The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1895-05-29
TEETH OF ROYALTY.
TilEY ARE BAD, AND THEREBY HANG
SOME INTERESTING TALES.

American Dentistry, Mlxed with DlpiO-
macy and L ia:ee-T,.- Part Played by
Dr.. Evans-HOw Lo-t Croiaer Got Hold
OF the Ehedive's Secrets.
European royalty is cursed wi.h exc
cradle teeth, tile result OF cOnsanglincuus
marriages HIFOSishout countless genera
tions, and even the princes If the reign
ing house of sweden. who are of plebeian
origin, the grandfather of the present
king having been born rs a peasant at
Pau, ON the French slope Of the Pyrcnocs.
suffer from barred teeth. ncccssitating
much science and skill in treatment. IL
is only natural therefore that they should
have frequent recourse to dentists, and
inasmuch rs dental surgery has attained
a greater degree of science and pro
ficiency in the United States than IN Eu-
rope, 1t is American doctors, as rule.
who have been inglusted Sith the well
fare Of roya .ty's jaws
Perhaps the host known and most IA
nous Of al these American court den
fists in ECrope has been Dr.. Thomas
Evans in Paris, who has had the honor
Of introducing his forceps into almost
every royal mouth in Christendom
But perhaps the crowned heads with
whom he was most intimate during his
professional career were Napoleon III
and Empress EuSenic. Many a time he
was consulted by both on matters Of inn
pOrtance which certainly bad nothing 70
do with teeth, while the emperor would
frequently avail himself Of the doctors
professional trips TO foreign courts 10 in
trust him with some communication
which could not well he conveyed
through d diplomatic channels And. as
everybody knows, when the empire was
ovcrs brown, after the battle Of Sedan. i:
was Dr. Thomas Evans. vino. first ~
al, concealed the fugitive empress in his
Partisan mansion. and afterward con
veyCd her at per r-lual risk from the me-
trcpolis 20 tho seaside, whence she c--
capped TO England on the yacht Of Sir
John Burfoyne.
There was an American dentist who
was implicated in the somewhat scnsa-
ticnal incidents tLat led 10 the sudden
removal of the scmidemented queen uf
Roumania from Venice u few Years ago.
After the Roumanian government had
depTivin- i.im of his throne. Il promise To-
put IN ead to the engagement which
the C1oan h1d arranged between her
nephew. Crown Prince Ferdinand. and
her ambitious favorite and maid Of hon
or, Helen Nacarescu, her majesty hld
withdrawn. q prey - the most violent
excitement, TO Venice, where her CON
duct became So extr,lvagant as 70 attract
much attention and to ucccsSitate the
journey post haste of King Charles al
the way from Bucharest TO the city Of
the lagoon.
His first step OH arriving was 20 dis
miss her entire entouraSe, the two most
prominent members of which, most 90
the raid Of honor, We're her A,atian
secrV -"~-, II SchetFor, and he- Ameri-
can dentist, both OF whom we're credit
ed with exercising influelce of hyp-
motto nature upon the hof crazy queen.
She was subsequently removed to Ger
many and kept for three yc.-s under
close restraint i'll one of the Rhine cas-
ties Of her brother, the Prince of Wied
1t was another American dentist, too,
who almost led to the deposition Of the
had acquired so great pov-e- of persua-
sion that the king cut himself adrift
from almost all the associations Of his
younger days, holding aloof from re-a-
tiyes and mobiles. The king was finally
compelled to choose between disln issiuy
his American favorite or abdicat--g.
Naturally he accepted the former, but
he gilded up the pill for his friend by
overwhelming him with honors and
gifts.
Finally there was the American den
t;st of the late Khedive Tewfik at Cairo,
who, perhaps inadvertently, became the
means of communicating many a useful
piece Of information TO the English gov
ernment. The khedive had the habit uf
leaving all confidential documents in his
pockets, where they would be found by
his European servant at nighttime. This
man was afflicted not only with bad
teeth, but also with a loose tongue, and
ON his visits to the dentist would com
municate to him bits of information ac-
quired through perusal of these papers.
Although Lord Cromer, the English
envoy, had magnificent teeth, yet they
seemed to be in almost daily need Of
treatment, and as he is a man of remark
able astuteneSs he had little difficulty in
worming ont of the dentist the secrets
impaired by the khedive's valet. Chi
cago Record