Permanent Beauty Spots. When they are still very young Arabian girls are tatooed by experts. Forehead tattooing costs ten francs, two dots on the cheeks a franc apiece and a simple chin design five francs. Parents consider it a duty to make their children as beautiful as possible and the few francs necessary to decorate them are willingly expended

Title, date and notes from Red Cross caption card.
Photographer name or source of original from caption card or negative sleeve: ARC Paris Office.
Group title: Children Algeria.
Used in: T.T. & C. Jr. May 1920.
Gift; American National Red Cross 1944 and 1952.
General information about the American National Red Cross photograph collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.anrc
Temp note: Batch 40