[It is announced that Ladies are to be enabled to take
diplomas in Dentistry.]
Lady Dentist, dear thou art,
Thou hast stolen all my heart;
Take too, I shall not repine,
Modest molars such as mine;
Draw them at thine own sweet will;
Pain can come not from thy skill.
Lady Dentist, fair to see,
Are the forceps held by thee;
Lest those pretty lips should pout,
You may pull my eye-teeth out;
I'm regardless of the pangs,
When thy hand extracts the fangs.
Lady Dentist, hear me pray
Thou wilt visit me each day;
Welcome is the hand that comes--
Lightly hovering o'er my gums.
Not a throne, love, could compare
With thine operating chair.
Lady Dentist, when in sooth
You've extracted every tooth,
Take me toothless to your arms,
For the future will have charms:
Artificial teeth shall be--
Work for you and joy for me!
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ALL THE DIFFERENCE.--The Statesmen used to be called "Pillars of the
State." _Pillars!_ They now seem to contribute to its support little
but endless (newspaper) _columns_!
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