The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-05-09

The Cost of Teeth and the Income al
some Popular Dentists.

Some Popular Dentists
Dentistry is not what it is cracked
I'D to be. and. although it paws big
profits. many bills for work done are not
collectible.- said g well-known Fulton
street dealer.
For this reason honest men and
women are compelled TO suffer for
the transgression of dead beats.''' he
went on. II have friend who recent
IL sold . set OF teeth for SIS which cost
him exactly s16.20. By set of teeth l
mean the upper and lower sets The
teeth mentioned above were set on
aluminium. Teeth set on rubber cost
the patient $50 and the dentist SO.
The prices given are average ones
Some dentists who serve the best peo-
pie ask even higher rates"
AL dentists. according 10 the Brook
iyn expert, claim 70 DO their mechan-
zeal work on their premises This is
not so. Less than one-half OF the
dentistry in Brooklyn do their own work
or employ mechanical men by the week.
4 larger part of the work claimed TO
Be done by local dentists is performed
BIZ half dozen mechanical dentists who
make a speciality Of that branch of the
business.
What are mechanical dentists paid
for their services?- was asked
Eight dollars per set, which includes
upper and lower. The dentist so con-
tracing for the work is obliged 10 fur
nish the teeth, which usually cost from
81 TO S. per double set Plain teeth are
worth 10 cents and gum teeth Is cents
each. The best teeth are made in Phil
adelphia- Dentists try 20 convince their
patients that teeth are very expensive
ne added, and that 10 make an upper
and lower set takes two or three daEs
This Is all humbUg. A mechanical dem
tist who IS good workman can make
three sets in twenty-four hours
Dentists who employ mechanical
men make plaster OF paris cast OF their
patients Jaw. so as TO get the articula-
ton, or fitting Of the teeth. correct.
These casts cost about cents each. and
when made are sent 10 the dental labo-a-
tories, where the remainder of the work
is done.
Until the middle Of September dem
fists might as well close their offices
and 90 in the country, as little or no
WORK IS done then The months Of
August and September are the dullest
in the year for the dental profession"
.'Wha. are the incomes OF Brooklyn
dentists?-
Some dentists make as high as s12.-
600 and $4,000 year, while others
hardly earn their salt Ladies prefer 70
pat7on;ze pleasant and agreeable dem
fists 70 men who are surly and uncouth
in manners Dentists who are person
ally popular have the largest incomes
Aomen dentists? On, yes To ny
knowledge there IS one in Brooklyn.
This lady attends almost exclusively 10
women and children Occasionally she
has a man patient, but not often"
DO omen make success OF dem
tistry?-
''Not always The feminine mind ia
sometimes unable 70 grasp its intrica-
cies- More women dentists practice
their profession in Europe than in
America
How are twelve-dollar-a-set teeth,
made while you wait manufactured"
In almost the same manner that
ffty-3ollar sets are made. 4 mechan-
zeal dentist would charge the same price
for making . twelve-iollar set OF teeth
as he would for higher-priced set
Dentists, however. VINO make teeth a.
the rate named always do their OWN
work In cheap upper and lower sets
OF teeth the teeth cost 81, while in the
higher-p-iced sets the teeth are worth
but s. more In cheap sets the only ad-
ditional expense is for rubber and plas-
ter. The materials used in dentistry
cost but little II is the work and skill
for which the patient is obliged TO pay
CONNECTICUT COINS.
Numismatists Delighted Over a Valuable
Find of Rare Old Specimens.
Odd coins have recently been IN
earthed in sNaral parts Of the State, in
such ouantitie> that New York numis-
matists have had their attention attract
ed this way. The soil OF this old State
seems 70 have a stratum OF old copper
and silver money under IL In the cellar
been found an iron pot partially filed
with copper and silver pieces, all Of last
century coinage. and worth 10 small
sum Of money. They have been sent TO
New York for appraisal Il is supposed
they were buried in the cellars more
than one hundred years ago. James S.
Cook, OF Hartford, has found in the deep
and fertile site OF the Connecticut river
which forms the north meadows a gem
uine old pine tree shilling" coined in
1852. The coin was in the shelving,
crumbling bank not three feet from
where the river is nearly eating into the
meadow. The spot is known locally as
'Cap'n Cooks fishing place" where, in
old times. the seiners used to draw in
loads Of bouncing shad and where the
colonists and later residents used 70 hold
the old-fashioned fish fries" Long
handled frying-pans. fish. sliced potatoes
and onions and Santa Cruz rum were the
features OF these Jolly feasts The pres
ence OF the shilling there shows that
these carousals must have been in vogue
two centuries ago.
Edward Kennedy, of Windsor, has
found another OF the shillings in the
earth Windsor was one of the oldest
settlements in the colonies These
coins were struck by the Massachusetts,
Colony to supply needed money. and
they are very rare. Il is fact of his
tory that the man who coined them was
allowed one in a hundred for his pay,
and that he became very rich When
his daughter was married his wedding
present TO her was her weight in shil-
Hngs- The coins are now sought for by
fanciers, who pay large prices for them
coin is little battered Il
contains the abbreviated Latin legend.
the rude nine tree and the s.XIIsi