The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-03-03
ROSY CHEEKS
Are Now Tattooed and Needle Gives
Luxurious Eyebrows.

From Answers.
At first sight this statement appears
absurd unless we intend to judge beauty
from the point of view of a Maori chief
tain. and 1t will probably come as some
what of a shock when | affirm that at
the present moment many acknowledged
society beauties owe their charms to the
art of skilled tattooist. Such, however,
is the case. and there is no longer any
need for the faded society beauty to re-
sort to rouge to hide the havoc of a
long and gay London season Is rendering
to her complexion.
As may be readily imagined. the tattoo
ing of the faces of society beauties Is
not thing to be rashly undertaken, and
the art is confined to one man alone,
who spent many years In experiments be-
fore discovering the composition of the
colorng material he uses with such sue
cess.
The operator must, too, possess no mean
artistic skill. not only in order to de-
sign the shape the permanent complexion
Is to ashume, but also the depth of
colorlng required This varies in every
case, and has to be most carefully thought
out II a perfect, naturally tinted and
shaped complexion is to result.
| have had the benefit of carefully ex-
aiming several recent cases, and the
result Is so natural that 1t Is impossi-
BILE of detection-especially as the color
ing used is so delicate that the complex
ion retains all its powers of heightened
color under the stress of excitement and
pleasure mention this point especially,
as the appearance of permanent and
vivid blush would be by no means desr-
able acquisition.
Two things are mainly responsible for
rendering this result possible-hrst, the
Introduction of antiseptics by Lord Lister
the great surgeon and, secondly, the
invention of the electric tattooing APP
paratus This latter instrument permits
of practically painless tattooing, the oper-
ator simply guiding the needle holder,
and the needle being automatically driven
into the skin to whatever depth desired
and with enormous rapidly.
In working on a 1ady's face it can be
imagined that the utmost care is taken.
and before commencing proceedings all
instruments and the operators hands are
rendered aseptic. in the same manner as
before surgical operations, as is also, OF
course, the part to be operated upon.
There Is no pain attached to the pro-
ceedings. as in ordinary tattooing. as a
certain percentage of cocaine Is used III
the coloring solution, and | feel sure that
the knowledge of this fact has largely
helped to render the operation feasible
as four sittingS OF ABOUT one houi uui ="
ton each have to be submitted 10 II
perfect result is to be obtained.
Fashion has decreed that luxurious eye
brows are necessary for the proper setting
of the eyes we admire, and here ONCE
more art steps in to the aid OF nature.
II does not matter what color the eye
brows are, the skin beneath them can be
tattooed so that ,ney appear to be twice
as thick as they really are. Do not run
away with the idea that this is a simple
and Straightforward proceeding; it Is not.
1t would be If 1t did not matter II the
real hairs fell out; but this, of course,
would be disastrous, and hence the roots
of the hair must be most carefully avoid
cd in introducing the tattong needle, o.
they would be at once and forever per-
manently killed. Indeed, so much care
is RESTORED that powerful glasses are
worn. and. as far as possible, the needle
is introduced at an equal distance be-
tween adjoining hairs