VANITY AND THE TEETH.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 604, 4 September 1909, Page 11

VANITY AND THE TEETH.

'": ''There,' my. friend,'! ■ said'., the ' -Market' Street dentist; to .the.;trembling pationt,"in. the , chair, ,as he dropped a , big cyo tooth into the ■ "youh'-troublos lire '.'over as far as yourupper teetb.are concerned;";."Thank goodness!:'; .the victim•"exclaimed. "If you hadn't'gbt;- them-all 'to-day', doctor, I believe; 1 .could havo ever summoned lip courage enougb/to come;back.;'- Looking back at itj; however,' '.it .was' 'not - such' a Harrowing .experience.-: But;tell,me, doctor, why-is it that, much;morfe courage in facing tho dentist, than 'the av;erage' : maii'? '; I can remember;when m^;mother,.. up tjie!state, ealmlysat down'on the back' porch, ana 4fter.:a/fussy .old'dentist had' nearly pulled her'.head in.extracting all.her, teeth,- went about hor. household duties as usual.: 1 know young /women;, too, who think, of their engagements' at the dentist's'parlor with/no more ■trepidation -than- a trip "to the hairdresser'or. -inanicurist., .But.the.ordinary irian will,.,suffer.'every; agony ..before' consenting to have, his teeth treated..-I-have known : big strbng.j.fellows' who were -afraid of nothing (the dentist'excepted),,who have lost, their nerve.and; also the pain in the affected tooth the mornunt'they-placed' their hand on'tbe knob of the dentist's,parlor.".. !'jiy ifriendi" expliiiied'tho.dentist; as ho softly'.closed the the;door leading to,the,waiting-room, where 'a half 'dozen .chatting, women andi.one! miserable, man >were. .turn. "It's'vanity,; - simply .vanity. 'The; average woman.realises that,-ugly teeth are a serious menace.'.to. her entire appeaianbe, 'and no thought-bf personal pain- can'keep her from' at once .haying tho;defecf remedieu., l'll;o'xpectybu to'come in oho week to have; tho; impressipri; made/ , T know' you'll come,, because: that■ doesn't" hurt,— '.'Pb'ila-. Selphia Eecprd.'' ; ;V : .;.:; ''■. : -y: : . ■'.■' '■ '■',}',.;■ -.'; -,'- Both fatherland mother struggled valiantlv to teach : little Effio to repeat' •%'.' The child emphatically^;refused;to pronounce'; tile .first letter, of -the .alphabet,. and after. , , manv' vahi efforts, the. fother, : rotiTed from' .the fight ■ dh- ] couraged.,' .The - mother took tho little ; girl on her: lap • and■ pleaded: with her.'■ affectloh•ately. .-.■'; 'N-''■;.' ■•■•"■'•' t\ -":■■}/ ■'"Dearie,; w.hy;, wonrt -you ■ learn'-' to say. .'A'P'V- sho-asked..' i , ' ,-.''' ' .. . '-■■': ''Because,'mamma,".explained Eflje, "des as soon, as I say'-'A , you.an , papa.will want me to-say.'B'.';—"Harper's Weekly." ';'...',.