Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-02-11

New York.
New York.
NEW YORK WOMEN
HAVE A NEW FAD.

New York women have scnseless
and dlang .ring fad OF tattooing. The
idea was not suggested by the much
decorated arms OF tho heroes Of the
navy. Its inauguration In due TO the
fact that English society women are
having their limbs tattooed. Recently
one OF the society tnttoocra came over
from London and In his New York
studio seems busy enough TO be enjoy
ing the popularity he claims. OF course
not all his patrona are women. but he
says that large majority Of them are.
Actresses are especially fond OF wear
Ing some occult symbol. which they
trust will bring them good luck.
"of course" said the society tattoocr.
when asked to tell something about his
work. Il never dlvulge the names OF my
patrons. ] make that rule. even when
! know the women would not object.
In England had one patron. n titled
lady. who came TO me first TO have Q
simple design tattooed upon one arm.
She waB no pleased with the effect that
she came back almost n dozen times.
and now her arms are almost fillcd with
Ingenious and. to her. significant tat
toolnga.
II remember a young officer whose
arm I tnttoocd with n portrait OF his
sweetheart shortly before he went away
to the war The portrait now In. with
him. moiding TO dust In a grave near
Santiago.
THE favoritc place for the tattooingf
Well. the ladies generally have the de-
sign on the arm. though I know of
many who have been tattooed on the
ankle. a good many married ladies are
fond OF having the Inscription engraved
on their wedding rims tattooed on the
| finger underneath the ring. Many Of
them. too. ask TO have bracelets tat
tooed on their arms. A coiorcd butter
| ny In also great favorite. I am able 20
tattoo In ten different coiorr. What an
| artist can do on canvas I will undertake
| to reproduce on the skin.
"The method In quite painless The
electrical tattoolng machine Ii fittei
with needles whose flncncra will be APP
preclated by ladies when say that they
are 'nixteens.' Therefore a tiny pune
ture from such u needle could not be
felt unless the skin In ahnormaliy sem
Hitivc.
1
ever part OF the body liz TO be tattooed.
with an antiseptlo lotion. which renders
| the treatment perfectly safe. Then the
outline IL drawn with one needle. and
| this travernes the skin nj the rate ~ 70
puncturcs second. After this " I'M
ished put In the shaft as many nee
dies M are required for the shading.
sometimes using as many ns 90. n the
design In to be n colored one. different
needles are used for the different coiors.
The same needles are never used twice.
each customer having an entirely new
set OF needles.
| Engaged couples very often come 10
have each others initials done on their
arms. Their mutual interest In the
process M tried on each others arms u
| very funny. The worst Of II In that
when they quarrel both parties descend
upon me to have the initials erased.
This In impossible. but to overcome tho
difficulty trace heavy design over
them. and this hides the initials.
| II can also tattoo a natural tint OF
pink upon the checks OF ladies. IL II
very delicate and very expensive
process.
II once had q secret society come TO
me. There We're 90 members. and each
had the secret sign OF the society tat
tooed on his arm. They wanted 10 en-
roll me nH member 70 that the sign
might be safe. but I politely declined. 10
they made me swear eternal secrecy
which was quite prepared TO do,
zone Of the favorite designs for ladies'
IL a butterfly. Birds with gayly color
ed piumage and flowers and initials are
most often what they prefer TO have
tattooed upon their arms. Sometimes
the designs are placed upon the ahoul-
der, where even In evening dress they
are not seen. on the arm the long even-
ing gloves cover them. one OF the most
conspicuous tattooings ever made was
that OF serpent coiied about the wrist
OF a society woman. II was pretty
good piece OF work. and the serpent
looked so llfellke that ! wondered at her
coolness In going through life with u
eolied about her wrist.
''The length OF time II takes to tattoo
n design OF course depends upon the IN
trlcacy OF the pattern. My charges are
In accordance with this. From 20 min.
utes to 60 hours are the extremes or
time. II very elaborate picture IN
many colors were required for the back
II would take me three or four weeks 10
complete IT,"