El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-05-19
The Manicure L dy
She Has to Go TO the Dentist and
Discusses II, rs Usual, With
the Head Barber.
- Hw NLn-- L. XIX -

h6TEOT 10 go to a dentist this after
loon" said the Manicure Lady
and. honest to goodness, George
I would Just as soon get shot at sun
rise i would even a little rather get
shot at sunrise, because I think i
could die kind OF brave. with my race
to the leveLed guns, but every time
/ think about this afternoon / get
chills and fever and might just as
well admit that I am a plain coward
Lots of brave people loses their
nerve when they go to a denJst' , sala
the Head Barber. But / don't blame
them any. because it sure is torture
he added encOuragingly.
L never had no teeth filled before
said the Manicure Lady That was
one thing for which all my admirers
always admired me for. Ny teeth mas
been called everything by my admir-
ers, from pearls strung togeIner 20
dainty bits of purest ivory Beln5
that the teeth is part Of the skull, j
never cared much for that ivory eA-
preston, but the fellows that said that
always meant wei any how
w ell, Just as / am beginning TO ser
all swelled up and think that nothing
IS ever going 10 happen TO my JeeIn'
they begin TO ache something uerce-
At first I think it comes from drink
ing too much ice water. and Tor rev
Gays 1 stayed away from ice wafer
as careful as father does The O4l
gent thought the same about IL as ]
did, saying that ice water was never
made for no mortal to drink, and that
any water at all had its limi tations
except to cook and wash W1rns out Lne
teeth didn't seem TO notice that
wasn't ice watering. They kept On
aching fiercer and flercer, like the
heart Of a Bertha Clay heroine after
she has fell off the limited train OF
love.
Eating Too Much.
Then figured it must be that
was eating too much sweet stuff, so ]
laid off on the sweet stuff and ate as
many pickles as a shOpgirL 1t wasn't
no use, George. Them teeth just kept
on aching, and sometimes in the night
] suffered so that I wished I could
die. j guess if a rainy night had
came then I would have done the old
German farmer act at that, but / al
ways figured that suicide is kind OF
cOWardly, and, besides. I didn't have
the nerve"
What did you try neLt2" asked the
Head Barber.
ooh. after them teeth didn't show
no signs at all Of letting up. I went
TO a dentist as a kind Of last resort
The dentist must have been a son OF
some old prOspectOr. because he be-
gan picking around my teeth and
guess he must have sunk a dozen
shafts or so before he finally told me
that I had two perfectly good teeth
without no cavity in them He said
that the rest OF them, outside Of the
fact that they looked like human
teeth all right was on the friZ- he
said I would have to have about five
or six weeks work done on them"
That's the bunk" said the Head
Barber. He could easy fix them Up
in one afternoon If he wanted 10, and
il wouldn't cost you over a ten spot.
Ten dollars for a half a day ought to
good enough for a dentist, If a barber
has to work hard about three days
for that much"
One Awful Pain.
''Weu I'm sure I don't know what
he is going to soak me-" said the
Manicure Lady. but that amt what's
bothering me. It's the thought Of the
awful pain I've got coming to me /
suppose 1t win be as bad as thar
Spanish Requisition, where they used I
to stay awake nights thinking OF new {
ways to make their victims squeal. I
Gee I wish Joe Blow or somebody
would call me up and ask me TO 80
motoring for q good excuse to break
my dentist date, but the bOOkmakers
amt got no autos no more since them
good old racing days is gone Gee, /
George, cant you hear them teeth
achingF