, 1860-10-22

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Tsttooing is peculiar mode Of adnsnine the
human person, much In vogue in fashionable
circles under tbs tropics, which, prone .s we
are to import styles, will scarcely b. introduced
here, willis cur sterner climate forbids the sub
sti!ution cf fine drawn lines of India iai, how.
erer def,ly pricked under the cutcle, for thick
piled clothing, peciaily toward the fall Of the
year.
Tattcoing, IS style Of dress, las divers OBJ
jectionable points, removed from climatic con.
siderations It is painful in its first process,
| End then becomes painfully permanent. We
can imagine in the Fetjees that the Gstists in
tattoo, periodically introduce their freeh fa,
! ard spring styles, which they pronounce very
desirable, and each more 60 than its predecessor,
and unmeasurably superior to that Of the artist
ever the way, in adding to the grace Of the per-
| son. The difficulty is, the style once put Or,
! cannot be put oG. Think of that, dear Ers.
Binks, you whose adored hat becomes perfect
fright in three months time.)
Thus, when youug Tongotato comes oat in .
full suit Of tsttoo, lined and inteslned al by au
enginelatho Of q bank note engraser, his veo.
ias NTH Miss Tongctea may speed the merrie.,
and be be quite buck, but the tovs1'd sui. Las
this about it, that it will survive himself. At
three score and ten, il Eeen7Lile be escape
being battle.ored to i barbecue by lis amiahla
ue;ghbors, tho (nrze1s life Of barbarism will
have ecored upon his chetks. will be a!l the
moro grim and uueome:y for the tattoo he don-
ned in his day Of wooing. This lines IN 1adia-
:rk may have fallen to him ia pleasant places
and amid pleasant lore dreams ofyourg Feej;e,
but they are indelible long alter the sound OF
his grinders is Ion, ,and be, for lack Of teeth and
digestion, plays feeble part at missionary
fricassee.
Ta:tooing il rot much Of an adernmen. in ills
best estate, 80 the navigators tell rs, teztino-
ny corrobora!ed By tho grim old visag=s, thst
used TO stare Ut oursel7es out Of Sunday School
books, where they strved the purpose If the
"s.ub" in the game ct pitch pennies" game
in which We and our coppers freely net end
freely parted.
Bed IA i. mar be, 1t is style Of oraamcrsa-
tio= everybody accords willingly 10 the Feejees,
and fully III keeping with their social uiauners
aad customs. Wha. better could you e1pec:
in race Of savages more willing to cersnr the
gospel messenger than the message he brings.
So everybody is conten. to les7c tattociag to
the Feejseans, horria barb:riaos that the; ere.
But is all tue tattooing left to taem7 Hare
We none Of that style Of thing here? Uou't 20
of iu u tangent, aad tell Us in triumph TINT ycu
do re1 ember IN Ancient Mariner, Hhoee brar-
ny 70: earn Was The marvel Of your young
days, what time in grim gentle :ess he allowed
you to admire an exciting whaling scene, OF g
full outfit Of old Junk ii the suspe oi cheins
and anchors, or very zotund belle with very
large muscular Development Ct limb, etched
indeliioly into bis weather tanned cuticle. We
ask you had he any Of that style Of Ast in his
f1cef and your ne .ativc dismisses tue old man
of the sea at once- In Feejee The face divine
comes ia for the e4ff doeueres of the art tattoo,
a7d sssu1edly We are now after the highest |
styles Ct the art. The face is the best u tab
lets, AID the Feejes operator knoKsit.
We maintain it that tattooing ia very mu:L |
in vogue in our communities. Scarcely f.ce |
among us but bears these tell tale lines, that |
We begin to scora in youth aud which neyer |
leave us, nor get erased e5en when Tins LEEDS
us her new wrinkles
It startling fact that should be under
ssocd. The lack Of appreciation thereof Leads |
to inattention and neglect, aud then the tattoo.
ing goes On ap3ce. There is old Threepe1cent, !
taitooed from chin to tie line whence, long ego,
the hair began to depart from its dnty ofthsteh-
ing his scheming brain. Ayarice has baeE tet-
tooing him these three score years. How
thickly are drawn the lines, the checks snd !
counter checks, Hard old man that he is, The
bis face.
Then tco, Old Dibulous has bee nat it these G7e t
aud forty years in another style of tattoo, aod
his bran:h Of the art is ono SO pe1ilors tLat j:
has very few old profes, o1s. They generally
die early, and prick the tattoo in very rapidly.
We have in mind plenty Of younger art s.r-
dents, whose rule Of life seems to be the worn
old saw Of the copy-books, "no day spithou.
Iine." They give whole days end nights to it,
and paes hours in steaming bar.room ard hct
haunts Of vice, az il tatto.ing wa, their sole
business. How fresh young manhood changes
in ine process, white the countenaace ia taking
on those indelib:e :::ces that you may read
ACROSS the street, deep, penetrating, srading all
disguise, and growing palmer and p!aEer I'd
the work advanced. This branch Of the tattoo
trade absorbs vast deal Of capital and nter-
prize, and keeps in operstion large estsblish.
men:s especially devoted to marking 1atrons.
In all the ieles Of the 50 nothing can be found |
to equal the promptness and despatch with
which thi, style 0! thing is attended to, cspec-
tally in our large cltiea.