Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-08-24

brought some photographs of the savage
aborigines of that country. He says tnat
the Aino women are beautifully formed, but
that they dis6gure themselves with tattoo-
ing. When the Aino wants to kiss ne mas
to kiss inside the tattooed line whicn runs
about the girls mouth. The probability is
that he does not know what kissing means,
for the Japanese do not kiss and they never
shake hands. This tattooed line is one OF
the Amos signs Of beauty. 1t runs along
the upper lip under the nose and between
the under lip and the chin, and the two lines
are united at the corners. Some OF tne
women unite the eyebows by streak OF tat,
tooipg, and all the girls have tattooed
bracelets around their arms.
TATTooINe THE BEAUTIES.
This tattooine begins at the age of5. The
skin is punctured with knife and SCOT is
rubbed in. A great deal is done in Alaska,
and the museum has many examples of the
tattooed women Of that country. They do it
differently, however, from the Amos, and
Lieutenant Niblack, of the navy, who spent
some years in Alaska in the employ OF the
museum, has prepared q report upon this
subject which is now in press. He says that
the Haida tribe OF Alaska have reduced IL
to fine art, and that the women frequently
tattoo finger rings upon their hands and
bracelets upon their arms. 1t often takes
several years to tattoo woman properly.
1t is practiced among the Thibetans, and
in the Himalays MOUNTAINS you will See
women with their cheeks SCARED and red
paint rubbed into them. Among some of
the fashionable ladies Of Japan-I mean
English ladies living in Japan-tattooing
has gotten to be quite lad, and man who
returned last week from the East in show
ing me red, white and blue design which
had been pricked by a tsrooer upon his
arm, told me that half-dozen fashionable
ladies at Kobe, Japan, had had pictures
made on them by this man. could hardly
believe him, but he assured me that it was
fact. 1t is only the men among the
japanese who tattoo, and the japanese girl
keeps her beautiful skin clean. 1t is the
same among the Burmese.
YUM YUM's MODEL.
OF all the beauti nj women of the Orient
the Venuses of Japan and Burmah are the
most beautiful. They have skins as white
as ours Their forms are as plump and their
eyes as bright and their smiles as winning.
The only difference is in the con formation
OF the features and in the dress and in GER
tain ideas OF adornment which make up
what they consider beauty. There is no
prettier ear in the world than that of Yum
and its color is delicate coral. 1t is never
defaced with earrings, and it sits on either
of Yum Yum's jersey cream face, fit orna-
ment to one OF the sweetest ornaments you
will find in the world of womanhood. Her
hair is we'll pulled up from it. and If you
could separate it from the whole 1t alone
would form enough of attraction to make
the blood jump in your veins.
The Venus OF Burnah has naturally just
as pretty an ear, but she ruins it by her ear
plug. As soon as she reaches that age at
which our girls begin to lengthen their
dresses her ear is bored by professional
ear-borer, and this boring makes her
young woman. 1t is done with great cere-
mony. Her mother gives party, and all
the friends look on while she is thrown down
on the ground aud golden wire is thrust
through the lobe of her ear and twisted into
ring.
AWFUL DEFoRMITIEs.
After the sore is healed a bigger wire is
put In. This is followed by bigger one,