The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1911-02-23
Service
BY The Onlooker.

| n htstV bhib ooy uDOut tum tttn
years OF age, was having most un.
fortunate trouble with her teeth. Some
Of the ones which we're coming in
| persisted In driving the ones al
ready In off at an angle that made
the poor girl fearful lest when she
should 'be a young woman her teeth
would be terribly crooked. Her mother
took up the matter. seeing the trend
of things. and resolved to see Just
what could be done to relieve the
crowding that meant deformity to
her daughter.
One morning the mother took the
daughter to dentist to see what was
best tofbe done. The dentist, who had
several fine degrees hanging on the
wall and splendid lot of fixtures of
the very best kind, asked the girl to
get into the chair. Then he began a
| most thorough examination of the
mouth of the child, all the time wrink-
ling up his thoughtful brow, getting
more perturbed at the condition of
those crooked teeth and wondering just
how much it would take to fix mat
tiers up for the little one He consid-
cred the standing of the mother in the
| community the probable ease of the
money market, the necessity he was
| experiencing for ready cash, then
| completed the examination with the
pleasant remark that the bill would
be 5000.
The, mother said not word but lead
her offspring from the office in a
hurry as though she were nervous.T The
twain went home. the mother to think
what might in time amount to very
bad deformity. After a few days the
mother took her daughter to another
professional, still solicitous about the
welfare of her darling. The dentist
didn't have quite the same number Of
diplomas scattered about his walls, but
he seemed jolly fellow who was pros.
pering with good deal of equanini-
ity. -,t. ,,.,-
So he looked at the teethsof p the
girl, considered the time 1t would
take to do the job, multiplied that by
number of times, considered the
social standing of the family he was
dealing with, and then reviewed the
family history and his relations with
It, Upon concluding this difficult
formula Of estimation, he announced
calmly and dispassionately, but with
some feeling of conjunction as any
conscientious gentleman would have
to, that for 800 the job could be
made almost perfect.
And the mother departed, grieving
about the very crooked teeth which
her daughter might some day have,
and of the closeness of the money
market. She wanted to give relief to
her daughter and fully intended to do
so, even IL she would have to pay what
appeared to her an exorbitant price.
The matter went on for several days
longer, when the girl began to COM
plain about certain tooth that
seemed to be pressing against anoth-
en- which in turn seemed to disarrange
the entire row and increase the
crookedness of all. SO the twain went
to another dentist who examined the
teeth with good deal of care and
thonghtfuiness, Just as the others did,
except that he was looking for an &C.
tuai remedy
Madam he said at last, 1T is my
belief that If you will let me pull this
tooth. the one that pains her, the
teeth will all assume their normal
shape"
So the tooth was pulled, the mother
paid three dollars for the entire Job,
and the teeth have subsequently be-
come perfectly straight. AS the moth.
err and daughter walk by the offices
OF the other dentists they always smile
and shake their heads as though they
had great secret locked in their
breasts. But have they? Not much.
Many man knows the same secret.
and many Of them are professionals
who use the secret themselves. But