The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-08-11
TATTOOED BLUsHES.
IA Latest Method OF Securing Rosy
Cheeks.

London Mall.
The secret OF perennial loneliness has
been discovered at last, and now upon pay
ment of a fee the rich, ripe bloom OF
healthy youth can be indelibly fixed upon
the cheeks of all who desire it.
Credit for the wonderful discovery must
be given equally to an American lady and
a London tattooist-to the fair American
for the suggestion, and to the tattooist for
most wonderful and interesting operations
of modern times. In his SHALL studio he
has Tor many years pursued the very
profitable profession OF tattooist. Beneath
the deft manipulation of his electrically
driven needle hundreds OF ladies and gen
tlemen. including representatives of the
very proudes families in the kingdom,
have been systematically decorated with
highly artistic designs in every color.
Personages whose names are familiar to
the world have emerged from his room
with their backs, arms and chests en-
blaZoned with fiery dragons, snakes, but
terhies, birds, armorial bearings. regi-
mental colors, and a hundred other devices.
Until recently the tattooist's feminine
clientele had not got beyond a tiny butter
fly on the shoulder or some small design
on the arm. About a month ago. however.
he bad a visitor who in the course of a
few minutes 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
think you could tattoo me a nice healthy
glow that would stay there all the timer"
The tattooist was for the moment stag
gered by the proposal. "Well,' he said,
I've never tried the experiment. but If you
are willing to risk it I'll observe the effect
OF it on myself. and If l am satisfied IN
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 ~irreparable, he
has in the course of many years covered
himself with what may be described as
trial trips" but, having found a vacant
patch near his right ankle, he proceeded
10 experiment with q pigment that closely
resembles rouge in color. For some days he
Jabbed away without getting the desired
result, but at the end of a week of close
and careful observation he, to his great de-
light, obtained the exact tint for facial APP
plication.
He furthermore discovered that it was
necessary to grade the coloTing so tina by
repeating the process over the pigment
already inserted he was able To make a
perfect imitation OF the glow Of health.
Then the American lady returned, and to
her great delight was informed that if she
was still determined TO go through with it
the tattooing could be done.
Even then said the tattooist afterward,
L was very nervous about il. for 1 knew
that If it was a failure nothing on earth
blunder However, l yielded to persuasion
and set to work with the finest needle |
had and some carefully prepared color.
How closely / watched the effect of every
insertion OF the pigment and what "a state
OF anxiety L was IN until the second tat
tooing had been finished / shall always re-
IleHlUSi, DuI IL WAS Al success DeNOnQ any
thing that either of us had expected. The
American lady looked at herself i'm the
glass and went away delighted beyond
measure with the successful results of her
own bright idea"
1t is perhaps hardly necessary to say that
the lady with the permanent glow told a
close friend about it, and that within a
month three other American ladies had
been similarly treated. Then came an
English woman journalist who had heard
of the operation from the Americans, and
afterward two other English ladies ac-
quired Il permanent color by the same pro-
cess.
So far seven ladies have purchased
charming compilations that will never fade,
and many others have written for particu-
lars. But the tattooist himself is not keen
on the new craze, and when a lady wrote
the other day to ask If the color would re-
main upon her cheeks after death, Mr..
Macdonald replied that it certainly would.
Whereupon the lady, dreading a post
norton discovery, wrote to say that she
would rather go on being pale than have
people say things about her after death.
The enterprising tattooiss is now making
q series OF interesting experiments upon
himself in the gentle art of inserting small
rose diamonds beneath his skin to form the
glistening eyes of dragons and other weird
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