The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-09-12
MEN, WOMEN
 AND THINGS

If not you are missing one of the most
 intimate views ever given of the Elm
 peror of Germany. the man who is
 troubling the world.
 It brought to my mind one of the
 strangest experiences which I ever
 had. pr. Evans, the American dentist
 at the court of Napoleon III, who
 saved Princess Eugenie, was not only
 a great dentist but a remarkable dip-
 lomat, and after the Franco-Prussian
 war gave to American dentists in Paris
 and on the continent a great vogue.
 I can readily appreciate much said by Dr. Davis about the precedence given in Germany to American dent a half century. I remember more than
 D quarter of century ago how pop ular they were in the great Parisian Icapital, for I met one from Philadel- phia who seemed to take a fancy .o me.
 He was strong for me to return to America and graduate in dentistry and 1 then return to Paris and spend from l six months to a year In all of the | European capitals and see the sights 1 and acquire the language, while at the
 same time making fine living. He was cashing in on the run American dentists had and were having. |
 1 Here was the situation. In all of the large cities some local dentist would have charge of the business and associate with him some American I operator whom he would advertise and to whom he would pay a good salary
 This made it possible for good work | man to put in what time he pleased l in nearly any part of Europe. It was what my quondam friend was doing. Through him I got an insight into the way the plan worked practically. He was working with one of the most famous dentists in France, a man who had offices outfitted in a way to put to blush the efforts of some of our modern professional men who fit up their establishments sumptuously and lay the predicate for big fees.
 I got onto thing which tickled me no little and I think rather puts it over even some of our pushful Amer jeans, for, in the receiving salon. always found, from time to time, sey- oral handsomely dressed men and scrupulously attifed men who were
 
 work being done for them by Mon- sieur, le Doctor. I learned that they were paid so much an hour to come and sit and act as boosters. This reminds me that once I went to see Around the World in 80 Days" a great spectacular play, in Paris, based on Jules verne's fanciful book which has been more than realized in l these days of miracles, when boats do poke their noses around under the sea and ships fly through the air and wire less messages are flashed out into the infinite blue and are caught up across continents.
 It was a truly wonderful scenic play and instead of voicing my appreciation by clapping my hands, I sat spellbound and silent. It was too much for the leader of the claque, the man who saw to it that the applause was not only started at the right time but kept up. Somehow he mistook me for one of the students whom he had let in free as applauders. He came over and with a scowi informed me that if I didn't wake up and show some life he would put me out.
 It wasn't a case, however of the fel- low who had gone into show on a free ticket and it was so poor that he got up and went out and bought a ticket and came back in so that ha could hiss without feeling that he was ungrateful. I had the pleasure, how ever. of showing my check for which had paid, with the remark that I would clap when got good and ready and not before. He bowed his apology and I sat trahsfixed as before he in- terrupted my dreamings.
 
 
 remember that I was student and satisfied with one room, but when my friend and his wife decided to move on to Switzerland he told me that lie had paid for his furnished apartments for six months in advance and he would be glad if I would move in and oc- cupy them. He went his way and moved in after thanking him profusely for his kindness.
 I was feeling my swell living in such a lovely suite, but I happened to be invited out to dine by an English couple who had been, friends of my friends. Just as INstarted to go the wife said: John. think we ought to tell MT. Barnett that his rooms have not been paid for, and that he will be stuck for the rent" Believe mo, 1t was some shock, for I didn't care to put up a half years allowance Just for lodgings
 I thanked them and put on my think ing cap. All I had was trunk, bat all I had was in that trunk, and how to get it out past the concierge or the argus-eyed porter was the problem. l knew I couldn't do it either by night or day, and so made up my mind to bribe him to let me sreai it out some dark and rainy night. I finally got it