Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-02-14
TALKS WIN THE BOYS.
ABOUT TsADes Aso paoFessIoNS
some Considerations Of fatsrest 40 Boys
About 10 Stake a start la LAfs-fhings
90 6e Avoided IL Satisfactory Re
sssits Would Is Reached


know a pair 81 fsreeps from lawn NOW.
e. when ae sets oat, bEt if he has passed
year ia the Cfice OF dentist he find tne
experience OF tie greatest benefit 70 him
Dentistry used 20 bs an uncertain thing.
ANY man ssho could ''hiJch on" 20 tooth
aud ssyank" it 0ut va, den ist Every
sort Of doctor stood ready % answer all
calls ia the line OF dentistry, although not
one in ten was anything more than jaw
breaker. The profession was supposed 70
be a sort OF annex 20 that OF a general
practitioner, and in the rural distr cts To-
day the family doctor would feel az
grieved il one Of his patients doubted his
ability 70 practice dentistry in tirst-elass
style.
The dentist Of to-day has thoroughly
stuffed the anatomy OF the mouth. He
knows the location OF every nerve and
vein and muscle. When he puts his for
ceps on tooth he has pretty correct
idea of-its roots and what he viii disturb
down there. Twenty years ago the only
remedy for tOothache was 10 pull the
tooth. If one did not have the courage
for that he must wear out the pain. To-
day il is "A poor dentist who pulls tooth
because it aches. The exposed nerve 10
killed the savity filed, and the tooth IL
as good as ever. Wonders have heen per-
formed in dentistry we'll as surgery.
1t is an almost every day thing 10 trans
plant teeth from the jaw o. one person to
that of another and make a success OF 1t.
Projecting teeth in the mouths OF children
are lined up TO plumb. as il were, and peo-
pie whose looks were positively ugly from
the set of their front teeth have been so
improved by the work of the dentist as to
astonish themselves Teeth broken oil by
accident have been capped so neatly as to
defy detection, and teeth are every day
extracted with such little pain that only
nervously weak patients call for gas or
chlOroform.
Three years. time should ft person for
the practice Of dentistry in all its kncwl-
edge. Success will not then depend on his
skill alone The offices of some will be
crowded, while others will have little TO
do. The courteous, patient, good-natured
dentist who does satisfactory work at fair
prices can count on an income of from
$1,000 to $1,000 per year, according to his
location.
In the other professions to be named,
such as artists, teachers Of music in
schools, desi yners and decorators, they
are adopted as a rule only by students fl
ted for them A boy can not learn to be
an artist any more than fish can learn to
be bird. The artist is born for his
work and needs only experience. Put. a
successful schooi teach er at any other
work and be would make a failure. Ask
designer ow he would like any other pro-
fession and he will express his diStrust or
disgust of them.
And now, my boy, let's 90 back 90 the
first articles on trades and let me a SIX you
what you are go ng to do? You don'
know? But yOp must know! Unless you
have half a million dollars back Of Oh
and can sit down and lend it out on mort
cages or open bank, you'll rave TO let
your brains or your muscle help you
through. The chance are that you will
start out with a far better show than
your father hal, no matter what You de-
eide to go into Forty or fifty years ago
boy had but few trades TO select from, and
an apprentice was treated little be ter
than a iack slave. Down Co twenty wears
ago a boys time wa, rated at nsxt to
nothing. His father bargained him .ut as
lie thought best, and the boys tastes and
nclinations wera not consulted in the
least.
DO not let artisans discourage YOU from
earning this or thar trade because they
ave not made Il uccess of IL. They NAV
ell you that certain trade is overcrowd-
i. Investigate a little and YOU will find
lat ouly tne botch workmea and chronic
Sickers arc out of work The cheerful.
cnthus tic workman is lille only when
misfortune overtakes the whole country.
We have In this country thou ands of me.
c;ianics who have no real heart i'm their
work, and no sort of in crest in the well
fare of their employers. To be dis
charged is considered no disgrace and to
be in debt is no cause for worry They
/ work while the eye o. a boss is upon
/ them, and kill time when l. is mo-. They
/ growl at the workngman' cond tion, but
ore solely responsible that they are not
better of. You will find them in one shop
/ this week and in another the next. and
their sad tai : of being oppressed by
/ bosses Will maze you ed tears-if you
are green enough. Il is certain and un.
/ deniabe fact that the poorest workman il
the one who does the most complaining.
III you take up a trade push II Go perfec
ton. As an apprentice b. prepared for
mai'y unpleasant things. To begin at the
foot means more or less drudgery. Your
inexpcrience will provoke ridicule, con
tempt and sometimes abuse. Because YOU
are a boy any man i'm the shop may feel
free 70 order YOU about BE obstinate.
,ulxy and dilatory and none If them viii
care how long il takes you toreach higb
or round in tle ladder. r cdeeriul, oblig.
ing and civil and you VII dnd every man
ready and Wiling to speak a good wor
Cor You and hclp along your skill. When
YOU have become a finished workman bsar
in mind the well-worn blt truthful maxim
that rolling stone gathers no moss Steady
work at fair wees j. wha' piles up the
dollars. 4 ltfgs share of our workingmen
are ever really ic listen 20 the glowing ae.
ceu4ts Of the high wares paid somewhere
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