England I had one patron a tilled I lady who ram la me nm lo how a ilmple design tattooed upon one arm Ic1e was n > pleased with the effect that she rm lack almost n doun time end now her arm are nlmoit filled with Ingenious and 10 tier ilgnlflcant tat looters toolI remember a young officer whys arm > I tattooed with a portrait of Ills sweetheart shortly before he went away 10 the war The poitralt now Is I with him molding to duet In a grate near Santiago The favorite plats for the tattooing Well the ladled generally have the dIn d-In on the arm though I know of many who hove been tattooed on the ankle A good many married ladlei ire fond of having the Inscription engraved on their wedding ring tattooed on the finger underneath the ring Many of them too ask lo have bracelet tattooed tat-tooed on their arms A colored butler ply U I also a great favorite I am able to tattoo In ten different colors What an artist can do on canvas I will undertake 10 rcproduee on the skin The method U t quite palnlen The lectrlcal tattooing machine Ii Ailed wlbh needle whoie flneneii will be ap ireclated by ladle when I lay that they ire iliteeni Therefore a tiny puncture punc-ture from such a needle could not be felt unlen the skin Ii I abnormally ten silly 1lg1 Tint of nil 1 wash the arm or what ever part of the body Ii I lo b tattooed with an nntlsetllo lotion which render the treatment perfectly eafe Then the outline Ii I drawn with are needle and thli traverse the skin at the rate of it puncture a second After thla Ir fin shed I put In the shaft ai many nee dies ni ore required for thihadlnr lomellmci using 01 many ai M It the design Ii I to bo a colored one different needles are used tor the different colon The lain needle are never need trice each customer having an entirely new let of needles Kngagpd couplei l very often come to have each other Initials done on their arms Their mutual Interest In the irocesi ni tried on each others arms Ii very funny The worst of It Is I that when they quarrel both partly descend upon me to hove the Initial erased This Ii I Imponlble but to overcome the dlfllculty I truce a heavy design over them and this hides the Initials I can also tattoo a natural lint of pink upon the cheeks of ladles III Ii avery a-very delicate and a very eipenilve proceii IrocI once had a eecret society come tome to-me There were 33 membefi and each had the egret Ian ot the society tattooed tat-tooed on his arm They wanted to enroll en-roll me ai a member o that the ilm might be sate but I politely declined 10 they made ml swear eternal secrecy which I wnl quit prepared to doOrs do-Ors nf the favorite deilgni for laillfi Is a bulUrny IHrdi with gayly colored color-ed piuinar and tloweri and Initials are moat often what they prefer to hove tattooed upon their nrm fiometlmfi the deilgni are placed uiwn the shoulder der lhro nn In evening dress they ort not Seen On the arm the long e nIna n-Ina glovei cover them One of tho most consplcuoui tattooing I ever made wai that of a serpent coped about lice wrist of a loclely woman It wnl n pretty good place I of work and the Serpent looked 10 lifelike that I wondered at her coolneii In going through life with It r coiled about her wrist t The length of time It take to tattoo a design of course depend upon the Intricacy In-tricacy of the pallern My charge nil In accordance with this From M mm utei to CO hour are the eitremei M lime If a very elaborate picture In many colon were required for the Lack It would take me three or four weiki to complete II |
