The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1879-10-09
VOL u lS.
THE rAqES'r PoLLY.
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The item which sFas pubiished ii the
London Isqlss, a1d which ives generally
copied in this cortntEy, relative 70 tie
elopnent of the daughter os q MOBILES
man, In which occurred the sentence,
"i5ae can be fully Identified BY cross
tattooed on tbs rigi leg just below the
kuee," has served 20 cali out in this coun..
try from the press o general con6
ton OF the practise, which Tas known ts
ge largely ifidulged In by sEugliah and
d In order 10 learn whether the tattooinr
Was carried on TO any extent in this city,
an Ten reporter last week made a tour Of
9iscofery, III which he was very success.
fui. Among the first visited was Young
physieisn, who said: sThe leg marx
referred 70 ia reference to the eioping,
young damsel would be d poor means OF.
identity in this country, for I know Of d
nnmberof young ladie5 IA tbig citv syho3
have their limbs decorated an q simiiar
manner. During my brief time Of prat..
tice / can say that 4 have met with yery
many cases. Two young wives whom 4
attended recantIy5 had eross6s tatooed
on their limbs, and ono young. latiy OF.
whom j know had the initialstof her fa-s
vorite suitor pierced in the skin ;ust
above the hnkle.n' a. YOUNGER practitfoi.-
ersaid he had met with nuuiorous cases
lately. Among the most fayorite deyiaes
are serpeuts with their tails In their
mouths, forming q ring, which are tat.
tooed in just above the knee.
Among the demi.monde he had seen
"any number Of eases.n He stated thnt
most of the female tatteoing was mar.
formed at the house of the patron. by a
woman whose name he did not know.
6e was of the opinion that tattooiiirs
would Rpresd like wildfire since TINT mar.
ngraph aboattle young English woman
hhd hppeared sgaS ~ sss ss
Being anxious 20 gain ell the infor1,a-
tion possible relative To- this barhafic
custom, an Ten, reporter started out In
search OF the CONAN referred 20, who
was finally found in an unpEetentious
but neat house in the vicinity of Sixth
and Collowhill streets. Il ring at the
bell brought o coIored servant 70 the
door, and the scribe invited to q sent
in the parlor, while discard was taken up
stairs.
Five minutes afterward a PLEASANT
faced lady attired In plain silk, unre-
iieved by adornnents ofeany kind en-
tered the pnrlor, and smilingly extended
her hand, the fingers of which were
black with India ink. After stating his
business, the lady, after aonle hesitsfion.
consented TO Call: on the subject, provid.
ingiher nalne and residence were not
published. "I have to maintain much
secrecy, - said the lady, for many Of nv
patrons belong to the best famiIies.n iii
answer TO the query whether the prac-
Gee was Increasing the lady said.I'ittsz
year or SO ago business was dull. but
now ! have more than ] can attend to.,'
II do not know how shall describe
She operation,n said the lady, for / am
Lot very apt at such things. But If I
could 90 arrange it that YOU could see
tho anodMs operditds yourself, will you
pledge me secrecy In case you know or
recognize the patient ~
THO scribe willingly gays his word %
be mum, and he was taken Into d, room
UP stairs which ndjoined tho Operating
room, and where he could observe with.
out being Ssen. The obcrafilis room
bore the ay,pearanee of "a teat;sts soflise.
a large, comfortable chair. in which Al,
aspiranta for tattooing hunors was seated
stool by the only, window in tlia npars-
mens- The patients leg Yves bare aud
exposed nearly to the knae, and from its
appearance it WEB evident that the ope-
ration had basn suspended Fhens The
lady carne down tewelcone the avpor tSf.
Work upon it was resimed without de-
lay = and 4rar,s tin1A the zlAslile I: :iaEead
tho ;pkkib tttis young W6Hap WINGED per,
ceptiblyy, and it WAS evident that the
operation Was o painful one. Several
times the leg s7as; jerled hack convilly
si7eiy, which drew p1tHan angry en11-
rland to keep qtlisss. .'s'l At last the work
upon the cross yssss completed, and tho
young woman departed. s: si 49,
The next pasient was d well-knoRf
leader of The demi-mofie OF this city.
who had come to have the finishiIg
touches placed on an elaborate Design.
She laughed end chatted through this
6Eefation, aud before sh8 left concluded
to haye the other limb decorated at ans
early day. rs Is 81
AS soon asshe had left the India Ink
artist Joined the reporter, saying tsyYell,
I an1 nos ready, to continue our inter-
vieW.1 &. 7 is
Reporter F9onn what i have seen /
am led 70 believe the operation painful
one. Am Tcorrect?
AFtist--To some It 10, to others not. /
have known como To ffaintwhile UNDERGO
Ing the tattociHg, while others will
laugh end joke throughout the entire
operation, eyincing no sineasiness ;Shats
essss. ,4 s 8 3 q -
Reporter u NOT The practice injari-
lotls 81 tEi4. ,sf .5
Artiss--No. Ihays never heard Of ib
being 10 ct least. TkneB of one Young
lady nlioss limb was infiameGl and sWol-
len Tor two or thrsa days, SO that it 8as
impossible for her, to gtise ik hut the
swelling went down, and since then aho
has experienced no trouble. bat j did
not Wondes ct this case. 81
Reporter Why's
Artist She wanted too much: She
actually insisted In HAVING tattaosd on
her limb, from the ktleh down, no lesS
than e:.yht devices. incln ding M a0gralns
croses, halI-moofigs etc. 81 s.i gi b &
Reporter fho are your best cust0m-
efs2
Artfst The darni i-m6nde. T,afelyth
hagA lee.Hss a y ls.s9eek e.sAs Sill
i haye iqaite d practice among respeota-
ble women. Epeakipg of the dehfi-
monde's craze over the matter recalls n
ilittle Incident Last weelc 4 was called
upon by one of them to tattoo the natne
of q vol known politician Oh her limb,
which did. The next dar. another
woman of the same class called for the
same sparpcse. I remarked ito hsr the !
icoinci ideEces Turning nrcuud ia tho
UtiSif, chs sh!el ss1r any shllknt woman
bears MS name, tattoo IL on the bottom
of my foot, co that may; express my
contempt for him. - < {.
Reporte hat arc your charges :