The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1895-09-14
TEETH OF ROYALTY.
THEY ARE BAD, AND THEREBY HANG
SOME INTERESTING TALES.

...~,c.n Dentfstry Mixed With Dipio-
macy and Intrlgue-The Part Piaye" W
Dr. Evans-How Lord Cromer Got Hold
Of the Khedive's Secrets
European royalty is cursed with exc
rrable teeth, the result of consangulneous
marriages throughout countless genera
tions and even the princes Of the reign
ing house Of Sweden, who are oil pleoeian
origin. the grandfather Of the present
king having been born as peasant ae
Pan. on the French slope Of the Pyrenees'
suffer from barred teeth, necessitatnlg
much science and skill in treatment ~
isonlv natural therefore that they shoulu
have frequent recourse TO dentists, ana
inasmuch as dental surgery has attained
greater degree of science ana pro
ficiency in the United States than IN Eu-
rope. it is American doctors, as RUE
who have been intrusted with the wei
fare of royalty's jaws.
Perhaps the best known and most Ia
nous Of all these American court den
lists in Europe 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 Ill
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
professional trips to 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-
veyed her at personal risk from the me-
tropolis to the seaside, whence she es-
capped to England ON the yacht of Sir
John Burgoyne.
| There was an American dentist who
was implicated in the somewhat sensa-
tional incidents that led to the sudden
removal of the semidemented queen of
Roumania from Venice few years ago.
After the Roumanian government had
exacted from the king, under threat OF
depriving him Of his throne a promise to
put an end to the engagement which
the queen had arranged between her
nephew, Crown Prince Ferdinand, and
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or, Helen Vacarescu, her majesty had
withdrawn, prey to the most violent
excitement, to Venice, where her con-
duct became so extravagant as to attract
much attention and to necessitate the
journey post haste of King Charles all
the way from Bucharest to the city of
the lagoon
His first step on arriving was to dis
miss her entire encourage, the two most
prominent members of which, next to
the maid of honor, were her Alsatian
secretary, NJ Scheffer, 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 under
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 thu
late king of Wurttemberg, over whom h,
had acquired so great power of persua
sion that the king cut himself adrif
from almost all the associations of hi
younger days, holding aloof from rela
tives and mobiles. The king was final,
compelled to choose between dismissin,
his American favorite or abdicating
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 den
fist of the late Khedive Tewfik at Cairo
who, perhaps inadvertently, became tn
means of communicating many a usefu
piece of information to the English gov
ernment The lIhedive had the habit c
, leaving all confidential documents in hi
pockets. where they would be found b
his European servant at nighttime. Thi
man was afflicted not only with ba
: teeth, but also with a loose tongue, an
: ON his visits to the dentist would con
municate to him bits of information az
quired through perusal of these papers
Although Lord Cromer, the Englis
! envoy, had magnificent teeth, yet the
seemed to be in almost daily need {
treatment, and as he is man of remarl
= able astuteness he had little difficulty i
worming out Of the dentist the secre
impaired by the khedive's valet. Oh
cago Record
Remarkable Rhyming Epitaphs.