Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-20
GoTTLIEB GOT THE HOOK
His TattOOed Cuticle is Passed
UP by Skin Grating
Specialists.

Eager as is the husband of Mrs. Fannie
Gottlieb Of sos First avenue, Brooklyn,
to give his skin to be grated on his wife,
to save her from blood poisoning, he can
not come to her aid because he Is a living
picture show. He is cursing the day that
he went to a tattoo artist and had every
square inch of his body decorated with
designs in India ink. His regret is the
greater in view Of the fact that various
handicaps have prevented any of the others
Of Mrs. Gottlleb's household from sub
hitting to grating operations to cover
sixty-four quare inches OF her leg that
needs patching.
Gottlieb was ready to spare all of the
skin-ready even TO give up his life to
save his wlfe-but despite her weakness
she protested. She declined to have trans
ferred to her body any of the pictures that
adorn the chest and back of her husband.
Even his legs are moving pictures, and
his arms are also in the general decorative
scheme.
More than three months ago Mrs. Gott-
lieb fell town a flight Of stairs with a pail
of boiling lard, and the entire surface OF
one of her legs was scalded. She was
taken to the Norwegian hospital and after
ward to the Kings County hospital, where
she lay for weeks waiting for friends to
come forward to supply skin to replace
that she had lost when she was scalded.
Mrs. Gottlieb's sister offered to submit
to an operation, but when It was found
that she is convalescing from pneumonia
she was rejected. The patients mother
then asked to be permitted to make the
sacrifice. but she only recently recovered
from appendicitis and has not regained
her full strength. The woman's father
was believed to be too thin to Withstand
the strain of the operation or the loss of
the skin and the doctors were in despair
until the husband arrived.
1--WE need sixty-four square inches" DR..
Wessenberg told him, "and thus far we
have not been able to find anyone able
to spare it. You look, however, like a
good subject"
II can and will give up my skim" the
husband answered as he began to peel his
coat.
Good for you,' said the physician, as
he slapped the broad back Of Gottlieb.
Come right in to this ward
Mrs. Gottlieb greeted her husband with a
bright smile, but It changed to an ex-
preston Of dismay when DR.. Wessenberg
said:
w are going to use his skin to make
up that sixty-four square inches that you
need"
NO, you are not" Mrs. Gottlieb said
with determination. 81 will not consent"
The physician could not understand until
Mrs. Gottlieb asked her husband to roll up
his sleeve. He did. and displayed pictures
Of two bleeding hearts. each pierced by an
arrow and done in India ink with all the
skin OF a Coney Island expert in tat
tooing.
"Oh, that's all right, said DR.. wessen-
berg rea%ssuringly. w are going to cut
the skin from his back"
why, that Is where he has the Jungle
scene" Mrs. Gottlieb groaned, "and on
his chest there Is a picture Of a tossing
ship. ia rather died than have them
transferred 70 me for life"
In answer TO the physicians questions
Gottlieb dispelled every hope DR.. Wessen-
berg had held. Up to his shoulders on both
arms snakes are oolled. and vines that
blossomed into flowers every few inches
creep up his legs. The artist had shown
his skill on every square inch OF the hug
bands body except his face, and Mrs.
Gottlieb perslstently refused to nave her
self transformed into q living picture
book.-New York p-