Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-02-05
TattOOiag fn New York.

''f'fe TWO iatl-S caliei on me-r1at la1leS.
What dill they want? Why, you wouldn't
believe il! They wished 10 nave their cheeks
MAJ h-i red with "A kind of bloom. Tn y
"f.Iet me no end Of money II would try II,
hli re- L was not sure hat | cOuld
hit OF the real color. Maybe If had put on
my color. and they hal wanted to get rid Of
II. they would have abused me; for, once on.
and ground into them, you must remem Der,
IL would have stayed there until their dying
day. About year ago gentleman sent To
me 10 come TO him in first class hotel.
Said he To me, 81 have been hunt ~ all over
town for sailor 10 tattoo me, and yOu have
been recommended 10 me. l want yOu to do
a Job of work on me" Where" said 1. He
was young, handsome man, with as fine a
style as 1 ever saw. Right here" said he,
pointing 10 his face. 81 want you to PIT in a
red band from my nose, on both sides, To the
corner of my mouth-like a crescent-ani I
want blue star on both cheeks aud one In
the middle of my chin" l thought the man
was crazy, and declined. "Oh, amt out of
my head" said he; 81 am from the Indian
Territory. / have been living among the
Indians all my life, and a face with blue
and red on IL amt bit unnatural to me. IL
is Kind OF necessity that / should be
tattoOed, so go ahead" Well, as he kind of
insisted l went ahead. / did my very best
and made two big sweeps of red IN arkings
from his nose around 10 his mouth, aud hav-
ing laid out his cheeks put there the blue
stars and one on his chin. 1t was good work
and as true as a compass, and il suited him
first rate. But / can't say il was pretty. 1t
gave him An awful expression. Anyhow, he
busy time is in summer, and | sometimes
have not a moment 10 spare. In win ter, he
cause sailors think they will take cold al, er
marking, they don't have ii done as much.
However, do more or less of IL e sery dav
of the year. Mostly men come TO me- and l
work on them right here. Occasionally /
go out. when the parties can't find IL CO lve-
niont 20 come. During the war times never
he'd moments idle time. / must have
marked thousands of sailor and soldi arS. Oh,
you want To know about the crucinXiOn? /
put IL on very often. Religion don't make
much difference, and ii is on as many me
as are not Catholics as are. The reason Is
this: that as there is a good deal of ira ting
Win the West InJieS and South America,
should sailor die with this cross on him
he would be sure of having Christian
burial. i remem Der two sailors, in a
frigate | was serving on, as died In CallaO.
The one as was a ROmanist hadn't no cross
on him. and the other as wasn't OF no -el-
gion at all had the cruciiXion on him. The
people on shore wouldn't have the Catholic
buried in the regular cemetery, for we hal u
put him In the sand on the beach, while the
other man that bad the mark of the cross on
him they took all kind of pains with, l
have known in a hospital in Solth Amer
can q man with the crucidXion on him
nursed first rate, when another man was
neglected who belonged TO their religion.
You tell me you heard Of my name before?
Ihat does not surprise me. am pretty well
know all over the United States and as [
have been working steady at IL ever since
1916, suppose there are thousands of my
pictures walking around this world aui
pitching about on board of ships in all the
known quarters of the globe. .'Y9G want to
know how long IL takes before a man gets
over tattOOing? Why, mostly in three da rs
the prickings all get well. As do il, with
good ink, never knew anybody 10 suffer
The least from 1t. / have tried TO see II /
couldn't make some of my pictures all at
once, by having pattern stuck all over
with needle points and doing Ii at the same
lime, bat IL was not successful - Cnrisiida
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