The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-06-23
Bushes
ON WOMEN'S CHEEKS.
American Woman Suggests 1t. and
London Expert Successfully
Performs Operation.
REPUBLIC

SPECIAL
New York. June 2-Credit for the Dis
cOvery Of the secret of perennial loveiiless.
which may be had upon payment of a fee.
Is given equal to an American woman and
a London tattoois,-to the former for the
suggestion and 20 the latter for having car
ricd out successfully one Of the most in
;eresting CT modern operations.
In his small studio" the t~attoois, has
for many years pursued his very profitable
profession. Beneath the deft manipulation
OF his electrically driven needle hundreds OF
ladies' and gentlemen. including representa-
fivcs OF the very proudest families In the
kingdom. have been e~pidermically decorated
With highly artistic designs IN every color.
Percentages whose names are familiar 20
TIE world have emerged from his room
with their backs. arms and chests en-
b'azoned with fiery dragons. snakes. but
tern!es. birds. aT1norial bearings. regincntai
coiors and a hundred other devices. Until
recently the tattooiet's feminine clientele
had not got beyond a tins butterfly en- the
shoulder or some small design on the arm.
About a month ago. however. he had a
visitor b In the course Of a few min
utes' conversation. opened up a marvellous
prospect for the art.
See here" said the lady. I'm just tired
OF putting color on my cheeks. Don't you
tnink you could tattoo me a nice. healthy
The tat,co.ss was for a moment stag
gered by the proposal. Well" he sad.
Tive never tried the experiment. but If
sou are willing to risk Il I'll observe the
effect OF it on myssif. and il i am salts
fed III undertake the operation" The lady
thanked him. and promised TO return In a
few days.
Now. as a conscientious tattooist. who
knows that mistakes are irreparabie. he
nss IN the course of many years covered
ninsf'f ,ri Sith s Sa'i a. nias found ss Sf's 3 sse, a;
patch near hts right ankle. he proceeded
TO experiment with a pigment that closely
ssse = Sss rous. in eSior, For some days
sired result. but at the erd OF a week OF
Close and careful observation he. to his
Sresi delight. obtained the exsc, tint for
He furthermore discovered that It was
necessary to grade the colorinE SO that by
Perfect imitation Of the glow Of health.
Then the woman. who was visiting in
Londcn; returned: and to her z-eat del,sht
mined to 60 through with II. the tsttoo.ng
Even ther." said the tsttcois. after
! knew n II was a failure nothing on earth
could ever remove the evidences of the
biunder; Howeyer. ! Welded to persuasion
had and some carefully prepared color. How
closely ] watched the effect of every in
sertion Of the pigment. and what q state of
anxiety I was in until the second tattoolng
had been finished. ! shall always remem-
Der. But It wae Q success beyond anything
that either Of us had expected The Amer
lean lady looked at herself In the glass and
went away delighted beyond measure with
the .uccessful resrlts Of her " bright
1t Il perhaps hardly necessary to say that
the lsdy with the permanent glow told a
close friend abort II. and within . month
three other American ladies had been sim
ilariy treated. The came an English wom-
tion from the Americans. n afterwards