The tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1900-1902, 1902-11-13

30 Longer q Fad 30 az rnited s.asss
Navy,


Tnifooinf na have beoorse III
Fogue among faddy young men and uo-
n.sn 81 ~dlsfnctlon IN eoeiey. as I CO.
c9sionaiiy nse noted In TIE neaspaus-
bat Il has gone cut Of fashion amoor
tie meme earH-meu.8 remarked a
naval gnipsr e The Brooklyn yard the
otber 1ay, FOR . number o. years
past m fact he oi1.timsra have hem
uhlng . certain metkod 70 get fid n
their tattoo marks. This d the milk
aud-toothpiek frratmenS and ifs about
the simplest thing IN life
The ealiorman Who has a blt of
~tattooing tkat he q 10 nj nd az
simply dips a sharp and hard io0thpick
Ia milk and iabs away e the marx
With T. u - q uire painful, Of course.
The skin must be broken all Osor TIE
surface % the tnttooed marx % lei ne
milk into the nehh.
Tbs milk absOrbs TIE INK. and when
the wound heals tie tattoo marx IL no
longer there A scar IL LEFT. but by no
means as bad az the scar len after a
tattoo mark has been treated BY the
electric needle
In time about every one grows
weary 81 his tattoo marks. The Young
Officers Of ny day ia the old navy near
" al had themselves marked N with
the bunch Of lAttooing needles. Just a.
the old-time blue jackets did. but 1
think We're ali o or less Eorry lsr
L.
Tbs sorrieEt two people I ever saw
oYer tattoo marks were a couple OF
young women. both Of them daughters
OF one Of the most famous admirsln Of
the old navy. They accompanied their
father out to the China station, and
while In japan. In a spirit Of mischief
they both had their cheeks tattooed q
lovely, blushing pink
The JOB vas done By the finest tat
tOoeT In the empire Of Japan. and 4
simply made the young rome look a.
Y they blessed with the charming
high color Of perfect health. Their
father. Me old adnlrsl. ragged and
stoEned over II, but the JOB was done,
never 20 be undons.
When the W. young women grew q
BIT elderly. stu. o. course, preserving
the Deacby color In their cheeks. their
women friends accused them. naturally
enough, and behind their backs Of
course, Of E1ing rouge. ] have heard
both Of them. after they had become
mothers Of families. bitterly bewAn
their foolishnezs In having had that
extraordinary bit Of tattooing perform
ed o. their c-ountenanoes.
There was q funny tEftooinE Incl
dent on board OF the ship 70 which I
Ess attached on the Mediterranean sta
ton about q dozen years ago. The ex-
ecutiye officer Of the ship-of course,
you know the executive officer. OF nrst
lnn. As the blue jackets called him. is,
next TO the skipper. the biggest man on
board a man-o'-war-Eae perhaps the
Quietest and most reserved mar IN tne
American navy.
IAN ensign was seat out TO our ship
70 tepiaoe a young man who had becn
relieved. The rev young officer had
been the tRlhet cadet perhaps, who
ever went through Annapolis and HIS
penchant for TolubiIity eiUng TO him
after he got bis commission.
One day just after joining the ship,
the young ensign began At the mess
table TO dilate on the subject OF tattoo
Ing. he had noticed that q large PER-
centage OF our ships company forward
NEAN 6AAARaEA anu ~ NAAlNA AaMa
It's q bsrbarouE. silly, disgusting
practice, said the young man. ana
there ought 10 be 3 regulation prorid-
ing for the seyerest punishment To De
melted out upon any man. fore or AFT.
who permits himself 70 be tattooed An
officer Who allows himself TO be tattoo
ed ought 10 be dismissed from the scr
vice.
NOW, that vas pretty warm taxi, in
asfnuch as most OF Us older men ~ the
table were more OF less marked NJ
with the needles. but the older mea
around q mess table have 70 make al
lowAnces for the rawness o. the young
er chaps. and % nothing was sid. The
executive oRioer regarded the tAlkRtive
boy with a vague smile ia his eyes. and
then transferred his attention 20 his
plate
we had a salt water showed bath
fixed ar on the main deck Wherewlth
10 cool ourselves whea re turned ont
ID the morning. Wed don short trunks
aud stand under the thing and then so
over ourselves with fresA water.
''On the following morning after tie
young ensign had bAEted tattooing 81
th0roughly the executive onloer walk
Cd out under the shower bath In his
trunks The young ensign happonedln
Be officer Of the deck. and ii vas a
study to observe how his eyes stuck out
when he had one good look AZ the per
sou o. the 1aut mn.' his very much Eu-
pcr4or officer.
The executive OFFICER was q giant %
feet /. on his chest he had uattooei
AZ enormous full-rsEEct ship In blue
and red On his back he had a really
hne pieco about a foot and a half long
and a foot wide hat had been done ~
e japanese. Il represented . japanese
dragon battling with az eagle. Ia foag
e0ios-eluo. red, golten brown snd
green.
~on his hEawny arms fron his
shoulders almost % his wrists were
nicely pictured anohorS boa construct
ogs. weeping WiIowa rtArA e2ss and
such.
The executive Officer stood under
the shower, hooking straight ahead aad
smiling drtamily. He knew 0at the
young ensign was taking him iR fr1u
behind the enFino con hatch The
quiet humility witch characterized that
young easiERs demcanorH az dur
ing the remainder Of the cruise la
s0mcthing remarkable -New YORK
Sun.
An incident Which occurred while