The Natchitoches enterprise., 1922-10-05

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! Sometimes there is a small mo
or scar which mllady wants tran
formed into beauty spot; recen
ly l had a Japanese custom,
whose white Scared eyebrow hs
to be tattooed black.
! Il also serve the cause of SC
ence, for when I was in the Boe
War l was called upon to tatto
small marks on arms and legs {
soldiers to indicate the exact locs
ton of arteries, so that in case g
wounds their comrades woul
know just where to apply pressur
to prevent them from bleeding t.
death.
Speaking of soldiers, many o
the foreign veterans of the hi.
war have had laurel wreaths tat
tooed around their wound scars il
memory of their source.
One Of my most interesting
customers was Dave Warford, {
Spanish War veteran out at th.
Soldiers Home in Sawtele. HI
admired Roosevelt so much thai
he bad me cover his back witt
sort of memorial the figure oil
a dasLing Girl of the Golden Wes,
mounted ON dashing charger and
sounding the call to the Rough
Riders. The work covered several
months odd hours, thirty-slx in
all.
Tattooed lndentificatiOns
Sometimes business men come too
Ter signatures on their arms, rep
licas of their own writing, which
:hey consider security for cashine
checks. Sometimes, too, l an
called upon to change certain dis
tinguishins marks or signatures,
and then | realize that ny nervous
patron has, in all probability, &
good reason in losing his identity.
Society fo'ks l should say so.
Some Pasadena miiIionaires have
followed the fad of having their
,wn-and oth.r-initials tattooeG
their wedding rings.
Eany of the sporting young sciops
# our prominent families have
'ailous cmblcms, frat signs and
he like, etched On their skins. !
often. toe, society girls come
huddering in to cntrcst me tot
hange their disfigur,ng vaccina-
ion marks into dainty flowers orI
my butterflies.
No, it doesn't pain very much.
ONE artists use a sort of stencil
transfer the design or signature.
ut l work freehand, and very
,ccessful!y, TOO, if l do say it
yself. The needles are worked
their passing thru a hollow
'be and being vibrated with small
ills, similar to those employed en-
ectlic bells, and being operated
three or five cells or dry bat
ries." /
He indicated neat cabinet of
~ jars Of color; everything was
ot!ess'y clean, ard every pre-.
ution taken antiseptica.ly. Six
lors are used: black, blue, red,
cen, brown and yellow, and
endings of these. Where tattoo
3 originated in primitive tribes,
tho way from the polar regions
the South Seas-and Mr.. Cor
Y has followed his trade in all
sse out-of-the way places-it is
aally done with sbarpened bones,
ells and thorns, and nature sup
es the stains and dyes. MIR.
rday gets his colors from China.
ng mineral exclusively. Ilearn-
that the word tattoo comes
m the Tahition verb Tatau, and
lveys the idea of the tat, tat
md of the operators needle. In
ny primitive places tattooing is
'sidered the highest point of
'amentation, as we'll as mark of
te, and men and women submit
years of exquisite torture stoic-
7 for the pride in their appear
e.
Ten Months lob
mere are parts of the body
ere the pain is severer than
ers, but as a general rule the
ut pricking is not very painful,
the local Inflammation result
subsidies in few days. Ac-
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