New-York tribune., 1901-12-08
WONEN AND THE TRUTH.
A DENTIST SAYS THEY SHOW LESS RE-
GARD FOR IT THAN MEN DO.

"I heartily agreed with Folice Magistrate
Crane when he declared the other day that
women. a general rule, are far more given to
lying than men, said a New-York dentist to
Tribune reporter, for 1 see new evidence of 1t
in my practice almost daily"
Tell me some instances" said the reporter.
We'll the most fragrant prevaricators I meet,
perhaps are women for whom I have done
bridge work-that is inserted a false tooth or
two for them and fastened the new false ones to
the old real by what call bridge
While the effect is most natural, it is also per-
fectly natural that the new tooth should not de-
rive so firm a support from the bridge it
would derive from sound root imbedded in the
jaw. Therefore, always warn such persons to
beware of biting bones or hard biscuit. or
crackers, or stale crusts, apples, nuts with
the false tooth for fear of breaking the bridge
Now man who has broken his bridge will
generally come back and say: Well. doctor. I'm
in a hole or Tn up a tree something like
that
Whats the matter?' I'll ask
Forgot your orders and bit on apple or
perhaps he'll say, I eating hash and struck
a bone unexpectedly. The bridge" is broken
But Will woman be frank about it? Not
once in hundred cases. She generally begins
in a tone of the greatest surprise as If she had
never heard of such a thing: Why, doctor that
bridge paid you so much TO put IN IS ploheh
already
You must have forgotten my Instructions
I will say.
What instructions?' p is the amazed reply.
Not to bite on anything hard with it
Why doctor, I eating oatmeal at the
time and the bridge" just broke right OFF and
the tooth came out in my hand. Look how thin
| the bridge" was anyway (showlng the pieces)-
Why didn't you make it thicker? l should think
it ought to stand oatmeal
ct is always oatmeal, or soup. or sponge cake,
or blanc-mange, or ice cream-never by any
chance anything hard. They rack their brains
to think of soft eatables One of the funniest Of
these cases ever met happened only the other
dav gaudily dressed but vulgar woman, for
whom had done some bridge wc-'z, sailed into
nv office with the usual pretence at surprised
Indignation
What were you eating?' I asked
IL was at the Waldorf-Astoria,' she began
no place but the Waldorf would do her, though
the accident probably happened in her own
kitchen-'and l was eatin' gosn.
| 'Gosln' o I repeated. at loss for the moment
to recognize the dish
Yes she snapped. You know now sou
gosn is don't you"
Then l caught on. A green gosling is unde-
niably a tender bit to bite on. She must have
read bout it in the cheap newspaper recipes 1of
birthday dinners at 81 per family. Her lngenu-
| ity tickled me so much that 1 repaired her
| bridge for nothing"
What do you suppose" asked the reporter,
"is the real reason why. your men customers
are more truthful in this respect than the
| women. Is it constitutional"
"I think" said the dentist, after reflection,
| that It is not because men love truth more
| than women do, but because the men know 1nat
| I would know they were lying, whereas the
women have not sense enough TO appreciate
| that fact