The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1892-10-22
GIRLS AND DENTISTS,
= COMBINATION AGAINST MEN THAT
SEEMS HEARTLEss.

Dsstists' ASSISTANTS Look 1t Ias, 4,
Philosophical Way.
| u all the occupations that are omen I.
| young women, from attending q c0tinte
m Dry goods store TO msnipulatin0
typewriter In bankers ONCE, Il Is aim
cult TO conceive Of one that at the firs
blush II less attractive than being an ri
tsndant In q dentists Office, and vet a,
dentist. a. well known member OF III,
profession told me the other day. can ad
| vertise for an assistant without RECEIVING
anywhere from to 800 answers.
| have never passed through q hallway
| from which opened one Of these moder,
| chambers OF the inquisition aud heard III,
groans OF some poor victim Ia the dentist ),
chair without . desire to stop my ears will
my fingers and fly. Can one imagine any
thing worse than to be compelled to put II
eight Or ten hours day In these tortur,
shops. among the nauseating oior OF thu
ether aud with the spectacle OF the terrified
and distorted features OF suffering human
~ constantly before ones eyesi Never
th~iess. u you will notice the dentists ms
sistant she Is usually well dressed. hap
py faced, eontented and. on the whole
stylish young woman. who goes to heI
work III the morning As cheerfully as girl,
ever go TO their work. and who when even
ing comes is as ready for the theater, tbs
dance aud the young man as any Other
girl.
II II were u fact, as IL IL not, that the
majority OF these girls like these positions
with the purpose Of ultimately setting IN
IN business for themselves. Ms girls who
undergo the disagreeable scenes In hos.
pitfalls hope 10 do by becoming trained
nurses. the rush for employment In den.
lists Offices would he more readily ex.
planned
The truth Is, girls take these positions
just as they take all others that offer
simply because they must do something
Tor self support The number Of woman
dentists In the city can he counted on ones
fingers, and not all Of these have by any
m-abs graduated from the position OF ..as.
sistan,s." II really doesn't appear to be a
profession Ia which women a. q rule have
any desire TO enter. There has been bu,
one female graduate from dental college
10 this state, and she. though charming
IN face and figure. has. ! fancy, a rather
anoommonly independent way Of looking
al things la general.
The salaries received by girls who assist
IN dentists Offices range from five to fifteen
dollars per week, and the duties vary with
the prices paid for services. The girls are
expected 10 keep the Officers ia order. the
Instruments cleaned and 10 administer the
gas 10 mos, cases. They receive the ps
taehn and make apf,oin, inen;s for the den
that when he Is busy. keep the books and
bold themselves ready to hand the dentist
whatever lie may r-quir- when at work on
a patients t"oh. do the, like it, Well,
have Intervene n number, apd the yer
dact 10 that MS MOI bad when you get
used 10 IL, The presence OF a young
woman Ia one 81 these places Of tort ure
seems To put courage into the faint hearted
woman naturally looks 10 one II her own
s~x Tor TENDERNESS and sympathy when she
10 In pain. and as for the men we'll, you
Know, When mans afraid a beautiful
maid Is cheering sight 10 see''
One thing discovered In the coursc Of
my Investigation, and ,ha, IL tina, the
pretty .iris In dentists shops arr very
much less susceptible Ia the Establishments
O! men than girls Ia subordinate Positions
anywhere else, Men are such COW ards, Z"
was the way petite blond explained this
TACT 10 me. and can never sec q dandy
on the strs~i all smiles and smirks for each
eifl who passcs by without, saying TO my.
s~if. How difs~rrntiy you'd look at me
now. my fine fellow. If you were seated
in = certain big red vefre; armchair I
Know on VIII do men the justice. how
ever, of saying that they invariably behave
with more bravery In cur presence than
they do ~ hen alone with the Doctor
Al a fashionable IVES; side dentists the
young lady assistant" told me that ,he
hAA ag.,,ls - o.. Il.
stan, di@coura acmcn; in finding more con.
genial employment, And now" she nd
dcsi. TIN hcsihning To like 1t. I like 10
src men suffer because have known M
many hcartachcs II doe. me good TO
watch them walk In here with agony writ.
ten on their faces I'm only sorry when
the torture is all over and they 40 away
free from pain" Fancy such . speech
from delicate girl VIVA, do you sup.
po~e has sen, such bitter thought into her
graceful little bcad'
Another young woman on the west sid.
said ,bA, she liked her position because the
rsrlor~ were nice and homclikc TO spend
the day In. much nicer than any store"
As she spoke she idly turned the leaves OF
= novel abe had been reading. This Young
lady confessed that she ran out III the room,
but now abe minded &, no more than the
doctor. You've no idea" she added
naivciy. how easy 81 is to get used TO pain
when rs somebody eise's pain"
A girl "a; bcforc an open piano rs I
entered the parlor Of dentist on the east
side. She was playing n new waltz for the
Of n young man who was await
in. his turn In tho dentists chair. lie had
come To have n tooth filled and the girl,
finding him poor conversational, was
killing time for him in the interim.
left her still smiling swcctly mt the uu-
happy youth when | withdrew. A mes
-cnecr hoy preceded me into an up town
dental Office and the pretty yopng assistant
came forward to relieve him Of a bunch Of
ro~cs DO ! like my position, Why
shouldn't " Smell these and she
brushed the fragrant roses under my nose.
u get lots Of these little attentions from
our patients. Besides. the salary I receive
Is large enough TO brighten the disagree
able part Of the work. And. after all,
what's the use OF being nervous over other
peoples pain. Anyway, II a girls got to
earn her own living she might as well
work in a physicians or dentists Office "A
TO be In the Office Of some gloomy old hank.
rr or cranky publisher, I've tried all
three. and like my present place the best"
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