The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-07-29
TATTooEp RLUsREs.
Rich Bloom of Youth Impaired For a
Nominal Fee.
London Mail.


The secret of perennial loveliness has
been discovered at last, and now upon
payment of fee the rich, ripe bloom cf
heaIthy 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 TO Mr.. Sutherland Macdonald
" est End tattOOist-tO the fair Amer
lean for the suggestion and 10 hIr. Mac
donald Tor having carried out success
Tully one OF the most wonderful and
interesting operations of modern times.
| In his small studio Mr.. Macdonald
has for many years pursued the very
profitable profession of tattOOist. Be
meath the deft manipulation OF his cleo
tricaily driven needle hundreds of
J ladies' and gentlemen, including repre-
sentatives OF the very pToudest families
! IN the kingdom have been epidermically
decorated with highly artistic designs
/ in every color.
PersOnages whose names are familiar
I to the world have emerged from his
room with their backs, arms and chests
emblazOned with fiery dragons, snakes
/ butterflies, birds, armOrial bearings,
TeSImental COlOrS and hundred other
devices. Until recently the tattOOiSt s
feminine clientele had not got beyond
a tiny butterfly on the shoulder or some
small design on the arm. About d
month ago, however, Mr.. Macdonald
/ had 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
4 dead tired of putting color on my
cheeks. Don't you think you could tat
/ too me a nice healthy glow that would
| stay all the time?"
/ M. Macdonald was for the moment
staggered by the proposal Well" lie
said, I've never tried the experiment,
but if you are willing to risk it I'll OBJ
/ serve the effect of it on myself, and If
I 1 am satisfied III undertake the opera
! ton The lady thanked him and
; promised TO return in a few days.
/ Now, as a conscientious tattoiSt, who
/ knows that mistakes are irreparable,
/ Mr.. Macdonald has in the course of
/ many years covered himself with what
may be described 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 re-
suit, but al 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 cOIoring so
that 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
Z that if she was still determined to 90
. through with it the tattoOing could be
done.
"Evs1- then" said Mr.. Macdonald
afterwaed TO a Daily Mail representa-
tive, Il was very anxious about il. as
1 knew that if it was a failure nothing
on earth could ever remove the evil
denceI OF the blunder. However, !
yielded to persuasion and set to work
with the finest needle I had and some
/ carefully prepared color. How closely
I watched the effect of every insertion
Of the pigment and what q state OF
/ anxiety I was in until the second tat
tooing had been finished I shall al
ways remember But it was a success
l 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 sue
cessful results of her own bright idea
It is perhaps hardly necessary to say
that the lady with the permanent glow
told a close friend about it, and that
within month three other American
ladies had been similarly treated Then
came an English lady journalist, who
had heard OF the operation from the
Americans. and afterward two other
English ladies acquired permanent
color by the same process
So far seven ladies have purchased
charming compilations that Will never
fade. and many others have written
for particulars. But the tattOOist him
self is not keen on the new craze, and
when a lady wrote the other day &c
ask If the color would remain upon heT
cheeks after death. Mr. Macdonald re-
piled that it certainly would. Where
upon the lady. dreading post-morteTn
discovery, wrote TO say that she would
rather 20 on being pale than have peo-
Me saw things about her after death
The enterprising tattooist is now
making a series of interesting expert
ments upon himself in the gentle art o.
inserting small rose diamonds beneath
his skin to form the listening eyes o.
dragons and other weird creatures.
/