Evening star., 1941-12-01

ter will deal with the selection Of
dentist. This is au-important.
| One should be careful to choose7a
busy dentist. The buster a dentist
is the less chance there is of his
being able to give YOU an ap-
pointment before Tuesday of nest
week. There is nothing that can
make or break Gay more than Hae
reply of dentists receptioni&t
when you call for an appointment.
Try TO name a sWeeter sound
! than that OF receptionist saying
! I'm sorry, but the doctor won't be
/ able to see you until next week"
1t has all the qualities of wind
/ through hemlocks, water running
over mosSy stones. and the call Of
the adult nightingale On the other
/ hand. what is worse than to hear a
! falsely gay voice in p white cap
granting an appointment within the
hour? --.
Chapter two will concern Itself
with how to divert YOUR dentist once
YOU are seated in the chair,
Taken as whole dentists are
very buslnesslike They waste very
little time To expedite their work
they have their torture tools all
numbered and labeled and close At
hand. where they can switch drills
and grindstones without the loss Of
a second To disrupt this Internal
rhythm. to break down this cease
less flow of deviltry, nothing iSrss
valuable as knowledge of your
dentists outside interests.
If you know enough about him
YOU can usually prevent him from
doing more than 30 minutes of work
during an hours appointment. II
he is a sports fan cram yourself
with sports facts before YOU visit
him and keep up a running fire
Of conversation on games and the
men who play them, If he doen't
respond to football switch 10 tennis
and ask him how much longer he
thinks Tilden can keep on PLAYING.
If this leaves him cold throw vollev
ball. basket bail. quoltS. curling and
field hockey A. him You are bound
to strike a responsive chord sooner
or later.
MY own dentist happens to have
son who is interested in journal
ism. He is editor of his high school
paper and his father feels that tits
only a matter of time until he wall
take over the New York TiRes.
Strictly off the record I think the
kid is lucky to hold his job with the
high school, sheet. but YOU should
hear me build him up The doctor
is always showing me copies Of the
school paper
Just about the time the kids old
man is ready to give me the works
with a drill I say You know, Doc,
that editorial your boy did on girl
cheer leaders is as we'll Vrittens a
thing as have read in years. Where
did he get his style?"
Of course, I know where the kid
got his style-right out of an old
| Sears, Roebuck Catalog-but Doc
feels his boy is a Brisbane in knick-
erbockers, and by the time he gets
through Dragging about him it is
nearly time for me to leave. pve
had three appointments and he
hasn't had time to hurt me yet.
There never was a dentist who
wouldn't stop anything he was do
ing to explain the eadgets in his
office. Even when your mouth is full
of cotton you can halt a dentist in
midair by gulping:
Whats 'at?" and pointing at the
first thing that strikes your eve.
Dentists are ordinarily proud of
| the various thingsamabobs that
! drape the torture chair. They will
explain how the little thing that
shoots air works, Just how you turn
on the hot and cold running water.
what sort of gas is wrapped up in
the metal container in the corner.
A smart visitor to a dentist will
Utilize all Of these things to keep
his doctors mind off his business
Distraction, not extraction. will be
the result. and that should be the
aim Of every patient.
open, please. This won't hurt a