The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1883-04-08
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Tattooed men and women are no longer
curiosities. There are four or five women in
themselves already. whose salaries do not
range above $20n week. and 1t is pretty we'll
known tha! female Is now Yin IN the hands OF
osy 81 THIS KIND md for the sentnS saason ai
tsnssnas. who had Himself liked in China.
there There are arc pr9s,Hhy dozen male idiots who
Sc Win ns be Tso
Capt De CourG,ey was the first to follow In the
tooed for Bunneli's New York Museum. and it
was BunneH who got Irene Woodward. the tat
Street Museum but now in Kansas City. to sub.
NIT to the tattoolng proccss.
reporter yesterday to u tattoo artist. The en-
room over . Market street restaurant.
porter TO a bootbiack who knew. the artist.
and who had both arms covered with pic
Dutch as he called the artist and led tho 70
tween Market and Walnut streets. The artist
with beds and boys ranging from is 70 20, and
was at work upon tho arm OF one Of the indl-
pieuTe Of sailor Under s' weepns willow iH
tdhroorlng above tooTbstone. on wnich wss
sna %ss putting the ., s an
other picture revealing sailor lad and his
l las; under the spreading boughs of an oak.
TIC , esoy OF the left arm. md were correspond
,s. VIZ; ~; would ~ you charge to tattoo me from
between $500 and .4oo-say 5000; would
charge more for tattooing a woman. because II
stand punishment. and / believe 1 could put
yoq through in four or five months but every
health were not TO- be ken into consideration.
the JOB could be done In three or four weeks;
Under hs Would ss ea
months. This period Is necessary on account
day.--well. it viii 30 soro Tor, week and during
dertake to decorate you In less than nine
months for $780, 1t would take fully year to
,at ,H woman properry; don't sarpose any
cert, on their arms. shoulders. and legs"
While the artist talked he went on with his
girl. making the fgnrc about four inches nigh;
e eM and The pe"rs o"ke Sts reeut Whsa
he put thu. pen aside. But the work was only
begun, Mixing some Chinese yermiliop with
Producing whnt seemed to he a lead pencil no
dipped the point in tho India ink and the first
the CHARACTER Of the instrument in the artists
hand. When exam ned it proved to he
i've line needles bound in line on
the round bit OF penc-shaped wood About
an eighth of an inch OF the needles WAS
exposed. Dipping the .arrayed points in
the ink. the artist pricked the skin along
the lines made in the pen drawing, and by con-
dia ink and again the Chinese rcd. rs the pic
turc called for either color. in three-.quarters
OF an hour the ballet girl was finished aud the
was, cevery done. and the needles gave only
the slightest pain. and but once was there a
sight Of blood above the surface OF the ink.
The needles are not driven straight into tho
flesh; the instrument is held lightly In the OPP
face Instead OF hrodding. the points are
gently inserted and tho skin.Abres opened out
so as to receive tho ink.
According to Benders statement. during the
past two or three years that he has been visit
ing St. Louis he must have tattooed nearly
1000 people.