The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-06-24

He couldn't stand my tatOolng. i
think he'd feel very tired after got
through with him. Chances are he'd
come to the conclusion that it was
worse than being sunstruck. / could
operate on you, FOR instance, and il
would not he as painful as people sup
pose, however. Let me show YOU.
Suiting the action to the word, Mr..
Thomas priked a portion of the re-
portOrial skin without causing any
pain whatever
Now, it does not follow that a mans
skin is thick because it does not hurt.
Quite the contrary. A man with a
hide even as thick as BlaiLe' could be
hurt more than you.
TATTooING BECOMING POPULAR.
Has the practice of tattOOing be-
come more popular since the Blaine
boom commenced booming?
We'll it's a fact that | have more to
attend to than / ever had before.
Tattooing is rapidly growing in popu-
larity. Why, some years ago nearly
sill my patrons were sailors Now /
have politicians, brokers and business
men. and hardly pay any attention to
sailors at all. You see its becoming
fashionable.
Do the subjects generally choose
their own designs?
Yes. Some want Masonic emblems
worked upon their bodies; others
something characteristic of their call
ing. The majority only want their
i'itials; but it's hard to find a man
with the variety of designs that Blaine
can boast Of. Ga, he's the leading
tattoced man, although | didn't do
the work. By the way, when / was
in Chicago some time ago, some news
paper nan said that had operated ON
Blaine. 1t wasn't true, however; for.
as | said befra Blaine couldn't stand
my tattooing.
SOME OF JIM's RIVALS.
No, We haven't got a tattced man
just now, sail the representative OF
Manager Morris at the New York
museum. We had one up to a few
DAYS ago, but he's gone to Boston to
be finished up. You see competition
is getting very brisk, aud these guy:
have To keep up to the times.
When he is thoroughly finished
will he, in your opinion be as finely
dec rated as Blaine ?
The Snowman was nOn-committal.
He refused to speak on that particula.
subject, although something very
much like shade of doubt passed
over his features Immediately before
he smiled rather grimly.
There was a fellow in here a dav or
two, he continued, looking for date,
but we didn't want him. Yes there's
lots Ct EN-. We had one fellow here
named BOla2d, who ran TO the relig.
ious. He bad religious designs all
over his body, with the crucifx on
his breast and the / asst Supper on hi;
back. But he died. Then this fel
low that's gone to Boston, was pretty
well pricked. His name is Burke.
He said he was a soldier in the British
army and was first tattooed in Bur
NAH. Flowers and birds are hi:
speciality. All of his figures are
done in blue. just like Captain Cos
tantenus. They are all very plain.
Now | never saw Blaine, so | cannot
tell you whether they are as plain a:
his or not. Henry De Courcv, an
other fellow, is decorated with Ameri
can eagles and such. and another,
named Fred Taylor, has quite a va
riety. No, ne has not got any Multi
gan letters, or Little Rock bonds, OF
sunstroke pictures wOrkee on his skin.
Oh. there's lots of them. Mostly al
of them We're formerly sailors and
some were soldiers. I.have not seen
any since Friday, and | don't think