The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1896-05-08
TEETH OF ROYALTY.
THEY ARE BAD. AND THEREBY HANG
SOME INTERESTING TALES.

American DenAisNrys hikea win DipAo-
macy and IntriEus-Ths Part Played By
Dr. Evana-How Lord cromsr Got Hold
Of the KhedIvs's Secrets.
European royalty is cursed with exc
crable teeth, the result Of cOusanguineouS
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
Pan, 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
inaSmuch as dental surgery has attained
greater degree of science and pro-
fciency in the United States than in Eu-
rope, it is American doctors, as 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 in Europe has been DR.. Thomas
of introducing his forceps into almost
every royal mouth in ChristendonL
But perhaps the crowned h@@Am with
whom he was most intimate 6rsriAg his
professional career were Napoleon III
and Empress Eugenie. Many time he
was consulted by both on matters Of i'm
portance which certainly had nothing 70
/ do with teeth, while the emperor would
\ frequently avail himself Of tho doctor q
/ 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, II
was Dr. Thomas Evans, who. first of
all, concealed the fugitive empress in his
/ Parisian 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, promise e
put an end TO the engagement which
the queen had arranged between hel
nephew, Crown Prince Ferdinand, anC
her ambitious favorite and maid Of hon
or, Helen Vacarescu, her majesty had
withdrawn, u prey to the most violent
excitement, TO Venice, where her con
duct became 80 extrayagant ms TO attract
much attention and TO neceSsitute tbs
Journey post haste Of King Charles al
the way from Bucharest to the city ot
the lagoon.
His first step ON arriving was to dis
miss her entire entOurage, the two mos
prominent members of which, next tC
the maid Of honor, were her AlsatiaI
secretary, NJ. Scheffer, and her Ameri
can dentist. both of whom were credit
ed with exercising influence IF n hyp
motto naturc upon the hnf crazy queen
She was subsequently removed to Ger
many aud kept for three years unde
close restraint in one of the Rhine cas
ties of her brother. the Prince Of Wied
Ii was another American dentist, too
who almost led TO the deposition Of tn
late king Of Wurttemberg, over whom h
= had acquired SO great n 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 finall,
compelled To choose between dismissini
his American favOrite OF abdicating
Naturally he accepted the former, bu
he gilded mp the pill for his friend b
overwhelming him with hOnors an
5 gifts
Finally there was the American den
tist Of the late Khedive Tewfk at Cairo
who, perhaps inadvertently, became th
). means of communicating many q usefu
piece Of information to the English gov
ernment The khedive had the habit G
D 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 loose tongue, an
on his visits to the dentist would com
municate to him bits Of information &C
/, quired through perusal Of these papers
Although Lord Cromer, the Enghs
envoy, had magnificent teeth, yet the
seemed to be in almost daily need {
treatment. and as he is man of remark
able astuteness he had little difficulty /
worming out Of the dentist the secret
impaired by the khedive's valet. Oh
cago Record
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