Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1901-01-03

skin of those who are to wear them
through life. All this, however, testi- ,
6es to the fact that the Engl1sh Wom-'
an. whatever her station in life may
be. loves the soldier and is willing to
go to any extreme to testify to her af-
lection for the sweetheart who is COM
PEELED to foregO her smiles Wh1le nght-
Ing at the front
The art Of tattooing itself is ages old.
For hundreds of years it has been prev
alent in apan India and the Islands
of the Pacific. In Japan tattooing early
became a special branch of art coun-
tenanced and supported by all branches
of society. In 1858 the practice was in
terdicted by royal DEGREES and an ef-
fort was made to abolish it on the
ground that it was unworthy of the
nations advancing civilization. In
spite of this opposition, however, the
art has never died out. japanese men
and women are still tattooed, although
not as conspicuously as before, and the
foreigners who have visited the coun-
try have kept the tattooer busy:
TATTOO WAS OBLIGATORY
Tattooing among the cruel and bar
barrie tribes of the Pacific islands, and
New Zealand was chiefly done upon
those whose lives were devoted TO
warfare, the idea being that in this way
they night make themselves hideous in
the eyes of their nenies AT this time
the torture of the art was obligatory.
A boy was tattooed upon reaching man
hood, a soldier upon joining the ranks
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the fortitude they displayed. While
tattooing is not an extremely painful
process to-day, it was then a very Sc
rious matter. The work was one OF
long duration, and afterWafd MANY
days of sickness ensued.
The that were used by
the savage tattOOerS were MADE OF pon'
or ivory, with saw-like teeth, or point
ed at the ends like chisels. After tn
designs had been cut upon the SKIN
deer missions were made which cause
a free flow of blood, and then hnel,
charcoal or lampblack wa
inserted into the wounds that la bee
traced along the flesh. In India gun
powder was the coloring medium whic
was rubbed into the burrows which tn
instrument had made, but this was no
less painful than the charcoal.
The professional tattoer who is calle
upon to exercise his art in the inter
ests of the society girl has a most mel
cifu1 method of doing his work. h
begins with medicines-a dose of bro
mide to quiet the nerves, and possibl
a little stimulant to bring the fair pa
tent up to the sticking point of beal
"e EASY MODERN METHOD.
Then he takes a small bottle al
from it's depths he fips a little flu
upon a PONCE 1t is cocaine, and
brushes the skin with it, waits a fe
moments, and hen applies it again. Z
last he finds that there is no feellng
the spot that is to be tattooed. 1t
the old principle or the appl1catlon =
drug to alleviate pain The up-to-da
4e+fooer now uses cocaine just as tt
mercifu4 physician applies it to the e!
when it is necessary to take a foreis
body from that sensitive organ
TIan- very quickly the little need
5. +akene up and work of tattooil
heeinsanAs rapidly as possible he rul
around the outside to make the outlii
Of the figure which has previously sly De
marked out upon the skin. an Ihe en-,
dhps aesh,. one prick as close to t
a arp as Is possible, and the whole Ia
ttopether in a way which, when cor
nieted, will form the perfect deslg