The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-06-06
TATOOED ROYALTY.

Tattooing is just now the popular pas
 time of the leisured world. One of the
 best known men in high European cir
 cles, the Grand-duke Alexis of Russia,
 is most elaborately tattoed. Prince and
 Princess Waldermar of Denmark, Queen
 Olga of Greece, King oscar of Sweden,
 the Duke of York, the Grand-duke Con- stantine, Lady Randolph Churchill, l with many others of royal and distin- l gushed rank, have submitted them-
 selves 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-Coburg and Gotha, like his cousin, Alexis of
 Russia, is another elaborately tattooed man. Any one meeting the Duke of Newcastle, or the Earl of Portarlington,
 or Sir Edmund Lechmere in the street
 would hardly realize the fact that these | gentlemen are proud Wearers of tattoo
 marks-much so. The present fancy for | being tattooed, according to Professor | Riley-than whom no artist has tat
 tooed more distinguished people-main-
 ly exists among men who have trav- eled much, while ladies have also taken strong liking to this form of personal | decoartion, which, from woman's 1 point of view, is about as expensive as
 dress, but not so costly as good jewelry. In place of spending her spare time ! posing in front of the camera or reclin-
 ing her head in the dentists chair or | placing herself resignedly in the hands | of her coiffeur for want of something better to do, or for the purpose of pass ing her time in the 'off" season, the lady about town now consents to be pricked by the tattoo artists operating needle, and to have her forearm or shoulder adorned with a serpent holding it's tail in it's moutl1a-- symbol repre- senting eternity.
 The skill of the tattoo artist, to be | realized, properly and fairly, must be seen in beautiful colors on white skin work which is amazing. The sketch- es he employs are made in various col- ored inks. His great skill is the faith full reproduction of any symbol or pie ture desired by the sitter. These de- signs vary in size from a small fly or bee to that of an immense Chinese dragon occuping the whole space of- fered by the back or chest, or q huge snake many inches in thickness coiling round the body from the knees to the shoulders. Tattoong has it's humorous side as well as it's serious. A lover whose heart was once melted away in a soft, sweet passionate love got the ar tist to imprint in indelible inks, over the region of his heart, single heart of charming and delicate outline. col ored as it should be. in all the blushing 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 inn 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 lovers knot but six months afterward the same man had the uncanny word "traitress" tattooed under it,
 An English actress had butterfly tattooed on her fair shoulder, the in itials of her fiancee "F N.," being placed underneath Not long afterward she also came back and had the "F'' converted into "E, and the 'V' into "W," and to this day "E w" thinks his initials were the first tattooed on her arm Colonials visiting England usually return home bearing on some part of their body an emblem of some national importance. This takes the shape of portrait of the queen or the standard the Union Jack, also, not be- ing despised. A man may admire a fa- vorite picture and desire reproduction of it tattooed on his back or upon his chest. Professor Riley is at the present time engaged etching on mans back Iandseer's famous picture, Dignity and Impotence" and when finished 1t will measure twelve by nine inches. The l same artist is also outlining on the chest of Scotch baron a copy of Con- stables famous etching, Mrs Pelham" after Sir Joshua Reynolds, the original | etching of which fetched, in June last, at Christie's the record sum of GAPS.
 While most people are pleased to go through the performance of being tat tooed just for the fun of the thing as it were, many, on the other hand, ap- i, proach the tattooer with a serious ob- ject in view Eschewing all fancy de- signs, they choose frequently their own name and address as an aid to dentif- cation in case of accident, or, as has been the case recently, wife may in- duce her husband to have her name tattooed on his arm, as a guarantee of good faith.
 An official connected with one of our leading railways has had tattooed around his arm in snake fashion. a train going at full speed The scene is laid at night. The shades of evening envelop the snorting locomotive and , flying carriages, while the rays of light proceeding from the opened furnace of the locomotive are effective shown light ing up the cars. There are lights, too, issuing from the carriages, showing how the passengers inside are passing away the time. Some of them are reading, some sleeping, some talking, some sul-