European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 30, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse Arlt Ltd Home front v7v/v it s exactly what i wanted said Susan Hyde of Hartford Conn., moments after her proboscis was pierced. Hartford courant body piercing a whole new look by David Jacobson the Hartford courant the hollow steel Needle is 2vi inches Long. It has been sterilized in boiling water and bathed in surgical disinfectant and now it is going to pass through the skin of Susan Hyde s ice numbed left nostril. But first a Carrot organically grown As if to match the intense purity of this moment has to be whittled Down to fit up her nose. A Quot this will catch the Needle when it comes out the other Side. So we Don t also Pierce the septum Quot explains expert body piercer Annie Bogdan handing Hyde the Root and donning a fresh pair of surgical gloves. Quot i Don t want to know Quot says Hyde 32, of Halford Conn., sitting at Bogdan s Kitchen table. Bogdan makes a Quick deft motion with her thumb and forefinger and harpoons the Ink marked spot on the Side of Hyde s slightly upturned proboscis. Hyde digs a thumbnail into her Palm a thick tear Rolls Down her Cheek. Seconds later it s Over Hyde has a Gold stud and her birthstone a Sapphire firmly rooted in her nose. She checks the Mirror Quot it s exactly what i wanted and it looks As Nice As i thought it would Quot these Days lots of folks Are starting to like piercings and adornments far beyond the traditionally accepted lanced ear lobes. Pierced and decorated noses and navels once the sole province of those from the Indian subcontinent or muslims Are going mainstream hip. Even piercings of the nipples and genitalia while still the Down Side of body piercing. Primarily a phenomenon among Gay or sexually libertine subcultures Are on the Rise. A in Willimantic Conn., where some College students Are starting to resemble their Loose Leaf binders Tom Demao of the Eagle s nest Tattoo studio predicts Quot the noses and i think the nipples Are going to be coming in this school year. If i specialized i d probably be Busy 24 hours a Day with Gauntlet a los Angeles based Chain of body piercing salons does nearly 15,000 piercings annually. These include 839 installations of below the Waist jew Elry at the san Francisco store alone. Different perforations for to different persuasions right not exactly. Like the punctured Punk fashion of the Early 1900s, this new wave of piercing probably draws More w inces than devotees. Quot it s a cultural thing Quot says Jim Ward founder and owner of the Gauntlet. Quot these same people that Are so negative about piercing. Think nothing of Lummy tucks or facelifts or liposuction then they go eve vow a piercing Quot besides numerous self drawn tattoos Bogdan 27, sports eight end piercings two Silver hoops through her Rose and a steel ring through her left nipple. She says that Quot in getting a body piercing. You re owning and celebrating your for Paula Gates 28, of Hartford Conn. Embedding an Emerald on a Ost above her left nostril marked a new acceptance of her bump bridged Schnotz Quot because i Don t hate my nose anymore i decided to adorn but then she had to leave out her nose Post while working As a waitress. More recently when she hired on As a Legal Secretary her Boss said Quot i need to talk to you about what s in your nose Quot she has stopped wearing her nose jewelry altogether. She thinks the Hole is closing up Quot it was no longer an adornment. It was a hassle Quot beyond questions of Beauty and taste there s the Issue of pain. Piercing devotees insist that professional expertise makes a big difference. Quot if you re going to do this yourself on the dining room table with an ice pick it s probably going to Hurt like hell Quot Ward says. Bogdan knows firsthand. Quot Young and foolish Quot she performed her first nose piercing on herself with a Mirror two cans of Beer and a safety pin. She held one can to her face and quickly drank the other. She does t recommend the procedure. Piercings can like weeks or even months to fully heal and must be kept clean to avoid infection. Tips and trends Jill smarter than Jack a recent intelligence test developed by two University psychologists shows girls actually May be smarter than boys in Early school years because of a natural ability to plan ahead. Society has Quot always said that boys and girls were equal in intelligence and people wondered Quot Welt then Why Are girls doing better in school Quot says Jack Naglieri of Ohio state University. Naglieri and . Das of the University of Albert Edmonton developed a new theory of intelligence called planning attention simultaneous and successive. Pass measures children s ability to plan to pay attention to perform two tasks at the same time and to perform one task after Story on purses want to know what women schlep around in their handbags totes and attaches. So did Glamour Magazine which surveyed 143 female commuters in 13 cities to find out. Virtually All women s handbags had a. Wallet Check Book a a lipstick sunglasses keys pens and gum or mints. Likely to show up calculator aspirin coupons and Loose change. Average weight of the Load three to 5 pounds for a handbag eight to 20 pounds for an to cheat an Quot unacceptably High Quot number of 15 to 30-year-Olds Are willing to steal lie and cheat at work and in school says a recent report. Quot there is a Hole in the moral Ozone and it is probably getting bigger Quot says Michael Josephson head of the Josephson Institute of ethics a non profit group devoted to character education. His Survey of 3,243 High school students and 3,630 College kids found that 61 percent of High schooners and 32 percent of College students on an exam marigolds marigolds Are supposed to be yellow and Gold right think again. The folks at w. Atlee Burpee amp co. Have been up to their Plant Breeding tricks again. The result White marigolds. Quot it s a striking Flower for when you want something in the Garden to really blow the neighbors away Quot says Mike Mcgrath editor in chief of organic gardening. Burpee offered $ 10,000 in 1954 to the person who could Breed a White Marigold. A customer finally pulled it off in 1975 and got the Money. And though Burpee has sold near White Man golds in recent years it has taken this Long to develop a perfectly White hybrid suitable for stores. Called French Vanilla the seeds Are available through the Burpee Catalon. A from wire reports january 30, 1993 a the 5tar5 and stripes 17
