Smyrna times., 1858-09-16
TattOOing the Rage in Paris.

MS strange and abomlnable South Sea Island
: custom is fast becoming Partisan rage. A
certain woman who has great skill in the opera
ton has already more customers than she car
attend to. 1t will be understood that this is
not the outside painting of false lines upon the
tace which was so common in the time of Louis
Phlllppe-turning down or up the eyebrows,
and down or up the corners of the mouth-but
the letting in of indeI1iJe marks beneath the
skin, darkenng the eyelids or coloring the
shoulders with dye-stulfs which the French
journalist calls signes q perpetuite. Whether
lips, eyes and shoulders are temporarily made
attractive by this, depends, of course, on the
continuance of the fashion but it seems a pity
that belle should so put all her stake in one
venture! We are past being surprised, how.
ever, and shall be on the lookout for i tattoocd
face in Broadway
APropOS.-While king the above record
from the French paper-this may, after all
supply a national want We are to he peopir
Of 6dld heads, say observers, and why not orna-
ment the blank leaf of our beauty with the new
establishment! Why not tattoo the SCALP. ra-
thcr than wear Il wig Thus writes the New
port correspondent Of the Evening Post, as to
the coming for it -" There is one remark
which | neglected to make N my account OF
the balls at the hotels, and that is the prena.
ture badness of the young men. In these gay
assembages is to be seen a full delegation oi
sweIldom and young Americp in fashionable
lite from all quarters of the country. Most OF
them Consume nearly as much time as wulrau
IN taking care OF their har-pomadiur. dyeIng.
ShampoonIng it, etc.; and yet, surprising as it
is, you could not, in The same number of Young
men IN any other 'circle of society, pick out
anything like many instances Of thinIy COW
cred or bald heads. Merchants, mechanics,
farmers, and even students, between the ages of
twenty and thirty, generally have what Phalon
would call 'luxurant heads of glossy hair
Not SO these representatives of fashion, who
are compelled to make amends for the scanty
crop on the head by the exuberance of their
mustache and whiskers. Various causes are
assigned for this deficiency, among which are
the common style of close fitting, unventilated
hats, and the excltemenls and dissipations of
the life followed by idle young men about town.
Another, which is quite as plausible, is the use
of ointments and other nostrums, which irritate
the scalp to temporary but a speedily exhaust.
ed fertility. A friend Of mine, speaking from
experience, says that cantharides, or Spanish
ties-a most powerful stmuant-is frequently
one of the ingredients of the popular hair
washes, and that he has known a weak growth
OF fuzzy hair suddenly produced by the applca-
ton OF them Oh heads that had been bare for
many years, yet that it soon wore off, the only
permanent traces Of its presence being the dis
agreeable soreness arising from so unnatural
forcing process Home Journal.
Comfort OF a Small House.
We confess to being altogether of the way
of thinking expressed in the following extract
from the Ohio Farmer:
We confess to "a liking for small houses and
small women. Touching the former, we will
here give seven good, and, as we think, suff
cicnt reasons, for our preference. In the first
place, they imply small, cozy rooms. Not
cramped, but measurable. So small that the
light and heat are reflected and radiated from
all parts. Family comfort cannot thrive in u
hall or field. | imagine that the boy who did
not feel sufficiently acquainted with his father
to ask him for new cap, lived in a paatial
residence doubt not, for the same reason,
people living among mountains are more socia-
BILE than those who live on plains Affection,
like smile, dies unless it is reflected. Second
ly, we like small houses because they look paid
tor, and a small house paid for holds more hap
pIness and real friends than large one unpaid.
Anything unpaid is uncomfortable. TO an hon.
est man debts are demons, and an indebted
house is a haunted house full Of creeping hor.
rors and disquietudes as that described by Hood.
Thirdly, we like small houses because they look
sympathizing. They are like people not over.
dressed, more ready to make acquaintance. A
big house is like a big man-unaccostabIe. Ie.-
Stately portcos and lordly halls are like the
titles Of ID. D., LII. d.; etc, imposing, distan ut
and inclined 10 be repelent. In the fourth
place, we like a small house, because it excite.
no envy. 1t matters not how elegantly it il
o furnished, how tastefully surrounded and adoru
ed by shrubbery and flowers, its observers are
f its admirers and friends. 1t does not fall unde
the evil eye and no man who has soul woult
wish even his hoUse-bis home-the aboGe O
/ his wife and chdren-to be an object of envy
g EVery60dy can say, and is encouraged 10 say
f : can build such house, which words arr
: equivalent to blessing. Filthy, we like
4 small house, because it must always remain th
# peoples house. The Industrious mechanic Cal
: earn such u house. The dlligent aborer cal
l. own, by patient industry, such house. Til
9. widow can live in such house and what
:. rich, rational comfort it is to live in such accom-
h modations as of fneccssty must be the dwelling
20 places OF nne-tenths of the race! Sixlhy, W
=. like small houses, because in such, most of II
ho rim life IL 10 wi e,n.I b,u.,, ,Lo, a.