Knows His Drill

NZ Truth, Issue 1182, 26 July 1928, Page 6

Knows His Drill

FROM the freedom of the boundless veldt of South Africa to the rattle and clang of Queen Street, of the Queen City,' is a far call. Doubtless Claude Henry Forte, when he gazes during one of his spare moments from the windows of hiß inquisitorial chambers, lets his mind run back to days, now somewhat remote, when,.as a young man, he believed the world to be his, more or less, for the asking. But it Is. one thing what a young fellow with adventure m his blood sets out to do, and quite another into which pocket Fate will drop him when she has one of her whimsies. In the case of Forte, it was that of dentistry, though he himself, like, many another man, might be hard pressed to tell you how—in the name of this, and that—he ever came to believe that a lifetime of gazing into folks' mouths 'could be endured. . \ Still, haying put his hand to the 'drill and the.forceps, he was' designed of that material which, if undertaking anything,.'. does it thoroughly,'and, if such a term can be applied to a profession not generally considered a recreation, he gave it his hand and heart, without which no man becomes "a, master craftsman. . 'Besides being a master of his art, this one-time.dweller of the veldt has that Bomewhat rare distinction of being gifted with a. touch of old-time courtesy, combined with a fine repose of manner and' a delightful sense pf quiet humor. ; \ -■■ - ■