The Washington herald., 1917-10-30

Special CorresIuudent Of the Washington Herald
New York, Oct. 29-Jack, the Tat
tooed Man, il reaping harvest these
days in his little sub-cellar base
ment m Brooklyn. He is a living
advertisement of his own versatility
for he has some $40 designs tsttooed
on his body. On his chest are ships.
anchors, fiaEs and on his arms and
back flowers. pretty girls and ini-
tials.
He is averaging $50 a week by tat
tooiug new recruits. Even some Of
the rich young men OF New York
who have enlisted in the navy are
being tattoocd to give them a sea-
like appearance.
Jack has erased more than 800 Ger
man flags tattoed on various navy
men. The process OF eliminating the
ink takes three days, but he can
tattoo any design in TWO hours.
He declares that all Of his inks
for tattooinC and all the electric
needles are thoroughly antisepJic and
that he has never had any trouble
except with mothers
Mothers OF young men. he says,
are his worst enemies. They do
not want their sons tattooed Jack
declares that every man should have
his name ana address tattoood on
his arm. He believes it TO be the
best way possible TO identify in case
OF injury.
One of the tattoo experts special
ties is to tattoo reproduction OF
amy picture on the patron's-or vic
tim's-Chest Several young men
carry tattOocd likcncsses Of their
sweethearts on their arms. and one
recruit had the picture of his father
and mother tattooed on his chest.
Perhaps-who knows-the newspaper
profesh will furnish the writer of the
most popular war song There have
! been many good songs since the
world series began. but psychologists
say that not one has exactly rUng
the bell.
Now comes L. Monta Bell. a Wash
ington newspaper man, with a differ
ent slant on the war song While
other song writers were waiting for
the soldiers to adopt a song, tn,
foNy Mr. Bell has adopted the SOL
dier in his song and after furnish
ing them a slogan with his title he
then furnished them a song for the
title
Now for the title Here II is Just
as he wrote it:"Ill Be the First Man
Over the Rhine" Whether it be-
comes the" war song or not can
not be prophesied at this early date,
but a lot of prominent vaudeville
stars and one Broadway chorus are
singing it, so it has a good start.
Excitement was knee-deep on the
top of Fifth avenue bus vending
its way in and out of the heavy
5-o'clock traffic. Women leaned over
and Easped and giggled and men clung
to the rails in breathless excitement.
The objects of their attention were
two stunningly gowned women who
wore on their knees in the plush car
pet of the car and in each hand
they held a fluttering mass of golden
notes.
Shooting craps, BY Jing," shout
ed one enthusiast atop the bus who
evidently had crooned TO the worries
himself And sure enough that it
what they were doing. And even
the stern-faced traffic cop at the cor
ner smiled in good-natured amuse-
ment.
At Methodist Church Sunday
School in West 10th street a teacher
was explaining the location of Je-
rusalem to her young pupils. Some
how they could not understand that
East meant anything further than
tho L,ast River or West further than
New Jersey. Finally in desperation
she took the old geography ruse.
stand up, Johnny" she ordered.
When you stand facing north just
suppose you are in France. as you
see on the map. On the left is the
Atlantic. Now what is on your right
hand?" That's a wart. teacher,
said Johnny, blushing.