The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-02-05
His Trade
BY GARNET WARREN.

magnet for the comfortably crcum
stanced. So up the stairs you go. and In
the very first at the head of those
stairs you find the examiner" who IS the
initial exemp6caton Of dental adrotness. though
the last, which will to US He is decorative
and not unuseful figure Of the establishment He ca
arnnes your teeth, and It may be just possible thnt
he examines you. too-the inside OF your head, for
instance mcn have these clarvoyant faculties)
inside of your pockets. perhaps-though wouldn't
imagine 1t from his conversation BE Is indeed.
genial and indicates wide range of interestng-and
expensive-subJects, He will talk OF the opera. for
instance He dotcs upon the opera
81 heard Caruso the other night" he Will say casu-
ally "voIce-what voice that mans gott Have you
heard him this ycarI"
You haven't you have. In either he smiles
as much as ever He Is equally gratiGcd. Him." he
remarks, bumorously. he amably surveys your
teeth. II a lot of those operate chaps at Rec
tors the other night after the performance. Funny
looking lot Wonderful places. those big restaurants
1t night aren't they? Have you seen that
scheme of decoration they've got at the Cafe de
ropera?'
Again You in the position of having 1t
having failed to 1t. The examiner still surveys
your teeth. he picks at them with little bright in
strumcnts. His manner is friender than He
talks expansively and expcnsively. He touches on
rnvcl and you tell him about that trip you made
last year, IL you very foolish, because. good
angler that he is, hat is the sort of fish for which
he has been casting. 1t is indication of expensive
tastes. 1t will also be Indication of your BILL II
you go to Europe frequent expensive restau-
rants 1t does not reasonable 10 suppose that
you would be altogether aghast at an-er-adequate
dentists bill.
Notice your examiner" too as he sits down writ
ing figures paper. He is estimating" but he Is
Jolly as ever (what good fellow he sD. lie looks
over his shoulder with humorous grmace
You'd never guess how much It's going to cost
YOU" says he
You refuse to guess, probaby-Just as did.
You'd never guess in million years." laughs he.
"Have one try-for fun"
But you clod and obdurate. You refuse to
offer the amabe lead" for which. of course he has
been waiting. So he half closes his eyes chat ap-
praislng look Will come even with the most sklfuD
and his glance Is comprehensive
His eye takes the exact quality Of the purple you
Gaunt
JUST
His mind Is obviously occupied with your present
condition of scrvtude
"Just-onc hundred and thirty-flve dollars" be re-
marks slowly.
You stir not you bench not, you do not show sur
prise and a vague fitting expression of uncaSc
this good fellows features. He feels he
has been, colloquiay. "stung' You could have stood
more But he is a Of resource, In an instant ne
is taking easily. smllingly. All IS not yet lost
The "Sizer's" Blunder
'of course he goes oil. 'hat would rather light
work. What would really recommend, however.
would be something heaver-eomethlng that would
be really permanent"
And the cost7" you interrogate
cone hundred and seventy,hvc," says the skilled
master A smile at irradiatLng and bcatinc be-
developed upon bis features. The day Is ravcd
For, alas! it Is often very much more his duty TO
Size up" than to examine Many can examine but
lew may "size;" and without "szer many "parlor"
would be poor and pitful The dental estimate Is
graded by your opulcnce. Your bill may be 500; At
may DC Sl,OOO just as you assay Jne 'SlZerS'
eyes and ears open for all. DO you In
axl? Upon his mental tablets that fact becomes
corded and Immediately nttains the place OF In
portant Item.
Solicitude. too. Is part OF his being and profes
sion. 1t would be quite fruitless to attempt to de-
-crbe with what impressive consideration he will
y, sSfad41n. allow to relieve you OF your hntr'
Hc Is gentlcmanly well genlaL Madam there.
upon divcsts herself Of that undoubted decoration
the dental diplomat puts It upon temporary rest
Ing place just glancIng the name inside Makers
names indices of souls and bank accounts, Thus
Is your quality known unto him.
But he is more than a divincr. He has his tricks
oil persuasion besides, Hear him talk to this
feminine. whose oval face Is her rock and her saliva
uon.
III you would be guided by me- madam" he says,
insldous!y. you would get such and such done