The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-11-19
A ROMANTIC CAREER.
Life of DIR. Evans of Philadelphia
as Dentist to Royalty,

Life of DIR. Evans of Philadelphia
as Dentist to Royalty.
Our dispatches the other day told of the
death of DIR. Thomas w. Evans, the ia
nous American dentist, in Paris. Dr.
Evans was a Philadelphian,a and the Press
of that city gives an interesting sketch of
his romantic career in Europe. 1t says
Genuine romance surrounds the life of
the Philadelphia boy, who went abroad
fifty-one years ago and by sheer force of
his professional skill became the trusted
friend of the royal families of Europe,
anna ssing a fortune that is estimated at
$25 100000 to $35, 00,O0O
DR.. Evans was born Dec. %, 1923. He
received a common school education and at
the age of IA entered the employ of a max
er of dental appliances In 18f he enter
ed the Office of Dr. John D. White, with
whom he remained two years, meanwhile
following a course at jefferson Medical
College.
He practiced his profession for time in
Maryland and afterward at Lancaster, in
this state. He had already acquired some
local fame by his skill when he sailed for
Europe in 1916 with the fixed idea of estab-
fishing himself there. At that time Ameri-
can dentistry was unknown ON the other
side of the water.
DR.. Evans afterward said that he made
up his mind from the first to have as his
clients all the royalties of Europe. He
succeeded, so that to-day there is not a
single reigning sovereign, from the Queen
of England to the Gar of Russia and the
Sultan of Turkey, that he has not had in
his operating chair.
the first royal parsonage secured as a
client of DR.. Evans was the King of Bel
GUM, father of the present king. This
was during the early years of DIR. Evans
practice in Paris. He had hardly opened
his ofilce there when he had more than he
could do.
One of his patients was the Belgian min
lister, who recommended the young dem
fist to his master. The latter wrote to DR.
Evans to come to Brussels at once. but
the doctor could not do so on account
Of his engagements. He had time how
ever, to go part way, so the king met
the doctor at a border town and there
began friendship between the two men
which was taken up by his patients son.
the present King of Belgium
DR.. Evans first became acquainted with
Napoleon III when the latter returned 10
Paris after his exile in London The doc
tor obtained then the confidence and es-
TEEN of Napoleon. When the latter be-
came president the confidence was increas-
ed. There was no one who was more init
mate with or had more influence with the
emperor later on than the quiet matter
of-fact DR.. Evans.
He was in the confidence of the impe-
rial government at the time that Paris
was made over by Baron Haussmann He
had confidence in the splendid future of
Paris, and bought largely of real estate in
the direction of the improvements 1t was
he who helped the emperor design and
carry out the vast improvements around
the park of the Bols de Boulogne. The
doctors investments in the neighborhood
of this now fashionable park made him
many-tinne millionaire.
The American physician was the occa-
sion of the first meeting between Napoleon
and Eugene. The latters mother sent
her to Paris as a school girl. The young
Spanish beauty spent all of her fete DAYS
at the house of DR.. Evans.
One night Napoleon, then president, gave
a ball. The young woman was anxious
to go, but her mother had no invitation.
as she was in moderate circumstances and
unknown to the Paris world of fashion.
DIR. Evans went to the president himself
and asked for an invitation for his fair
protege.
1t was at this ball that she was formally
presented to the president by Dr. Evans
The president of the French repuic was
so much struck by her dazzling beauty
that he singled her out for marked at
tention, and danced with the young
stranger several times. This made
marked sensation. The acquaintance thus
begun ended in marriage
The intimate relations between the en-
peror and DR.. Evans enabled the latter
to perform great service to his country.
During the darkest days of the war the
Emperor Napoleon was anxious to recog-
nize the southern confederacy. He had
fully made up his mind to this. and had
entered into correspondence with the Eug>