The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-06-17
Tattooing is Increasing
Though Less Popular Among say.
ages the Practice Attracts Civil.
lied People More Than Ever.

New YORK Press.

T~attooing. that barbaric form of
persona a. ornment borrowed from
the uncivflized people Of the South Sea
islanos, II Increasing not only in the
in the civilian population of the Unit
Cd states. This Is the conclusion
reached by Surgeon A. Farenholt of
the United States Navy, following a
series OF investigations through a Pc
ROD Of more than twelve years.
Curlously enough Surgeon Farenholt
concludes. while the practice Of tattoo
ing is increasing among the Americans
u Is rapidly decreasing among the ur-
civilized people who are responsible
TOR Its practice. The activities of mis-.
s~ionaries. and also Of many govern
ments. as that of Japan, are largely
responsible for the decrease In tattoo
ing among members Of the uncivilized
tribes. The naval service and also. it
might. be added. the merchant marine,
are chiefly responsible for the increas-
Ing popularity Of the v~ari-colored pic
body.
Surgeon Farenholt estimates that
50 per cent Of the men in the naval
service who have been 10 years or
more In the navy have upon their per-
sons one or more tattooed designs.
In examining the enlistment records
sSh "tbO "StS SAtISICu OlI
the receiving ship Independence at
San Francisco. Cal. during eight and
one-half years, DR.. Farenhoit found
that SO per cent Of the men appearing
Tor second enlistments bore tattoing.
The. percentage Of tattooed men
among applicants for the first enlist-
ment was. g., -~v+ ,~g~ :. (.
He found that the majority Of the
men examined acquired most of their
tattooing while in the naval service,
and more than half those tattooed got
their first bodily decoration after they
entered the navy He found that the
men Of the Marine Corps, even though
they -served- nearly as emaehstime at
sea as the average bluejacket, were
tattcoing. Whether this IL because
the marine never feels himself to be
purely q scattering. man or not DIR.
Farenhoit does not attempt to say. 1t
is believed that new men r induced
to have themselves tattooed. by the
example set them by their seniors in
service. Apparently the young men.
the recruits. become imbued with the
idea that they cannot be accepted as
full-fedged men of the sea unless they
have blue and red designs linked into
their skin.
The cruises into foreign lands and
strange ports, especially to those Of
the Far East, made by the American
blue5acket are undoubtedly partly re-
sponsible for his fondness for tattoo
ing. In the Orient he finds nor tat
and he also finds more people ready
to lend their art to his adornment II
the price be forthcoming.
There are a great variety Of designs
favored by the tattooed bluejackets.
Almost equally diversified is the Sc
lection. Of the portion Of the body
which. is to be decorated. 1nvestiga-
In first place az the favored location,
Tor tattooing. The arms came next.
with the chest third. the shoulders
fourth and the hands next: then came
In the following order wrist. legs, feet,
back and face.
OF the conventional designs letters.
including figures, dates. notices. etc,
initials were chosen. and sometimes
his own initials were linked with those
OF q one-tir1e sweetheart. Next In or
der Of preference come oats Of arms.
fiags. anchors. eagles and other birds,
stars, female figures, ships. clasped
bands, dassers. crosses. bracelets and
The old design Of a pig tattooed on
the foot, which was supposed to shield
q possessor from death by drowning,
has become very rare among tattooed
men, DR.. Farenholt states. and now
Its meaning il scarcely known. An
other old time design which still re-
mains popular is that which consists
OF tattooing the words Hold fast"
one letter on the back Of each Of eight
fingers.
Many freak designs were encounter
ed by DR.. Farenholt in the course Of
his investigation. One man was
sock covering each foot and extending
we'll shove the ankles. Quite fre-
quently the once very popular design
was found consisting Of q weeping
willow beside a Tombstone. on which
was inscribed, I'm Memory Of MY
Mother" 8.
Tennis. rackets, bats and balls. and
glasses OF. beer were found with In
creasing frequency. while Neptunes,
merInatds and fishes. were seen in d.
numbers.
DR. Fafenholt said. that IN no case
did he md any evidence Of infection.
tr~anatniseton OF disease or blood-poi-
due to tattooing.s
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