Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-06-15

reporter FesEerta. aai l.s 4rle.lti'fa drawn
= IA SAN. the sters. aeaqias - a1leA ae
- eb..iq i1aaraut. H.It.ss li. .t.al-.iias Ais
T rrrt-lst st.n- & being l.astef ~ tle Eu-ll,a
language. tar ,itn @as ca c4le- staiu-t
GLASS. slth oo4t saifs |eirsrs. it read.
~A4fato1srf l'u tAe principle ~ nefer
iatrnE else world u1a Fau are lsneFanf.
tle E aeaian boldly entered. lr na7 .
lea..rF stafe. WHICH iaale nlattrfs ai che
u..re p-rUleEl1s. J4st as matters uere
rsarhl4. T. climax. au ele eaDly dressed
Feaa- liF. 4cc1upanlea ~ "a nae-look-
lnz. nlalronly da4agers entered The
aapner htrle man beblad tae eolnSer
f opened tas conversation uy uneereino-
nioasly asking
"W ID. Miss. how Is your ears"
~Net aG AL we'll ana sorry had II
pisFeed at all have scarcely slept
wink since suffered the operation A.
tlefe is ao use iu havins oae ear pierced
haze ruma to have them both alike. 1 hope
you sul exhibit more ssll this time than
you dii last"
Without making ANY reply the dapIer
ittis man walked leisurely O. the farther
e0d oi che STORE, ami retArued eilh what
booked like "a brand-neW aaruiug or knit
ttng-aeedls, with "a stout piece Ut cord az
the end ol IT, rne young lady was placed
in "a chair aud the operation Ot piercing
the iady's second ear vas over ia an
Instant At the touch ~ the sharp
nstrunl1nt as it went through the lobe OF
hsr ear She screamed as though an at
tempt was being made on her life. When
she looked in a mirror and saw that there
was the least drop of blood on her ear the
screaming was repeated until crowd be-
gan - gather 'on the outside. Both wom-
en leir the store la apparent high dudgeon-
Noticing that there was no payment made
Tor the services rendered, the writer asked
if the jeweler was in the habit of piercing
wJmeu's ears for nothing. lie replied in
the negative. and added that the charge
ranged from twenty five % fifty and
seventy five cents
The two ladies viii be hack again,
probably Ia "a week or 50. and settle up. /
lm used 20 such pranks. aud have u stand
+ ans amount Of abuse and hadtnage- Dill
+ YOU notice how hat thnt young woman's
ears aree They cling 50 close o. the head
THAI the lote almost forms part Of the up
per portion OF ,be cheek. \ week ago
pierced one oi her ears and she ran OF in
the Same way as just now. proclaimlng
that had ruined her ear. She Is OF a
yery nervous temperament and the sight
OF blood frigutens her"
.-ls there much business in ear piercing:"
vas asked
II make a good deal of money by H. You
Sees there are not many ear -piercers in the
city. I moved here 10 he near that large
ssry-goods store over the way, and have
D. a
practice"
.Do all girls have their carr pierced by
artists"
Not by any means. People who can
afford IL prefer artists, but the poorer peo-
pie resolve themselves into artists. There
are sat many mothers who pierce the
ears OF their children at home just as sue
. cessiully as 1 could. On the other hand,
many pretty girls and women can De seen
on Broadway whose ears have been abso-
luteIy destroyed by the manner in which
they have been pierced, the perforati0n
being made either too high OF too low
down. To make earrings hang gracefully
( the ears should De- pierced in the center OF
the lobe have had several Vassar girls
come here and have their ears pierced Tor
the second time learned from them that
each pierced the others ears with a COM
, mon ne.dle. This does not matter much.
The principal care o. bo observed is as 70
what you place n the ears so as 70 keep
: the hole from closing. II. for instance, a
heavy set Of earrings are put in, such as
are worn 40 present. it is almost morally
certain that tho hole viii be dragged
3 down. which gives tbe ear an awkward
(. and u.lv shape. as well as swelling the
p lobe. sometimes o. au alarming size
In my time I have pierced the ears of
many leading actresses for the second
time. owing % the ugly shape tho first
piercing gave them. After gold, n coarse
w1rsted a the best ~ run through the hole
in the ear until the stage at which they
2 ara liable 20 tester has passed. a good
, . al depends on che formation of the lobe
4 of the ear Should it pa hard AMI gristly,
3 it ia. If course. hard o. be pierced, and the
operation causes ths greatest pain That
! was what caused tte lady who just left u
, CRY oar so. Vow. no matter what she does.
inflammation mus- SET in, AMI she viii
suffer p rood deal It IS better - have the
e1r. pierced Is hen young. say between Eve
aai Elk AMI fourteen years, the gristlv
j. part ~ the Iole has not sg,lc emily formed
r taen e. o. difficult ~ perforafion. Some
Z tmes thauxh children iuiure their ears by
p srratchinE them during the first week.
2 which, of course. prolongs the stage of tn
fammati1n. STILL theY 40 not think much
& ~ s. ami che promise = pair OF
,. diamond earrings serves "a
{ soothing haiu- There IS most
4 barbarogs system In vogue among peo-
rle Dc is tbat of placing a piece ot
q brown STRAW i'm the hole Such 3 prsc-
3 sice ia always followed hv excruciating
z pain and suffering. FIR Inflammation must
r falov. anil tbere are hundreds ~ cases on
record showing that the Iobes II che ears
have heen entirely destroyed hy suoh a
rrar-ica. The most iificult customers
= have are. a. general rnie. married WON
4 en- rae moment they lay eyes on thi'
= nee-ns in nav han3 tarv - into hYsterics,
IS sad seem to thinE thsv ara in danger "a
iosiaz their lives. fn many Instances
have heen e-nreils.i -r accompany women
/, ~ sarh temperament -C a dsutsr where
i. z8s is afml1istersi Mv tcoss show tha'