Evening star., 1901-12-28

Slightly Irregular Teeth I'm q Narrow
Jaw That Have Great Individuality.
health. provided the trouble is not caused
by tartar; In this case the tartar must first
| be removed.
| II gums become spongy they are apt
| to recede from the teeth and leave the roots
| exposed, and decay sets In very rapidly in
| consequence. To harden the gums and cure
| this softness use a powder once a week
| made of
| Qulnine. ..........-.........-....1 drachms
Ghlorate Of potash. ...........".....s drachms
| Powder OF ratanhia. drachms
| Or the gums can be painted with tincture
| nayrrh. borax and cologne II the gums
| become 30 tender to ulcerate, lemon
| juice and camomile should be mixed to-
| gether and painted on with a camers-hair
brush every night until there is a cure.
You have probably been told at some
! time in your career that there is danger
| for the teeth in drinking very hot or very
cold liquids. that, In fact, they will crack
| the enamel. Now, all that is nonsense, for
! the simple reason that You could not bear
| anything in your mouth which would be at
temperature to injure the enamel OF your
| teeth. The enamel Is safe enough unless
you are so rash as to tempt fate by biting
threads or doing foolish things like that
| with the teeth. Even candy eating Is not
bad for the teeth. Some dentists even 60
| 30 far as to say that sugar is nourishing
| to the teeth, rather than otherwise
Her Sweet Breath.
In enumerating the charms of his mis-
tress one OF the old poets places foremost
among them her sweet breath, which had
| a perfume like that Of roses and violets.
The charm Of an agreeable breath consists
in the fact that there Is nothing noticeable
about 1t, only somehow there is always q
subtle. clean fragrance IN the atmosphere
surrounding the person who pays due at
tention to the inward as well as the out
ward man. Physiologically, bad breath is
matter or no small Importance, as 1t is q
sign of bad health, If It is not caused by
the condition Of the teeth. The digestive
apparatus is out Of order, and medical ad-
vice should be sought. In the meantime q
purifier of the breath should be used. An
excellent one is made of rosewater, twelve
ounces, and four drachms of chlorate of
potash; rinse the mouth daily with this.
One may also make sure of q sweet breath
by the use Of cachous made as follows:
Dissolve three ounces of licorice extract
In the same measure Of cold water, and add
one ounce of gum arabic Let 1t boil away
to two-thirds; then add a drachm each of
mestic, caScarilla and orris root, the latter
for fragrance, the other ingredients for
sweetening and cleansing. These are to be
pounded to q powder before being added to
the other mixture; boil until of the proper
consistency to roll into pellets. Orris root
suggests vioiets and is the subtlest of per-
fumes.
Curious Dental Facts.
A London dentist claims that education
is playing havoc with the teeth Of modern
generations The ancient sturdy, square
jaw of the English race is changing. not
through neglect Of the teeth, but to lessons
and book learning to an angular or W
shape, which presses the molars one upon
the other. does not give them room to grow,
and will In time prevent some of them from
cutting at ALL Indeed, this catastrophe is
not infrequent already, he adds mourn
fully. In many cases the original teeth are
becoming less in number than they should
be, and often the wisdom teeth fall to ap-
pear. In q thousand years from now no
one will have them. They give one 30
much trouble and are so prone to decay
that 1t seems too bad they didn't become
obsolete a thousand years ago.
A history Of tooth powders which have
been used from earliest times to the pres
ent would fill volume. Strange as It may
seem. the subject has moved even the
poets pen. In classic times Apuleius pre-
sented a dentrifice to Calphurnius, accom-
panied by some charming verses, stating
that 1t was composed of the finest drugs Of
Arabia Galen gave, In a verse, a formula
for tooth powder invented by Democritus,
and some lines in praise of tooth powder,
written by the sister Of the Emperor Au-
gustus, were quite celebrated at the time.