The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-08-04
ROYALTY ANDTATTOO
DISTINGUISHED PEOPLE DECO
RATED WITH NEEDLE.
An Actress Wanted othor Initials-"E
w" Has Never known That He was
Preceded by ~. v.'-Bauway Omciars
Remarkable Train Around Hia Hody.

pastime Of the leisured world. says
Harmsworth's Magazine. One Of the
best known men in high European cir
Giles, the Grand Duke Alexis OF Russia,
is most deliberately tattooed. Prince
and Princess Waldemar Of Denmark.
Queen Olga Of Greece. King Oscar Of
Sweden, the duke Of York, the Grand
Duke Constantine. Lady Randolph
Churchill, with many others Of royal
and distinguished rank, have submitted
themselves to the tickling but painless
and albeit pleasant sensation Afforded
by the improved tattooing needle,
which is nowadays worked on a simple
plan, aided by the galvanic current, the
genius of the artist supplying the rest
Of the operation. The duke of Saxe-Co-
burg and Gotha. like his cousin, Alexis
of Russia, is another deliberately tat
tooed a Any one meeting the duke
Of Newcastle or the earl of Portarling-
ton, or Sir Edmund Lechmere in the
street would hardly realize the fact
that these gentlemen are proud wear
ers Of tattoo marks-much so. The
present fancy for being t%attooed, ac-
cording to Prof. Riley-than whom no
artist has tattooed more distinguished
people-mainly exists among men who
have Travelled much. while ladies have
also taken a strong liking to this form
Of personal decoration, which, from a
woman's point of view is about as ex-
pensive as dress, but not so costly as
good jewelry. In place of spending her
spare time posing in front of the cam
era, or reclining her head in the dentist
chair, or placing herself ~resignedly in
the hands Of her coiffeur for want. of
something better to do, or for the pur-
pose of passing her time in the "off"
season, the lady about town now con-
sents to be pricked by the tattoo ar
lists operating needle, and to have her
forearm or shoulder adorned with a
serpent holding its tail in its mouth
a symbol representing eternity. The
skill of the tattoo artist, to be realized
properly and fairly, must be seen in
beautiful colors on a white skin
work which is amazing. The sketches
he employs are made in various coll
ored inks. His great skill is in the
faithful reproduction Of any, symbol or
picture desired by the sitter. These de-
signs vary in size from a small fly or
bee to that Of an immense Chinese
dragon occupying the whole space Of
fered by the back or chest, or a huge
snake many inches in thickness .coiling
round the body from the knees to the
shoulders. Tattooing has its humor-
u side as well as its serious. A lover
whose heart was once melted away in
a soft, sweet, passionate love got the
artist to imprint in indelible inks, over
the region of his heart, a single heart
Of charming and delicate outline, coll
ored, as it should be, in all the blpshing
tints, with the name Of his loved one
stamped thereon. Three years after
ward he followed the artist to London,
and, seeking him out, with face pallid,
the light Of his eye almost gone out,
and looking utterly miserable and care
worn, he requested the tattooer to i'm
print under that same symbol, in bold,
big letters, the word "deceiver." A
well-known army officer had tattooed
over his heart the simple name of
Mary" with a lovers knot, but six
months afterward the same man had
the uncanny word "traitress" tattooed
under II. An English actress had a
butterfly tattooed on her fair. shoulder,
the initials of her fiance, "F. w." be-
ing placed underneath. Not long after
ward she also came back and had the
"F'' converted into "E" and the 'V''
into "W," the letters reading "E. W.
She eventually married "E. w" and
to this day &c. w" thinks his initials
were the first tattooed on her arm.
Colonials visiting England usually re-
turn home bearing on some part OF
their body an emblem of some national
importance. This takes the shape Of a
portrait of the queen, or the standard.
the union jack, also, not being de-
splsed. A man may admire a favorite
picture and desire a reproduction of II
;attooed on his back or upon his chest
Prof. Riley IS at the present time en-
gagged etching" on a mans back
Landseer's famous picture, Dignity
and Impudence" and when finished II
will measure twelve by nine inches
The same artist is also outlining on the
chest of a Scotch baron a copy Of Con.
stables famous etching, Mrs. Pei
ham, after Sir Joshua Reynolds. the
original etching Of which fetched. m
June last, at Christie's, the record sum
Of f425. While most people are pleased
to go through the performance OF be-
ing tattooed just for the fun of the
thing, as it were, many, on the other
hand, approach the tattooer with 3
serious object In view. Eschewing al
fancy designs, they choose frequently
their own name and address as an aid
to Identification in case Of accident, or
as has been the case recently, a wife
may induce her husband TO have mel
name tattooed on his arm as a guaranty
Of good faith. An official connected
with one Of our leading railways ha.
had tattooed around his arm. in snake
fashion, a train going at full speed
The scene Is laid at night, The shade.
Of evening enyelop the snorting loco.
motive and flying carriages. while tn,
rays Of light proceeding from the open.
ed furnace of the locomotive are ef
fectively shown lighting up the cars
There are lights. too, issuing from the
carriages, showing how the passenger.
inside are passing away the time. soml
OF them are reading, some sleeping
some talking, some sullenly looking on.
Of the windows, A darkened portion
OF the train is passing the signal-boi
and the dim light therefrom family
lights M that part Of the train. IN,