The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1895-05-17

<AA&&NhG@1 AGuAASNEys WIN
macy and Intrigue-The Part Played by /
DIR. EVans-How Lord Cromer Got Hold I
OF the khedive's Secrets.
European royalty is cursed with exc
cradle teeth, the result of consanguineous /
marriages throughout countless genera
tions, and even the princes Of the reign
ing house of Sweden, who are of plebeian
origin, the grandfather of the present
king having been born as a peasant at
Pau. ON the French slope of the Pyrenees,
suffer from barred teeth, neceSsitating
much science and skill in treatment. It
is only natural therefore that they should
have frequent recourse to dentists, and
inasnuch as dental surgery has attained
a greater degree Of science and pro
ficiency in the United States than i'll En-
rope, it is American doctors, rs a rule,
who have been intrusted with the vel
fare of royalty's jaws.
Perhaps the best known and most IA
nous of all these American court den
fists i'll Europe has been DR.. Thomas
Evans in Paris. who has had the honor
of introducing his forceps into almost
every royal mouth in Christcndom
But perhaps the crowned heads with
whom he was most intimate during his
professional career were Napoleon III
and Empress Eugenie. Many a time he
was consulted by both on matters Of i'm
portance which certainly had nothing to
do with teeth, while the emperor would
frequently avail himself Of the doctor 5
professional trips 10 foreign courts to in
trust him with some communication
which could not well be conveyed
through diplomatic channels. And, as
everybody knows, when the empire was
overthrown, after the battle OF Sedan, 1t
was Dr.. Thomas Evans, who, first OF
all, concealed the fugitive empress IN his
Partisan mansion, and afterward con
veved her ut personal risk from the me
tropolis to the seaside, Ehencc she o.
capped to England on the yacht Of SIR
John Burgoyne.
There was an American dentist who
was implicated iii Tie somewhat sc;lsa-
tional incidents that led To the sudden
removal Of the scr.Gcmemtcd queen of
Roumania from Venice i-fcw years ago.
After the RoumInian government had
exacted from the king, under threat Of
depriving him Of his throne, a promise 20
put an end to the engagement which
the queen had arranged between her
nephew. Crown Prince Ferdinand and
her ambitious favorite and maid Of hon
or, Helen Vacarescu. her majesty had
withdrawn, prey to the most violent
excitement. to Venice, where her con-
duct became 50 eXtravagant as to attract
much attention and To ncccssitatc the
Journey post haste Of King Charles al
the way from Bucharest to tine city %!
the lagoon.
His first step on arriving WAS 70 dis
miss her entire entouia-c, tAc two most
prominent members Of which, next T.
the maid Of honor, were her Al9..t al
secretary, NJ Schcffcr, and her Ameri
can dentist, both Of whom were credit
ed with exercising influence Of a hyp
motto nature upon the half crazy queen
She was subsequently removed to Ger
many and kept for three years undei
close restraint in one of the Rhine cas-
ties of her brother, the Prince OF Wed
1t was another American dentist, too
who almost led to the deposition Of tn
late king of Wurttemberg, over whom h
had acquired so great a power of per>ua
sion that the king cut himself adrif
from almost all the associations Of In
Younger days, holding aloof from rela
tives and mobiles The king was finall
compelled to choose between dismissin
his American favorite or abdicatinf
Naturally he accepted the former, bu
he gilded up the pill for his friend b
overwhelming him with honors an
gifts.
Finally there was the American del
tist of the late Khedive Tewtik at Cair'
who, perhaps inadvertently, became Il
means of communicating many a usetl
piece of information to tie English go
ernment. The khedive had the habit
leaving all confidential documents IN h
pockets, where they would be found
his European servant at nighttime Tn
man was afflicted not only with b.
teeth. but also with a loose tongue, N
on his visits to the dentist would con
muuicate to him bits of information a
uuired through perusal of these papers
Although Lord Cromer, the Engh'
envoy, had magnificent teeth, yet tn
seemed to be i'll almost daily need
treatment, and as he Is a man Of remar
able astuteness he had little difficulty
worming out of the dentist the sccre
impaired by the khedive's valet.-Cl
cago Record
Remarkable RhyminG Epitaphs.