Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-09-08
IN WOMAN'S BEHALF.
SHE EXTRACTS TEETH.

women may not succeed, II they pre-
pare themselves for their work and 90
at it zealously and conscientiously.
The pioneer was Mrs NJ u Abbott,
whose place of business is at the corner
OF Cottage Grove avenue and Thirty
first street, and whose speciality, as her
card states, is ''erown and bridge
works She also gives Special attcu-
ton 10 chidrcn4teeth, tW
Areporter, says the Chicago Inter
Ocean, called to see her recently, and
found her willing to give her expert
ence for the encouragement of others
who may be contemplating n like de-
parture from the beaten path. She has
two rooms, n reception and operating
room, and in the former u sewimg-ma-
chine and white lawn gown, trimmed
with embroidery, in process of making,
proved that, whatever calling woman
may pursue, certain womanly habits
will cling To her through everything
The assistant admitted the visitor and
presently the dentist herself came in.
She is woman Of medium height, with
good, regular features, dark eyes and
hair and u fair complexion.
'Ecs, have had chcclScred career"
she admitted MS she pulled off her
gloves and sat, down. 'You sec, since
| began there has been n tremendous
change in public opinion. The progress
that has boon made, within the past
ten years. passes belief" .-..
where were you educatcd?"
81 have had no college training
When began there was no college of
dentistry in Chicago. My husband was
a dentist and istudied with him. be-
gan shortly after was married. We
lived on Oak street, not far from the
lake, and were doing wen at the time
of the fire. That ruined us. We lost
everything, like hundreds of others,
and were among the refugees who went
to Milwaukee. Friends made up a
purse and helped us II remained in
Milwaukee, little ovqr az year and then
! went to Cresco, Howard county, Iowa
! had two children. Z
II learned my profession thoroughly,
and made speciality of the mechanical
part of it. ltwas really forced upon
me- for had my two little children and
| had to do whatever work | might un-
dertallc, at home This it was possible
for me to do in dentistry / went to
Cresco in the -winter.eaIt was intensely
cold weather, as cold as it ever gets in
that part of the country. had my
children with me and remained year
and half The business did not pay
me, and realized that 7 woultl liavc TO
branch out and open other offices in
ncighboring towns, NlyAfriends, who
were greatly interested in my success
and who are still my friendssalso adj
vised this. My first Venture was in
Preston, MINI. III was thirty miles
from Crcsco off the RAILROAD and the
journey had to be. lnadeH;in 'an open
wagon Ihad heard Of the community
as one made up of intelligent, progress
sive people. went in january id the
midstof a raging blizzard, holding my
baby close to me, under the, blankets,
to keep him from freezing. Louise was
left with friends. Sliewas then seven
years old. IT twas in Northumberland I
did not expect TO remain more than a
few days, nor did l. expect very great
financial results, 70 my surprise was
busy almost from the first day, and, in
the fhree weeks 1Aremaincd,si earned
$500. -.
81 then continued TO open branch Of
fees until had six,s all Of which l Wis
tied at stated seasons, and did well.
'Do you extract teeth, too?"
ooh, yes" she said with a smile.
"Do you rememberthe first case OF
this sort?" ~ = -
Perfectly. That was in Crescos,, My
husband came utsinto the back room
and said: Minnie, there IS man in
the office who wants his tooth pulled
and you must DO it. I had, always re-
fused to use the. ferceps because i feared
that did not possess the requisite
strength. This is q mistake that most
women make. It is not mere strength
that is needed; Science The man
was a big Norwegian unpromisinp
subiect-and / looked around and took
up the forceps with good deal of mis-
giving. But realized that, sooner OF
later, / would have it to learn ano
would have to make beginning. j got
hold of the tooth, gave it little wrench
and out it came-so easily thatI looked
at it frightened, supposing that / hat
broken it all to- pieces. But there il
was, intact. / never failed in all my
practice, and havenever broken tootl
in attempting to pull it. 1t is some
thing that the most delicate Woman car
do easily, II she knows how. My daugh
ter came to me while / was in Presto1
--one of the coolest days OF sthatawin
ter. She, too, made the trip IN an oper
wagon, wrapped up in buffalo robes
She was tiny child-and could not bt
separated from me any longer"
And what about your practice
here?'
"Well, like every body else, was no
contented until came back. ] realizet
that never should have gone away
had been gone away from 1878 to 1879
Shortly after my return, / met Mr. Geo
b. Carpenter2 Music Hall was not We
r built, but was in, contemplation.
went first to the corner Of Michigan
avenue and Fourteenth strickland hum
out my sign He persuaded me to opel
an Office in Music Hall, which was to b
opened in March. He said that friend
would help me and advised it from
r businessstand-pointznsIsh adsb been look
ing elsewhere, a but concluded to TAX
his advice, and did SOC On March Il
!. accordingly, I opened my Office. wit
the first week | dido business tina
brought.me in regularly from $3.50 7
$500 a month. The frstnamed sur
was as regular as the payment Of S
much interest, and continued until m
health failed. When this occurred
was forced to retire, and was unable t
resume practice for six years. Sine
, then my health has been variable, an
,, have had to open and close my offic
| six fines ~