New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-01-20

eight distinct pieces On him for Sic, and was J
most all day before had finished him up. I
Sometimes had been cent for to meet
whole company Of gentlemen--yes, cir,
men Of style living in hands ONE
houses-and / have 1attooed the whole
lot of them-sOmo private kind OF marx,
which won't mention. Once, two
did they want! Why, you wouldn't believe
it! They wished to have their cheeks marx,
ed red-with a kind of bloom. They offered
me no end Of money if would try 1t, but
refused. I was not sure that could hit OH
the real color. Maybe if had put on my
color, and they had wanted to get rio OF II,
they would have abused me; tor, once on
and ground into them, you must remember,
it would have stayed there until their dying
day. About year ago, gentl 9man sent
to me to come to him in tirst-class hotel.
Said he to me, Il have been hunting all
over town for sailor to tattoo me, and you
have been recommended to NE. l want
you to do a job of work on me-
:.Wherew said l. He was a very HAND
some man with as fine style az l ever
saw. fright here" said he, pointing to his
face. Il want you to put in red band
from my nose, on both sides, to the corner
of nv mouth-like a crescent-anC wan.
a blue star on both cheeks and one IN the
middle of my chin | thought the man
was crazy and declined. "Oh, amt out
of my head" said he, IL am from the Indian
Territory. have been living among the
Indians all my lite, and face with blue
and red on it amt bit unnatural to me-
1t is kind of necessity that l should be
tat, oed, so 90 ahead" Well, as he kind of
insisted l went ahead. l did my very best.
and made two big sweeps OF red markings
from his nose around to his mouth, and nav
ing laid out his cheeks put there the blue
r1,y VI
work and as true as a compass. and 1t suited
him first rate. But l can't cay it was pretty.
1t gave him an awful expression. Anyhow
be was satisfied, which was all could ask.
NV busy time is in summer, and l some
times have not moment to spare. In Will
| ter, because sailors think they will take
F.! cold after marking, they don't have 1t done
| as much. However, l 90 more or less OF 1t
every day Of the year. Mostly men come to
| me, and l work on them right here. Occa-
| s;onally go out when the parties can't ind
| it convenient to come. During the war
| times never had moments Idle time. l
must lave marked thousands OF sailors and
soldiers. Oh! you want to know about the
crucitixlon! | put it On very often. Reli-
| gion don't make much difference and 1t is
on as many men as are not Catholics as are.
| The reason is this, that there Is good
J deal of trading with the West Indies and
| South America, should a sailor die with the
| cross on him, he would be sure of having
| Christian burial. l remember two sailors,
| in frigate l was serving OF, as died in
! CalIao. The one as was a Romanist hadn't
no cross on hin, and the other as wasn't OF
no religion at all bad the crucihxion on him
| The people on shore would't have the Cath
| Ole buried in the same cemetery, for we
had to put him in the sand on the beach.
while the other man that had the mark OF
the cross on him, they took all kind OF
pains with. have known in d hospital IN
| South America man with the cruciti xlon
on him nursed first rate, when another
man was neglected who belonged to
their religion. You tell me you heard
of NV name before That does not
surprise me. l am pretty well known al
over the United States, and as l have been
working steady at it ever since 1916, sup
pose there are thousands OF my pictures
walking around this world and pitchin g
about on board of ships in all the know Il
quarters Of the globe. You want to kno "
how long it takes before man gets over
tattooing! Why, mostly in three days the
prickings all get we'll. AS do it with ink
never knew anybody ID suffer the least
from it. tried to see if l couldn't make
some of my pictures all at once, by having
a pattern stuck all over with needle point:
and doing 1T at the same time, out IL wal
| not successful.
Having given me in a quiet way al! The
details Of his curious art, restraining The
desire On my own part of having remark
ably pretty device, entitled young
America" tattooed into my arm, I left Mr.
Martin Hildebrandt the artist.
Some years ago. at ball. remember Il
have seen very charming lady, on one
whose shapely arms a bit OF sleeve trlnuet
with lace scarcely concealed visible blue
, mark. Inquiring into the matter. fount
, that the lady was the daughter OF dlstln
guished Southern statesman. tae forme
i, Governor of State. Before the war Gov
!, ernor c.. accompanied by his daughter
had travelled in Northern Africa. One day
, mounted on rather fiery horse. who ha'
been deprived of water for some time
the animal had made for runnlp!
, | stream, and laundering in quicksan'
, had thrown his lady rider. 1t happened
! that some Arab women were near, who
drawing the young lady from her perl.ou
condition, carried her to their tent. Her
n she was undressed, all her Europea
= clothes taken from her. and she wa
+ clad in complete Arab costume. 1
. the act of unrobing the frightened cir
> | woman, She remembered, had struc
, her quite smart blow on the arm, not ia
:, | fl ON the elbow, while another Arab woman
= with small earthenwsle pot, had daube
: | some black substance on her arm. Present.,
l when her father and the party arrived
. the Arab camp. the young lady was return
f ed without difficulty, the natives lnslstln
r that the whole performance was nothip
q but Joke. The American girl felt som
!, slight soreness Of the ann for day or 81
when it all passed away. but in q week
n big blue butterfly, almost encircling tt
4 white arm, came out, and it was evldeI
= that the young lady had been tattoOed II
7 life with some Bedouin emblem.--Netc 70,
| Times.