The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-03-05

mouth more easily yields to mental
instability.
In one case where the need for dis
guise was apparently imperative, the
woman pointed out to the doctor that
the lines of temperate irrability of
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS fast disfiguring
could be completely taken away, if any
thing could be done to make her look
different" The surgeon raised. the
sagging side of the face, making a tri-
the shadow of the hair. and took a little
tuck in the skin. This smoothed out
the lines, raised the corner of her eye
and mouth and gave the contour Of
youth. The sunken nOstril was in
fiated to add to the effect. but the client
was still unsatisfied. Thereupon the
doctor added dimple in the left cheek
and at once innocence and candOr crept
into the expression. She looked an
other creature. Her appearance was
prima facie denial of any suspicion
against her. A change in the color
or dressing of her hair and her most
intimate friends could not have recog-
nized her.
An Artistic Success Cost $500.
The criminal who has himself made
over must be person of some affluence
While for the rearranging of a hook
nose, which is an affair of a snip and
a stitch or two, the cost is not great.
500 or 5000 is an ordinary fee for the
rebuilding of a feature. where injeC-
tons of protoplasm are necessary to
make the structure secure and give it
sculptor is necessary to make the work
an artistic success.
1t is the hardened crook, Injured to
the exigencies of his profession, who
sees the advantage of the insignifi-
cant change, pertinent to the general
outline, is confident that the confusion
this creates must be his safeguard. The
lesser lights always desire an elaborate
ulSIeSSIOll IIOIl s pldIl.
The nose. as the feature of greatest
prominence, most easily lends itself to
this purpose. If it is woman she will
sigh for retrousse finish to an aqui-
line organ. If man, the specialist is
usually instructed 10 increase or lower
the bridge and modify the nOstril. A:
least one pickpocket was so trans
formed by this operation that he tried
an honest way of livelihood and up to
date has been kept within the straight
and narrow path solely through the
moral effect of his rehablated nose.
The bulk which ties down a nose to
the upper lip and imparts a singularly
sinister expression to the face is very
common among petty offenders. When
it is cut off the feature rebounds, rails
ing with it the lip and developing
point in that erstwhile straight line.
The nostrl expands of it's own accord,
as a result, and the whole face reverts
to the normal.
Chins Made, Cheeks Filled Out.
Protoplasm is Used in the manufac-
ture of the chin and the filling out of
or overhanging lids, particularly no
ticeable in a certain type of criminal,
have often served the purpose, when
removed of wholesale alteration. But
the most difficult of all remodelling is
that of the mouth loose and depressed
at the corners. telling in the fine lines
about it, the story of depravity and
shifty living. The crooked mouth of
the adept and fluent liar, who slips
from evasion to falsehood with amaz-
ing dexterity and invention, is as well
known to the police court as it's daily
routine. To remedy this a tuck is
taken on either side of the mouth. 1t
is literally sewed up. Repeated opera
lions are needed to shape the lips. The |
skin has to be taken off again and !
again, until the proper depth and full |
ness is secured, and they are much |
manipulated in the process of bringing |
them into cOnsonance with the rest of
the face Long, tedious, very expensive
and more painful than the correction |
of other irregularities, this has new
ertheless proved the most in demand
among women crooks, with the widened
eye as an accompaniment.
The eradication of an offensive skin
disease, with the removal of the deep
lines in the forehead. acted as an eff
cient disguise. The unseamed brow
gave look of frankness and bonhomie
to an offender of long standing Tat
tooed betrayals on back, chest and
arms are also obliterated at heavy cost,
but this is a necessary item in the los
ing of identity, since almost two thirds
Of the malefactOrs of professional
standing carry some design upon the
body. 1t seems to be a part of their
popularity vanity.
Changing the Chin.
A favorite method OF slight altera-
ton is to have a deep cleft in the chin
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