Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-07-31
Grating a Mustache

marvellous operation IL SKIN grsfting
hss Just been successfully performed by Dr..
Egg, Of Reading, p. In three weeka :ime
he doctor has succeeded In grating
healthy, lnxuricus muateche upoa che
dosny upper lip Of Miss L D S.ncis!i. OF
New Yosk. youpg lady, handsome CT
feature ard figure The girl, who Ia abou.
% yeara old, is Stopping al Welt known
boarding house In Reading. ard ehe inmates
of the house IS we'll a. the Deigbbors, ale
watching the progress OF the woncerfu! e1-
pertinent with as much interest as could
possibly be displayed By the moet profound
scientist.
DIR. Ege has been making different expert
menta IN kin grating for some months
past He he's succeeded in tramp an.irg
the skin OF negro to the arm OF white per-
SOD, and st the sane time covering the skin-
lass & ,sh on the negros person With ptsce
.; chicken skin While ths chicken sk.n
did no. ptow feathers, it benGed with the
human fash, and thereby demonstrated
rev ecieuti6c fact The doctor loneed Tor
uew fsl6s, ana to his delight Nils Sinclair
vent 20 Reading sbou; three wesks ego aod
declared her willingness, as ehe stated to
lhs doctor, to pay we'll fer gen ucine pair OF
wbiskers.
Alter consultation the pretty girl decided
upon The next day for the beginning Of the
operation. She was anxous 10 have the
sraiting process finished Ia one day, but the
Doctor decided that iJ Was best to EaVs
out one sds Of the upper lip treated 81
time.
when the imo ior the operation arrived
next day Mics Sinclair positively refused to
take cniorofoIm sts said abe had the
uerve to stend it, sad stand /. fhe did. Ths
ea;ita sryfsos was shaved Fl; N the pit OF
the girls right srm and strip Of skin about
TWO and halt inooes long aud tbree-fcRrths
of an inch wide YVES peeed off. Then this
strip was placed In s salt wsteT bath, end
Que tide of the uoper-lip was peeIed In 8
roundirg the lip wound were looseGsd, sad
the p,ece OF cu.ioe from the arm pit was
placed on and the ecge OF 1t Tapped under.
l. H a7 then tightly bouoG, sDd IN three days
bat begun to adhere.
But, to the great delight OF the doctor aud
| his ieir patient. the hair also began to grow,
and now IL is over half an inch long, and
has healthy appearance. The other side
| of the lip was treated yesterday, but Miss
Sinclair decided that 1t would be better
to take ch!oro!orm during the operation,
II took great deal less time to do tie Q
latter hslf Of the grating, because the cblo-
roforned jsct kept entirely etill, and did
not rush about the room, as on former oc-
casioa.
Regarding the motive OF Miss Sinclair fer
sssuming tbs outward marks of masoIlinity
there ere many runorH floating about. One
person surroundathe affair with dense, uG-
requiied love, and desire on tie part cf
N ss Sinclair to follow her lover to the wars
or cross the seas 10 the 9uise OF q mar.
Another person declared yesterday that Miss
Sinclair was acquiring q mustache Simply
bccauge she could make plenty of money
posing in museums. Whether 1t is be-
whiskered romance or loVe for gain, the
fact reuaIns that Miss sinoiair has the bass
for genuine mus:eche OF a very healthy
oalibre
DR.. Ese Ia highly elated over the success
of bis operation. He now declares that 1t is
entirely possible to epgraft cstskin upon the
human body, and If Niles Sinclair is willing
be will make freak of her that people will
go miles 10 zee.