Ohio College of Dental Surgery - Alethian Yearbook (Cincinnati, OH)

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OLD WORLD DENTISTRY. False teeth are by no means a modern invention, as is proven from the fact that jaw bones of mummies have been found with false teeth in them, and also with teeth iilled with gold. Indeed, the ancient Egyptians were no mean dentists, and in Greece the art was also prac- ticed with much skill. There is plentiful evidence of skilled dentistry among the Romans, and many of the ancient Latin authors have referred to false teeth. There is a distinct notice of them in the Roman Laws of the Twelve Tables. The first part of No. IO prohibits useless expense at funerals, but an exception is made in No. II, which per- mits the gold iillings of teeth, or the gold with which they are bound, to be buried or cremated with the corpse. About a couple of years ago an ancient grave was discovered near Rome. It was opened, and in it was found the skeleton of a woman with a complete set of false teeth, admirably made and wrought out of solid gold. OH! When Ethel saunters down the street The men whom she will chance to meet Will glance upon her pretty clothes Thro' eyes that look like two small O Os. But when she mounts the trolley car, Most every man, both near and far, Will pause as on his way he goes And stare with eyes like two big O Os. I2 INFALLIBLE SIGNS. Your house destroyed by fire signifies a change of residence. Throwing stones into the windows of strange houses brings misfortune. Slipping on a banana peel is bad luck if both feet leave the pavement. Your collar button rolling under the dresser is a sign of approaching anger. Don't break your leg on Friday unless you wish to regret it. Being run over by a trolley car signifies withdrawal from business. A needy person receiving a large inheritance will experience a change of fortune. A FAILURE. Rice- My congratulations, old man 3 no more sewing on buttons now, eh? Crocker- No, indeed I I'm so busy supporting my wife that I haven't time to sew on buttons. I use safety pins now. Life is real, life is earnest From the start until the end 3 And with the demise of Z1 doctor The undertaker plants a friend. Moyer- Have you seen ' David Huruni ' :it the VValut this week ? Kearby- No 3 what is he playing?

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THE TRACKS OF BILL. Bill jones he met some friends one day, And crooked his elbow j s way g u i s h t t He did it several times, and then He did it several times again. Before Bill crooked his arm his feet Made tracks l k t i, so straight and neat, i e h s But afterwards the tracks he made Were j s l s, all disarrayed. t h u i et k i FAME'S LADDER. top, and its then to come struggle down we again round, without after a Round stop! I2 TO YOU. Young man, you can Make a hit-be IT. It's up to you to do What you were made for and fed and prayed for So don't sit down and frown And groan and moan And wait-and rail at Fate- And speak of a clique Tl1at prevents events From coming your way. A sure way To invite disaster which comes the faster If you beckon to it-for then you woo it just say, I will do better than Bill Gr Ned or Fred or Ted, As the case may be. Because, you see, A thing's half done that's well begun. There's something you can do In a way to pay. Don't whine or grunt, but do your stunt, And after awhile you'll smile And say, I may Be happy yet. You bet ! To most men pretty ankles are more alluring than brains, which may be why girls display the former more than the latter.

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THINGS YOU NEVER SEE. Tomorrow. Yesterday. The end of your desire. A young girl that isnlt dreaming of a Prince Florizel. An old maid that hasn't a bottle full of tears in her trunk. A youth of 16 who doesn't yearn for a mustache. A man of 40 who isn't either a fool or a philosopher. A man of So who has finished his education, Dr. Way to Morrison Qwho is putting in a gutta- percha fillingj- Why don't you put that in with a syringe? Morrison Qlooking through his instrument casel- 'K Which syringe shall I use, Doctor? S. G. Walton pulled a tooth one Sunday morning and a D. D. S., who was over a mile away, heard the patient yell: Simmyl' intends to make painless dentistry a specialty. Twas heard over the telephone. Here lies the body of Susan Lowder, Who burst while drinking a seidlitz powder g Called from this earth to her heavenly rest, She should have waited 'til it had effervesced. A boy stood on the railroad track, The train was coming fast 5 The boy stepped off the railroad track, And the train went whizzing past. I3O AS IT ISN'T. I have noticed, said Dr. Smith, pausing in his lecture, that two or three of the students have looked at their watches several times in the last few minutes. For fear their timepieces do not agree, I will say that the correct time is a quarter after 9. I set my watch by the regulator last night. The lecture will be over at 9:31. It would have closed promptly at the half hour, but for this digression. Let us now proceed to discuss food debris. NEWS ITEM. Several seniors enjoyed quite a treat one day in March. The door of the College Library was mys- teriously left ajar and the fortunate students present got to peep through the crack and saw the pile of ancient literature inside. TIME AND TIED. On Monday a Covington girl waved her handker- chief at a stranger. On Tuesday they were married. On Wednesday she waved a rolling pin at her newly acquired husband. On Thursday he applied for a divorce. That's what the wild waves are saying. Dr Knight-f'What would you do, if, in drilling through the mastoid portion of the temporal bone, you should injure the lateral sinus. Donaldson-'fSend for a doctor.