Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-12-28
THE RICHEST DENTIST IN THE
WORLD
How the American Doctor Evans
Gained His Wealth and aOnOrs.

From the London Truth.
DIR. Evans halls from Philadelphia. He is of
Welsh extraction and belongs to family half
Quaker. half Methodist, who were well re-
spected folks in the city founded by Penn
DIR. Evans became dentist, and took wife
when lie was a very young man. He then came
to Europe to assist his countryman, Brewster,
who had been asked to look after the teeth of
the prince-president, and had more business
than he could well attend to. Evans was an
extremely handsome and wel-madc little man.
HIS features. though large were so neatly cut
a. aiilost to give them pretty character An
! English tailor dressed him in the best style.
He always in the daytime looked the man of
business. altnOuT;i It was easy to see that he
Was tseu 10 rub shoulders with the foremost
personases OF the world
tincture of American independence ran
through his quiet manner In smiling. he
showed. aS II uniltentcua!y-and it NAV have
been inteitiogs-a white and even set of
teeth. i small and nicely shaped hand manp-
Mated instruments OF tortu rc with firm deX-
. terous1ess- There was genuine kindness in the
manner, and there was something in the face
which expressed an Obliginr disposition
soon after the coup d'etGt Brewster sold his
business 20 DR.. T. Evans. 1t included virtual
monopoly OF court practice. which. as the new
Emperor was oInnipotent. soon brought q
Paix. 1t had got out that Evans was in high
favor at the Tuiieries. The Emperor VINO
hated fuss. and dreaded being. like Hortcnse
and Josephine, his mother and grandmother
prc'aatuFciy toothless. liked this dentists
quiet and civil way Of discharging his morning
duties.
The doctor attended daily, when in Paris at
q n. at the emperor's toilet and then pro-
creticd 10 the dressing room Of the empress
Eu<enic spoke French with facility. but never
Ike well educated Parisienne. She knew
t:!dt she WIS often mentally criticised by MEM
hers Ct her es,foauuge for her ineegant locutions
II 'FaS. therefore. agreeable to her to chat in
EnGiis!l--ti tongue OF which she was quite mis-
tre-S-Hlth Evans. who retailed to her the
news ct the town and the current gossip about
tn" court. with an amount of truthfuiness that
was refreshing to ears tired of flattery. He also
treated her teeth as if they were pearls of great
price. and kept them for seventeen years in eX-
celleEt condition.
Napoleon III. was on the throne. unable to
give up his tarDOnarl habits, which were seen
through For instance. when the car had a
bal tooth and sent for Evans Bismarck. King
Leopold. the Queen of Holland Prince Meter
nich. and Nfgra were on the alert to find out
what was brewing at st. Petersburg The for
tunate dentist accordingly was summoned to
attend in many capitals to royal teeth. Unwit-
tin@ly lie made revelations. the Importance of
which he did not see. He was given diamond
studded snuff boxes, rings, pins, and valuable
furs.
Condescension was in many an instance pushed
so far as to send him the likeness of a royal or
imperial patient. executed expressly for him.
The Empress Ohen Qucen) Augusta did not go
so far as this; but she gave the Doctor two
superb Dresden vases with painted views on
them of her Potslam Schloss and Stolzeniels
The Doctor has every Kind of decoration except
the Insignia of the English and Prussian orders
and the Golden Fleece.
Under the empire. DR.. Evans remained citi-
,ts.f
in feeling. During the civil war he went in
strongly for the north. ThurlOw Weed to
cOGnteract the influence of Slidell and his
charming daughters. took care to secure the CO.
operation at the 1uileries of Evans. The
dentist had a Quakerly dislike to slavery. He
knew how and where to take the Emperor.
whose irresOlutiOn he increased when the court
set. Interested in the Jecker affair. wanted the
blockade of the southern ports to he broken.
Evans was the only familiar Of the imperial
couple VINO acted in a brave and chyalrOus
manner on the 4th of September. The empress
was deserted by all the grand members of the
household and the high functiOnarles. Even
her cousin. NJ. de Lessers. who had often prof
tered good counsel. which was not needed. but
who owed the success OF the SueZ canal to her,
did not remain at her side. In her desolation
she thought, when on quitting the Tuileries the
ltaiian minister put her and Nine. LebretOn
into cab. of driving to the house of DR.. Evans.
The idea was happy one. Her majesty arrived
In her dressing gown. Mrs. Evans was at the
seaside; the doctor was out.
When he returned, he saw the fugitive had
not been recognized, and treated her as if she
had been driven by an aching tooth to call upon
him at his private residence. The locks of his
wlfes c,othespresses were forced to obtain a
change of rament for the empress who, with
her lady.was taken by the doctor in his own car
rage to the Norman coast. good friend in
adversely to the imperial couple. Evans had,
when they were triumphant. the courage to give
them wholesome but unpalata ble advice. Know
ing thoroughly the organization of the Prussan
army, he again and again warned the emperor
many they would court ruin The empress
probably remembered this advice when she
was sitting in his house awaiting his return
home.