The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-10-16
DOLLARS FOR i.I,JrLES.
SOME OF THE TRIUMPHS OF ART
OVER NATURE.

S1aidens Made Beautiful by Painful OPP
erations-Noses Remodeled and Arti-
fetal EyeIashes Observation-Disclosures of
Dimple Making.
"Every one who desires beauty may pos
sess it to a certain extent in these days of in
vention," said a curious little man, who has a
small workshop in one of the side streets up
town. where he carries on n rather peculiar
and novel trade.
moses are remodeled,r he continued,
"fngers made to taper, insteps to arch, and
my work, that of making dimples and long
eyelashes, has added the finishing touches. A
handsome face without dimple is as lost to
real beauty potato without salt is lost to
taste 1 have but recently set up my estab-
lisllment here, but in the few months of my
sojourn have transformed many plain girl
into dimpled beauty, and added eyelashes as
long as an inch to the bare eyelids of few
others"
as the operation of having an artificial
dimple made very painful." queried the re-
porter.
ayes, l should think so, because piece of
the flesh is taken right out of the chin or
check, and that operation is not painless; but
l have known girls to stand the operation
without murmur, when they would scream
a
touched them. Women will suffer n great deal
of agony for the sake of beauty, and n girl
knows that a charming dimple will add ten
times to her attractiveness and will also be
lasting beauty if it is only rightly made"
DIsPLEs TO ORDER.
Just then timid knock was heard on the
door, and in walked a damsel of 20, beau
tiful as Venus, with four five of the lowell
est dimplcs showing in her round cheeks and
chin as she smiled prettily at the maker of
these charms. Surely she had not come for
artificial dimples.
Il wanted to show you how well the dim
pies were getting on" she said, in low tone.
You see, at first thought that they could
not possibly amount to anything-they We're
50 sore and looked SO disagreeable, but now |
think they are lovely" and she smiled at her
own reflection in large mirror opposite, and
then smiled again with delight as the dimples
came.
The dimple maker made a careful examina-
ton of the little dimples, and after paying a
bill of 500 cash the young lady departed.
"How much do you charge to make dim
plel" was asked.
"Well that depends greatly on the person,
whether the skin is tough and hard, and other
accidents. My lowest charge for n single dim
pie is SIS, but when / make several ON one
face the bill is of course somewhat reduced.
1t takes about two weeks to make n proper
dimple First must get the cuticle in proper
condition; then the operation, removing n
part of the flesh and putting back the skin is
accomplished, and that is of course the most
difficult part of the process. About ten days
are required to completely heal the dimple,
and during that time the patient must be
very careful not to smile at all or the dimple
may be entirely ruined.
~What kind of people come to me to have
dimples nader
Every kind, almost, although You would
not think so. had lady of ID here yester-
day, and she gave me an order for two dim
pies, one in the chin and one in her left
cheek She expects, l rather think, that they
will aid her matrimonial prospects. Then |
had nurse maid last week who paid me SIS
for n handsome dimple i'll her left cheek. The
majority of my patients are, however, young
girls who consider themselves handsome, but
not bcwitching enough"
ARTIFICIAL EYELAsHEs
The reporter noticed several boxes filled
with short curls of hair, some jet black and
Others golden brown.
Il get that hair from the barber shops" he
said in answer to am inquiry. 1T comes from
the curly pate of some young fellow and is
then used by me to make long curling lashes
ON some fair maiden"
1t may not be amiSs to suppose that
young lady might be wearing her lovers hair
for eyelashes, and he be none the wiser.
Making long eyelashes is a much more deli
cate and dangerous operation than making a
dimple. Il seldom disturb the under lid"
said the little man, because il is apt to in
jure the eye. First l remove the old eve
lashes one by one, and as each one comes out
put in its place long curling one; then
when they are all in trim them Off evenly
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the lashes are not there at all have to pune
ture little holes in the lid to insert new ones,
and then the operation is far more painful
and requires greater skill"
As the reporter rose to take leave n Young
lady of handsome appearance entered the
room She had auburn hair, a snowy COM
pleXion, and would have been beautiful but
that her blue eyes We're shaded by lashcs al
most white
Il want TO know" she said, IF could have
dark lashes put into my eyelids in place Of
these"
"Ycs, madam, can do that" said the little
dimple maker, but it viii be a painful opera
ton The cost. Well, 81 for each eyelash.
would not attempt To touch the under ones,
but you can easily keep them darkencd with
little charcoal"
The bargain was made, the young lady
agreed to come next day for the operation
and left happy.-New York Journal
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