The Washington times., 1901-12-08
SHE TAMEs FRANTIC MEN.
One Young woman. Work. who
Serves as the Dentists Assistant

Dentistry is one OF the professions
which has for years been field OF success
for women. But it has remained for
New York dentist to discover DEPART
ment Of dentistry for which women alone
are available. This ingenious practitioner
is of the class which creates dental
cavities, as distinct from the class which
fills them. In other words, his specially
is extracting teeth. and he is considered
to be at the top of his particular line
Like all tooth pulIcrs. he has an assistant
TO give the gas to the patient. Until
recently his assistants have all hcen men
Invariably they have had trouble WIN
timid sufferers, whose fear of gas mas
either made them violent or necessltated
violent measures to control them. One
of them was discharged for pouring gas
into patient who nearly choked to oeeth
before he could explain that he didn't
want the anaesthetic; another resigned
after an athletic victim had thrown him
through a convenient window, and third
removed the gas tube prematureiy,
whereupon the subject arose IN a fit OF
the assistant. and the dentist before they
got him under control.
Then the dentist hired a young woman.
She was a distinct addition to his office,
ornameutally considered. Also, she was
a proficient administrant of nitrous OK
ide But her chief value was purely
psychological. The stormiest patients,
men who had left record of cyclonic
terror and destruction behind them, came,
saw, gasped, submitted, and were de-
prived of their molars without the slight
est trouble. They did not even seem to
be terrified Or il they were, they took
pains to conceal their qualms. In the
three months since the dentist acquired
the services of the young woman he hasn't
had one really troublesome case. To
fellow member of his profession who ex
pressed surprise that he should have a
woman assistant to administer gas. the
originator OF the scheme explained II as
follows:
Nine out of ten men are deadly afraid
Of taking gas. They are still more afraid
to have the tooth pulled without it. Be-
tween the two fears and the pain of the
tooth, they come here in a condition Of
temper which an unfed tiger would blush
TO own. They would make excuses and
they would invent objections, and they
would try TO tear loose and escape. II got
on my nerves till was ready TO go out OF
the business. Then had my brilliant no.
tlon. got girl. good looking girl with
pluck, who had studied dentistry. She
wasn't easy to find, but l got her. That
ended the trouble. Don't see why, Ell? You
don't know much about mankind. There s
one thing that no man will DO who's got
any grip of himself at all, and that's to
show himself coward before a woman.
This is particularly true II she's young and
good looking. 1t was pitiful to see 'en.
though. when they came IN and saw what
they were up against Some Of 'em were
for trying the window, II hadn't headed
them on. Once she got hold of them,
though, they were like lambs. She's worth
thousands of dollars year TO me, but
don't tell her So"
But how about your woman patients? ?"
asked the other dentist. They aren't
afraid to show their feelings before an
other woman, ] suppose
"Pshawl' said the first. Don't you
know that women never make any fuss,
6nyway?'-KansAs City Star.