The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-09-15

they are based on solid facts and reas-
oning. says the New York Journal
The human race Is likely before many
centuries TO be toothless, because each
year there Is less aud lesn use for the
teeth. Especially among the higher and
Weather classes Is this 30. Anything
to eat that requires the muscular ,ox-
ertion OF the jaws to any extent Is
apt to be thrown aside and It's place
taken by soft deity prepared foods
that need little effort on the part Of the
teeth.
Thus more and more the teeth are
coming go be uselcss appendices. Sci
rntisie say now that the progenl,ors OF |
the human race had tails and that |
they gradually lost them because they |
became useless. II Is known that II |
a limb or organ OF the body ceases 10 |
be used for any length OF time Il will |
become practically paralyEod and with
out life. Should Il continue to be |
unused for generations It would at last |
disappear. And iha e the way the |
teeth are likely TO go.
II h fact not 10 be denied that year |
by year our molars play diminishing |
part In the functions 81 life seldom |
nowadays a set Of vigorous. white /
teeth Is .eCn. either In man or woman.
unless u Is artificial Looking at it |
from tho point OF view OF science. there |
a. hsa hn al.
be the fine structures OF bone. pro
iccted by their healthml coating of
rearly enamel. that they once were. In
the early days. before civilization had
come with lis excavations. a mans
teeth were almos, a. important TO him
- his arm. Knives and forks had moi
come into play then and uncivIlized
mans food consisted In great part o!
meat. raw. or so imperiecily roasted
that Il had to be ground into bits with
the mouth. Nut ana fruits had hard
skins and needed sharp biting before
they could be comfortably devoured
The early Asiatic tribes. the Norsemcn
and the North American Indians have
had the fame Of their shining strong
teeth come down TO us. and Il was no
uncommon feat In those days for a
man 10 perform as a perfectly natural
thing what would seem at the present
time prodlgles OF strength with his
iawbone.
While even IN those early times there
was nervatlon and sensuousness ram
liant among the aristocrats. Il did not
come down to the middle class or the
common people who kept on eating
food that was tough. Il never oc-
Cured to them that eating could be
nade easy by the rchnoEents aud ele-
zancies OF boiling. roasting gld sundry
connections Their nour.chment was
purchased at the price Of the rycat Of
heir arms and the mastcrful power
OF their grinding teeth. Ono needs
only to read a biz Of the literature o.
the middle ages TO learn that good
"trenchcr" men were highly regarded.
To be a "treucher man" meant nothing
more nor less than to be able to clear
% the great wooden dishes heaped
with meats in an un,onmorly short
lime.
So Il went along for centuries. with
the women as well as with the mcn
soft foods being hardly known. even
In the halls OF the highest IN the land
As civilization became more and NOR,
pronounced. and uxurics Legan to be.
come necessities. Il Vas SIN only IA,
better class that was affected. Tn,
poor had to continue ealing what th,y
best could get. and continuing C
make the fullest use OF their paws ant
their teeth. But within the past hal
century a change has slowly beet Get
ling In.
So pronounced Is this getting that al
, the table OF the laborer at Sl.2i o day
a. well as at the board Of the million
aire. soft foods are served ana eater
, TO tie exclusion OF nearly all else. Tn,
workman's wife, who cannot afford 4
buy the fine cut Of meat that the richie
, man has sent to him. boils and roast
, until she sets before her husband an'
children M tender a dish as those tina
, stand on the tables OF the wealthy.
, Candy. too. " much softer than
, used to be, and In place OF the hard
sugary balls, Grams. nougl;s and can
/, died fruits to say nothing Of Ia
. French confessions tina, are constant
increasing IN popularity, have com
pretty thoroughly into vogue. Ono
. upon time molasses candy was great
~ In flavor, and candy pulls among Ia
, delights OF generation that Is no.
!, past
Science. besides. has aided In this b
a devlsing canned meats and c0ndonsc
: foods. which are made today In On
ormous quantities and distribute
4 widely. There is precisely the sam
|, amount OF nutrlment In those th'
:. there Is IN meat and vegetables
10 their natural state subjected only
II ANAL amount OF cooking. but chen
u ical processes take the place OF actu'
9 mas,lcation. and. as the food slit
q down the throat there II nothing LEI
, to all intGnts and purposes, for n
u teeth to do. Originally planned 4
= the benefit Of lnyalIds and for the cor
yenienoe OF travellers. these canned an
a condensed supplies have gone furthI
" In their adaptablllty TO the wants {
, the human race. and now arc eaten :
T. thousands who are quite able to ma.
n licate the toughest foods II only the
~ would.
er LuthsFs nihie.