Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-07-01
TATT0OED BLUSHEs.
Rich Bloom of Youth Impaired for =.
Nominal Fee.

Nominal Fee.
| From the London Mall
The secret Of perennial loneliness ha,
| been discovered at last. and now upon nav
lnent Of fee the rich. ripe bloom Of
healthy youth can be indelibIy fixed ,,non
the cheeks of all who desire 1t.
Credit for the wonderful discovery must
be given equally to an American lady and
to Mr.. Sutherland Macdonald, a West End
tattooist-to the fair American for the sus
gestlon, and to Mr.. Macdonald for having
carried out successfully one of the most
WONDERFUL and interesting operations of
modern times. In his small studio" Mr.
Macdonald has for many years pursued the
very prontable profession OF tattooist Re
! neath the deft manipulation of HIS eIectrt
caily driven needle hundreds of ladies and
gentlemen, Including representatives of tina
very proudest families in the kingdom,
nave been epidermically decorated with
hlghly artistic designs in every color.
fefsonages whose names are familiar TO
the world have emerged from his room
| with their backs, arms and chests en-
pIazoned with fiery dragons snakes hut
TEXTILES, birds, armorial bearings, regiment
al colors, and hundred other devices
Intil recently the tattooist's feminine ellen
teie had not got beyond a tiny butterfly
on the shoulder or some small design ON
the arm. About q month ago however
MI macdonald had a visitor, who in the
art H0
See here" said the lady, I'm Just dead
tireo OF putting color on my cheeks. Don't
you thlnk you could tattoo me a nice
healthy glow that would stay there all the
time. ~
Mr. Macdonald was for the moment stag
i gered by the proposal Well" he said
I've never tried the experiment but II
You are willing to risk it III observe the
effect of 1t on myself, and if am satisfied
II undertake the operation" The lady
thanked him, and promised to return in a
few days.
Now, as conscientious tattooist. who
knows that mistakes are irreparable. Mr.
Macdonald has in the course of many years
covered himself with what may be lie
scribed as trial trips" but having found
vacant patch near his right ankle. he
proceeded to experiment with a 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 delight. obtained the exact
tint for facial application.
He furthermore discovered that II was
necessary to grade the coloring so that by
repeating the process over the pigment al
ready 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 III
she was still determined to go through
with IL the tattooing could be done.
Even then" said Mr.. Macdonald after
ward to a Daily Mail representative ct
was very nervous about it, for knew that
II 1t was failure nothing on earth could
ever remove the evidences of the blunder
However l yielded to persuasion and set
to work with the finest needle | had and
some carefully prepared color. How closely
L watched the effect Of every insertion Of
the pigment and what a state OF anxiety
1 was In until the second tattooing had
been finished l shall always remember,
But 1t was a success beyond anything that
either OF us had expected. The American
lady looked at herself in the glass and went
away delighted beyond measure with the
successful results of her own bright idea 9" 4
1t is perhaps hardly necessary to saw that
the lady with the permanent glow told a
close friend about 1t, and that within a
month three other American ladies had
been similarly treated Then came an En-
glish lady journalist, who had heard Of the
operation from The Americans and after
ward two other English ladies acquired a
permanent color by the same process
So far seven ladies have purchased
charming compilations that will never fade
ana many others have written for partfcu-
lars. But the tattooist himself is not keen
on the new craze. and when a lady wrote
the other day to ask IL the color would
remain upon her cheeks after death Mr.
Macdonald replied that II certainly would
Whereupon the lady, dreading a post-mor-
tenn discovery, wrote to say that she would
rather go on being pale than have people
say things about her after death
The enterprising tattooist is now making
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
creatures.