The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-09-13
BETRAYED BY A
u CROWN OF GOLD.
A Shattered Romance of the
Superba Painless Dental
Parlors.

where have I been keeping myself
these past two months?' repeated the sad
eyed man with the golden tooth. well,
it long story
A bad tooth start ed It all, and, like every
thing else, il has a woman at the bottom
Of i'll mean the 81 DRY, Of course. I've
been spending my time at the 125th street
branch Of the Superba Painless Dental
Parlors, with the exception Of a single visit
to their downtown emporium near Battery
Place. It all happened this way:
"One day three months ago woke up
with one Of those DOT haches that make you
wonder how one small tooth can hold II
all started for the dentist,
"On my way through l25th street to the
elevated nv attent ion was suddenly drawn
to a ma Jest icnllv-uniformed race problem
| delivering n monologue in even, sonorous
tones o no one in particular.
"'Dc Superba Painless Dental Parlors.
he droned forth. Suspension bridge an
F.; triple crown wohk a sp ,chulty. Absolutely
no pain. Ebery film strictly guaranteed.
| Vas suh. De Superha
Hold on a second, said. interrupting
| him Is this game on the levnlE
THE race problem did not change ex-
| precision.
"'No. sub One flight up. De Superba
Painless Dental -
AN extra throb Of my tooth just then de-
| Cided me- rushed up the narrow stairs
and burs, through the door,
You wish to see he dentist, sir'
Say, You talk about your uncrowned
| queens, dazzling visions "f loveliness and
! all that sort Of Honest old man. never
dream, there were such creatures on this
! earth. Eyes that would dim the morning
star; hair that would tarnish virgin gold
! snow white teeth by dentists buzzer I'M
| defled - But how can mere words des-
| cribe her?
You wish 10 see the dentist, sir?' she
! repeated in tones that had music beaten
TO pulp for soothing savag" breasts. My
toothache had fed before her charms
Why-er did, ] stammered. but -er -
| Then won't you be seated. please
| He'll bn at liberty in just a moment,
so I obedienty followed her gesture
toward a leather bench, and took seat be-
tween a haIdheaded man who emitted
proans and n Chinaman with a swollen
cheek,
AT the end Of an houY became fdge'y.
and decided not 70 wait But Just as
| s,,rted 10 rise the cashier INV divinity, /
! had found. was cashier smiled me back ON
! rho acttec with just a moment longer
sir -
eternity after that smile. However, ]
! didn't have to wait that long. Az the end
/ Of another hour ] was lshered into the
k,t.,Y E1l AAI
| Now, Won know. she said swoetly.
| as r,ilr Of the company, Just as matter
| of preca,ition in exceptional cases, you know,
! that n patient must make a small deposit
| Now. would, say She satisfactory With.
/ say. 81 each sitting after that until the bal
ancc il paid
1 require more than one sitting, but q super
I fetal examination by the dentist soon con
I yincad me OF my error. II seems that the
/ tooth thai arhed would have TO have a new
/ tooth built around the cavity before the
! cavity could be flied After This the den
/ lis, thought that coronation would be
strongly advisable.
Another tooth would need extraction
| IN addition 10 all this. l." discovered that all
the gold filings already III my mouth were
! ioosC just 10 show me- no yanked them
! ont and placed them Oh his tray
! "'lhis fact, reinforced hy a smile from
! the cashier, convinced me tina, ! WAS il
/ for a long riegc of II. So paid my V and
| signed contrac, IT, which was the part
Of one part and the Suprrba Painless Dental
PsrIors, per my divinity, the cashier, TIN
! party Of the other part.
! The dentist suggested that, as / had
| 20 much 10 be done, il might be well to
! leave il till my next sitting. when We would
| have more time. 4 smile from Charlotte
Il hated that dentist for presuming to