The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-04
DENTISTS ARE GAY.
And a Chicago Dentist Says Topeka is
Prettier Than Chicago.

There are men of different ideas and
opinion in the dental profession as well
as any other profession, and it was not
at all strange that when Dr.C.N-John-
son, a prominent dentist of Chicago,
read a paper before the Kansas State
Dental association at the Throop hotel
last night a number of Kansas dentists
should disagree with him. Dr. John-
sons paper was in relation to cavities
in the teeth, and although every man
who entered into the discussion pro
nounced the paper either "admira ble'
or excellent with but few exceptions
each one took issue with the author on
one or more points.
DR.. F. o. Hetrick of Ottawa opened
the discussion, and in the parlance OF
Chimmie Fadden didn't do a ting to
by a dozen or more associates in the
dental profession in this state, among
the number DR. c. c. Allen of this city
who scored such popular success by
taking direct issue with DR.. Johnson
that he was heartily applauded. 1t
looked for a time as if Chicago and
Kansas would drift even farther apart
through the fundamentally of DR..
Johnson than it had through the efforts
of William Allen White and the Chi
cagO Tribune.
But Dr. johnson is a polished gentle
man, and he was equal to the occasion.
When he arose to close the discussion
he was affability personified. He took
up the points made against him by the
Kansas dentists, and without attempt
ing to prove who was right and who
was wrong, simply defined his position
clearly in regard to them. Then turn
ing to the chairman of the meeting, he
Mr. President, want to thank you
and the members of this association for
the courtesy extended in inviting me to
read paper before this meeting want
to say that I am delighted with what 1
have seen in Kansas, and especially To-
peka 1 am charmed with your shade
trees and wide streets, your fine horses
and beautiful women. l fully agree
with Bayard Taylor when he aid, God
might have made a prettier place than
Topeka, but he didn't
Chicago and Kansas were not so far
apart after all. DR.. Johnson sat down
in the midst of hearty and prolonged
| applause, in which the Topeka dentists
| joined with especial ardOr.
Prior to the reading and consequent
discussion of DR.. Johnson's paper, the
l president of the association, Dr. }. +.
Root of Kansas City, Kan, delivered
! the annual address. DIR. Roots address
was confined to the history of the Kan
| sas State Dental association since its
| organization in 1871 In part he said:
| According to the minutes of this as
| ISOLATION, there gathered together on
! May 1871 at Lawrence, a few men for
| the purpose of forming the Kansas
| State Dental association. These were
| Drs. J. B. Wheeler, Lawrence; w. H.
Marvin, Topeka; J D. Patterson, Law
| renee; E. c. Fuller, Fort Scott; J. H
| Sawyer, AtchisOn, and A. NJ. Callahan,
| Topeka Six members, and an over
| sight on the part of the committee only
| provided five offices, which the ring i'm
mediately proceeded to fill. leaving our
| friend, DR.. Callahan, a private citizen
! and politely requesting him to move
| well forward and act as audience while
| they ran the meeting. Thus at the in
| ception of this organization, some one
| got left, and it has been so ever since.
| Our association has been alive for &c
| years, and during that time we have
| always been a congenial body, no fac
! lions having arisen to divide us. Our
! financial condition is such that there
| are no outstanding accounts in exist
| ence. Most of the men who were
members the first few years are with
| US, as bright and cheerful as when in
| their youth, as willing and able to write
| a paper or give a clinic as ever, al
| though more willing to step aside and
| become auditor and approver while
you younger men bring the grist to the
mill And it is time that such should
| be the custom. We have enough young
| and capable men to fill a programme
from end to end. Let the young men
| come forward, and let the Old Guard
| rest