The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1924-04-01
LISTENING IN ON EVE

You ought to go to DIR. Yank. He
is very popular with the ladies and the
girl at the desk always has incense
burning and powder puffs handy and
the reading table carries the latest
copies of Rogue and Out-Of-Town,
chained down with long chains SO you
can almost forget you aren't able to
carry them away with you.
Does he hurt" demanded the fair
young creature, laying one pink palm
against her face, pathetically.
That is the way, you look at it,"
the handsome young man informed her.
Regarding the subject from coldly
scientific viewpoint, every dentist hurts,
but there is a great difference in the
way they do it. Some of them are
so hypnotic that you scarcely notice it
personality to bear and the lady in the
chair is so enthralled with the gaze that
she just doesn't"
But couldn't see his eyes, as 1 al
ways shut mine tight when they are
pounding at my teeth" objected the fair
young girl. Il close my eyes and try
to imagine / am somewhere else"
Cor else he tells you some amusing
going to get divorce and what a pity
tranced with that red-headed widow
from Virginia and before you know it
the worst is over and he is taking the
wax impression from the inlay.
II think his style is to be preferred
to that of able dentists, such as DR..
Porselain, who reads papers at dental
conventions and is president of every
thing in sight. Probably because he is
so busy being president he hasn't any
time to waste surrounding his work
with fluffy ruffles and cotton batting,
but they say he attacks your teeth with
cold and thorough enthusiasm tempered
with cynicism. And when you writhe
and moan and protest he asks you what
you expected anyhow--did you have an
idea you were going to attend a pink
tea or anything when you had three
such cayaties that needed a lot of drill
ing? What's the matter with you,
aren't you grown-up and can't you
stand a little trouble without doing the
baby act?
so you quiet down and endure and
hate him with a deadly hatred while
lie goes on numbering you-but when
he is done his work Sticks out and so
does his bill. don't know but that it
is a good thing to slam people with a
lefty bill because then they are dead
sure they are getting the best work
there is.
you could go TO DIR. Inlay around
the corner, only he makes a point Of
never being in and keeping you waiting
half an hour and then hurrying in with
a heavy frown, murmuring something
about having been called out on an i'm
portant consultation and having but
fifteen minutes to devote to you before
his next appointment. This is to i'm
press you with his rush of work, but no.
body wants to be hurried when he set
ties down in a dentists chair. 1t is an
awful job and he wants the complete
attention and sympathy of the operator,
who should make him feel that his
toothache is the only worthwhile ache
on earth and that he is just the man
who can stop it -
That's just the way DIR. Pullem
makes you feel! declared the fair
young girl. Maybe I'd better wait a
few days until he gets back. My tooth
isn't aching nearly so hard now, any
how"
Yes, I think you'd better agreed
the handsome young man. You are
certain about the brand of trouble he
hands out and that's something :"