The Washington herald., 1920-08-19
New York City
By o. o. Mcintyre.
Tattoo Row in Mourning.

New York, Aug. 1S.-Tattoo Row
| in Brooklyn is mourning the de-
cline of its art. Three tattoo shops
| in the district on Sands street near
| the Brooklyn Navy Yard have
closed their doors. Sands street is
the haven for sailors on shore. II
lis a picturesque street OF dance
halls, flashy films, souvenir shops
/ and much resembles sections of the
Boardwalk at Atlantic City.
There are only two tattoo studios
! on the Bowery. A few years ago
there were twenty. "Limey Sammy"
! an old English tar, is dean of the
| tattooers. Most of the "tattooed
wonders" in circuses and museums
are his masterpieces. And he says
he has enabled them to make from
Is35 to 500 a week without work
ing.
! Sammy sees the extinction of his
/ art. Young men, just entering the
service, regard tattooing as tawdry
! and will have none of it. Sammy
fused to make about $50 a day
now he makes about that much a
week. He will tattoo a name for 25
cents and the designs are from IS
to $50, depending upon the size and
coloring.
Next to sailors, the tattooers Sc
cured most of their clients-they
call them clients-from the vaude-
Vile profession. The police regret
Ithe decline of the tattooers' art.
Many deaths by violence have been
cleared up because the victims have
been identified by their tattoo de-
signs. During the war there was a
temporary revival Of tattoOing-and
then il died down again so that
the shop that opened in the Forties
with new electrical devices soon
had to, go out of business.
Tattooers say many young girls
have come to them to have the
names Of their fiances emblazoned
on their arms and chests and then
davs or weeks afterward rushed
back to have them removed.-but it
cannot be done. No successful meth
cd of removing tattoo marks has
been discovered. At times it works
and at times it does not, but at
ali times II is dangerous.
Tipping on the Wing.
Tipping scars. Now it is the fad
to tin YOUR seaplane pilot. A pilot
Of a living boat between Miami and
/ Nassau rarely received anything
| less than SIS bill, according to re-
turning travellers. The aeroplane
drivers between New York and At
llantic City are generally tipped
from $40 to $40.
GoIdreycr's Rise Rapid.
Four or FIVE years aGo Mike Gold
reyer was an office boy in the office
of Al Woods This week it is an
nounced Goldreyer is to produce a
plav in a New York theater with a
| competent cast. The same week
comes news that Brock Pemberton
has decided to produce plays and
will star Gilda Neresi and Norman
Trevor. Pemberton is a protege Of
William Allen White. We shaved
together once at adjoining desks
and when he got mad one day and
quit the burden OF being dramatic
editor fell upon my shoulders. The
day he left he said: I'm either go
/ ing to produce plays in New YORK
or 90 back to Emporia, Kansas. and
stay there" 1t took him six years
to do it. but 1t has been done.
Pretty But Useless.
The large fountain in central
Park near the Mall is useless save
! for its beauty. Tattered little Vaga-
bonds from the East Side slip over
into the park and when the cop is
not looking jump into the fountain
and wade about. No harm is done
+ the kiddirs are cooled of and 1t
keeps them clean. And then the
spectators are vastly amused but the
| policemen seem to think their
authority is disputed and they chase
them away, threatening everything.
/ The other day a particularly bully
+ ing sort Of cop grabbed two out OF
the water. knocked their heads to-
gether until they were dazed and
then sent them all sCampering home
the evening spoiled. y few hun
Hdrcd yards away, in the same cops
district. an aged and respectable
citizen was set upon by thugs who
hid in the foliage. He was badly
beaten and robbed OF 1925. All Of 1t
happened while the cop was show
ing his authority over the Riddles
/ The New York policeman. with
few exceptions registers zero in in