Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-03-02
EMMA CALVES LOST TOOTH.
Wouldn't Be Patient and She Went
 to the Wrong Dentist

Mime Emma Calve has lost some thing more in this country than the seven appearances that Manager Con- ried withdrew from her contract be- cause she wouldn't sing ill 3'The Marriage of Figaro" She has lost a tooth because she went to the wrong dentist and would not be patient while she was in the chair.
 Last week she had a toothache. 1t might readily have been cured, and the dentist to whom she went told her so. But she would not consent for a while even to submit to treatment. *Are. you certain it won't hurt very much?" she asked before she could be persuaded to get into the chair, ..e- The dentist told her that it would not be very painful. Then she took her seat and opened her mouth. Then she suddenly closed it and sat up in the chair.
 Mind you" she said in French, q cannot give you more than ten min utes. Twill come back tomorrow, but to-day any more time is out of the question"
 The dentist started to work. sev- eral times Mme Calve asked if the ten minutes were up. When the ten minutes ended she jumped out of the chair.
 Impossible to wait a minute long, er.' she said. 'I must go home to rehearse some music"
 Then she sat down in the reception room and talked for half an hour with friend who had accompanied her. Then the two departed.
 Mime Calve was to return to the dentist the next day to complete the slight treatment the tooth needed She was cautioned not to eat any thing that might hurt the tooth.
 That night at dinner she tackled beefsteak which did away with all the effects of the treatment and started the pain again so that the tears rolled down her cheeks. Her attendants put her on sofa, wrapped her up fin blankets and put hot water bag to her face.
 She was in this situation when q friend entered. She gave a pathetic account of her sufferings. Then she began to cry in the peculiarly child like way which is one of her charms. Her friend was moved to deep com passion.
 "Never you mind" she said. "You shall go to my dentist. I will make uh sapDollLlhNhG AOI SC" '"-haoiAp"
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 Mime Calve was temporarily con soled and the next day. accompanied her friend to the dentists. ,
 Now he happened to be the sort of dentist that does nothing but pull teeth. He does not treat them. Mime Calve did not know of this speciality in dentistry here She lay back in the chair and expected the doctor to proceed with the treatment,
 He promptly gave her gas and yanlsed out the molar which he sup posed was to be pulled. Mime Caive gradually recovered from the effects of the anesthetic. Then she asked the dentist how her tooth was.
 He answered that it would never trouble her again. Then he became more explicit and said he had drawn 1t with very little trouble.
 The prima donna was still weak from the effects of the gas. but she was able to express her feelings with an intensity that has never been equalled in the experience of that dentist. He knows q little French. but he never had the faintest coneep- ton of the force of the language until Mime Calve began to tell him what she thought Of him. :..
 But it was too late to put the tooth back. -.. flat.