Rocky Ford enterprise., 1893-11-30
TATTOO1NG NOW A FAD.
RESoRTED TO BY TRAVELLERS
FOR MULTIPLICATION.

FOH INOEN IT lSAitSN
Fsminine Limbs Ornamented-Men ana
Women OF kehncment Now Submit to
tho Operation, whioh Is Painiessiy
Done with Electricity.
With the big number OF railroad
accidents which have marked the
Columbian year there has been
widespread boom given to the art
OF the tattooer. There has been
such a large percentage OF unidentifi-
ed dead among those killed in the
smash-ups on the railroads Of the
country during the past few months
that it has remarkable effect on
the travelling public. Men and women
who year ago would have shuddered
ut the mere suggestion Of having the
point OF O tattooing needle touch
their skin are having their names.
monograms and even crcsts tattooed
upon their bodies. And they all say
that they have been tattooed in the
belief that the marks made by the
needle will be the best means for the
naturalization OF their bodies should
they moot death away from their
home and friends, says the Philadel-
phia Record.
But there is another class OF peo-
pie who. caught by the popular fad,
are having emblems OF secret socie-
ties and fraternities to which they
belong. marked upon their skin.
Many OF the best known college men
of the country carry the insignia of
their fraternity worked upon their
arms. 1t Is among the drummers and
members OF the theatrical profess
sion, however, that the tattoo man
finds his greatest number Of patrons.
They spend large portion of their
lives in railroad cars; their danger
from death in wrecks is greater than
any other class of people. excepting
railroad men. postal clerks and ex-
press messengers, and the tattooer is
reaping rich reward of coin from
them.
With the spread OF the tattooing
fad in all parts OF the United States
the work with the ink and ncedle has
been made well-nlgh painless The
tattooing art has kept step with the
march OF progress in other directions
and brand-new method of punctur-
ing the skin has taken the place of
the old. Instead Of the ldborious
work Of carly days an electric tattoo
machine has been invented. Where
it required an hour in the old-fash-
ioned way to tattoo name or figure,
the electric machine does it in few
minutes. The inventor of the ma
chino is in the city, and lately
he chatted interestingly of tattooing
In general and the prevalent craze
in particular. He is Professor O'Riley,
probably the best known tattooer In
either the United States or Great
Britain. Many of the most noted
tattooed men and women who have
been on exhibition on both sides of
the Atlantic are examples of his
skill.
n have tattooed thousands OF per-
sons. both in this country and Eng
land" he said, "but at present the
craze exceeds anything I have ever
experienced during the last twenty
years. Most people believe that only
sailors and vulgar class in general
have tattoo marks put upon them.
That is true in many instances. but
by far the largest number Of those
that am tattooing now are men and
women of intelligence and refine
ment. The only explanation that 1
can make for this is that the danger
of being buried among the unknown
dead in case OF q railroad, steamboat
or other accident has been SO
strangely emphasized during the
past year that men and women
who travel much very wisely have
the needles and ink place sure identi-
fication marks upon their bodies.
MANY of those tattooed, the ladies
especially, have the work done with
artistic surroundings. Men gener-
ally want to be tattooed on the arms.
while the women almost invariably
have the decoration placed on the
lower limb. l recently tatooed a
serpent In brilliant colors around the
leg Of one Of the best known comic
opera prima donnas OF the country.
1t bears her name IN delicate letters.
Another popular actress had me place
q garter in vivid hues below the knee
of her left leg and tattoo upon it
Tom the name OF her sweetheart,
and one Of the most prominent juven-
| lie men in the profession.
IL tattooed the insignia of Delta
Kappa Epsilon. one Of the strongest
of college fraternities, upon the arm
OF almost every member Of the
society. George Gould is one OF the
young men upon whose arm placed
the symbol OF the fraternity.
''Almost every day l put secret
| society marks on the arms of patrons
Two months ago 1 was surprised by
a call from a tramp. He wanted q
peculiar mark by which he was known
to knights OF the road tattooed in the
palm of his right hand"
Regulating the bay.
In different times and in dffYerent