The daily herald. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1886-1887, 1886-12-08
DOLLARS FOR D1MP1ES.
SOME OF THE TRluMPHs OF ART
OVER NATURE.

siaidens Made Beautiful by Painful OPP
orations-Noses Remodeied and Arti-
fetal Eyeiashos Inserted--DimcuIties of
Dimpic Making.
"Every one who desires beauty may pos
sess it to n certain extent in these days of in
vention," said n curious little man, who has q
smell workshop in one of the side streets up
town. whore he carries ON a rather peculiar
and novel trade.
"Noscs arc remodclod,n he continued,
"fngors made to taper, insteps to arch, and
my work, that of making dimples and long
G. .elaslies has added the finishing touches A
handsome face without dimple is as lost to
real beauty as u potato without salt is lost TO
taste. | have but recently set up my estab-
lislnent here, but IN tine few months of my
sclourn have transformed many plain girl
into dimpled beauty, and added eyelashes as
long as TN inch to the bare eyelids of a few
othcfsn
"Is tho operation of having an artificial
dinlple made very painfuli" queried the re-
porter.
"Yes, should think so, because piece Of
the flcsA is taken right out of the chin or
check, and that operation is not painless; but
/ have known girls TO stand the operation
without a murmur, when they would scream
at the sight of a mouse, and faint IL spider
touched them. Women will suffer great deal
of agony for the sake of beauty, and girl
knows that charming dimplo will add ten
times to her attractiveness and will also be a
LASTING beauty if it is only rightly madep
DMPLEs TO ORDER.
Just then q timid knock was heard on tho
door, and in walked a damsel Of 20, beau.
ti.ul as Venus, with four or five of the lowell
est dimples 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
81 wanted to show you how well the dim
Piles were getting on" she said, in low tone
"You see, at first / thought that they could
not possibly amount to anything-they were
so 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 careful examine
ton of the little dimples, and after paying
blu of 500 cash the young lady departed.
"How much do you charge TO make dim
plel" was asked.
whether the skin Is tough and hard, and other
incidents. My lowest charge for single dim
Pile Is SIS, but when l make several on one
face the bill is of course somewhat reduced
II takes about two weeks to make proper
dimple. First must get the cuticle in proper
condition; then the operation, removing
part of the flesh and putting back the skin is
accomplished and that is of course. tho 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 made?"
"Every kind, almost, although you would
not think SO. l had lady of As here yester-
day, and she gave me an order for two dim
Piles, ono in the chin and one in her left
check. She expects, rather think, that they
win aid her matrimonial prospects. Then
had nurse maid last week who paid me $15
for handsome dimple in her left cheek The
majority of my patients are, however, young
girls who consider themselves handsome, but
not bewitching enough"
ARTIFICIAL EYELAsHEs.
The reporter noticed several boxes filed
with short curls Of hair, some jet black and
others golden brown.
~ get that hair from the barber shops" he
said in answer to an inquiry. at 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 a
young lady might be wearing her lovers hair
for oyolashes, and he be none the wiser.
Making long eyelashes is a much more deli
rate and dangerous operation than making
diInplc II seldom disturb the under lid, y
aid the little man, because it is apt to in
jure the eye First l remove the old eye
lashes one by one, and as each one comes out
Iput in its place long curling one; then
when they are all in l trim them off evenly
and put a little vaseline about the edges. If
the lashes are not there at all have to pune
lure 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 q Young
lady Of handsome appearance entered the
room. She had auburn hair, snowy COM
plexion, and would have been beautiful but
that hor blue eyes were shaded by lashes al
most white.
II want to know" shc said, off could have
dark lashes put into my eyelids in place of
these"
Eyes, madam, can do that said the little
dimple maker, @but it win be painful opera
ton The COST Well, 81 for each eyelash.
! would not attempt to touch the under ones
but you can easily keep them darkened with
little charcoal"
The bargain was made, the young lady
agreed TO come next day for tho operation
and left happy.-New York Journal
Diseases of Mountainous Mexico.
In that section known as the TERRA colorado
very curious but harmless cutaneous aiRec-
ton prevails, here known as quiricara, which