Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-13
FRAULEIN TO PRACTICE
DENTISTRY ON GERMAN
KIDDIES; FIELD IS BIG
DR.. Gertrude Loewenstein, of
Stuttgart, Holds Men Dentists
Can't Handle Children's
Cases Kindly
GRADUATE OF TEMPLE

Picture to yourself a students room-e
decidedly feminine student, for there are
at least six photographs Of young gentie
men around the walls Set at one side OF
| the room a bookcase full of scientiho Vol
umes, H. c. Wells in German and Shake
| speare in calf-bound editions on the large
| table is placed a bowl of white and PINK
| peonies, vase OF snapdragon is on the
| mantelpiece; in the centre OF the room, re.
| clintng In a comfortable armchair, the Ialr
owner herself-and you have the Ameri'
can home of Miss-or rather. Doctor-Ger'
| trude Loewenstein of Stuttgart, Germany
Three years ago just before the outbreak
| Of the war, this young girl came over TO
| America to study dentistry at Temple UNI
versity. Two days ago she received her
degree from that college, and in two weeks
| she is going back to her own home to take
her share In the great work that women are
| doing over there.
In her Norfolk sports suit of white fan
ne her fair skin and hair accentuating the
blueness of her eyes she looked the typical
| German girl as Americans have been ac-
oustomed to picture her.
How did l come to select Philadelphia
she repeated smlingly. why In Germany
everybody looks on Philadelphia as den
tai centre. This city is famous for It's
dental progress No, didn't speak word
OF English when i came over here, and |
never took n lesson" thing which II is
hard to believe when one hears her perfect
pronunciation, for her accent is slight
enough to be delicious, and her command
of words.
Then too. American women have so
much liberty-much more than German
girl. My sister, who Is studying medicine
in Germany, has not half the freedom I
have over here, and my parents are more
liberal In their views than the average Ger.
man father or mother is
mo, l never got lonesome; had too much
to do. Dentistry is very hard; It means
not gt,, a tnts 80 ,ti p,I I
went home one summer-the summer the
war broke out | managed to get back by
way of Holland, but have not been home
since. I get my home mail all right, If one
considers 1t all right to have 1t three months
late and censored" she concluded
A study of conditions in Germany at
present shows the deplorabe lack of pre-.
ventive dentistry measures in the lower
classes in Germany, Doctor Loewenstein
declares.
THE poor people over there would rather
suffer with toothache until their teeth drop
out than pay a dentist" she said. "They
don't know that two trips a year to a re.
liable dentist will keep the bills down for
many years. 1t is this spirit that the Gov
ernment is trying to combat. They have
dental expert connected with every public
school and have plenty of free clinics be.
side. l am particularly interested in chill
dren.
patient and gentle with children Any
woman dentist will tell you this. A man
would rather lose a child patient than be
bothered with pettng and coaxng him
Why, when l have children to treat I
tell them fairy tales. They listen to the
tales with such attention that their mouths
naturally fall wide open, and you wouldn't
believe 1t, but some of them don't even know
what l am doing. 1 am going to specialize
in children's work"
The question of war work and dental
treatment among the soldiers is not of in
terest to Doctor Loewensten at present She
has decided doubts about the way her Amer.
lean degree will be received.
Il expect that my American degree will
probably bar me from doing war work" she
says. But there is so much to do among
the women and children-the latter espe.
cially-that don't care about the war part
OF 1t. Now is the time when women can
accomplish most in Germany 1t is really