Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-10-18
THE QUEST OF BEAUTY
How to Have Beautiful White
J
Teeth.
LOVELIEST OF CHARMS
PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS FOR
THEIR DAILY CARE.
No Good Looks Possible Without This
Attention-Breath Cos
metics.
LOVELIEST OF CHARMS

| Copyright. 1902 by s. s Mcclure Company
Written for The Evening Star by Katherine Morton.
| What beauty without good teeth?
One may be a radiant being, with spar
| king eyes luxuriant tresses, rose lear COM
| plexion, soft, sinuous curves and d1mples,
| throat of alabaster whiteness and grace
in every moment, but let the teeth be de-
fective and what is all this fairness worth?
1t would almost seem that perfect teeth
| were womans first and best blessing. YET,
| does she bestow the care upon them that
| she does upon her complexion or her halr!
Not as a rule, and she deserves to be
! taken to task for livery much taken 10
| task. But scolding wastes time, so let us
! get down to practical details at once.
! Twice a day at the very least, the teeth
must be brushed, and one of these times
| must be the last thing at night For 1t is
! during the night that the tongue being at
rest the acid of the saliva acts upon the
teeth and decay sets in.
| If only every woman could be persuaded
| to sit down when brushing her teeth, the
| teeth would be gamers by the operation
! Standing to perform toilet ceremonies Is
gratuitous sitting down. at ones ease, the
duty is certain to be performed much more
thoroughly and carefully!
The woman who has the most beautl1ul
set of teeth | have ever seen, brilliantly
white and gistening, always sits down 10
the operation of brushing, and that she
spends half hour both night and morning
caring for her teeth is the reason. or one
principal reason. why they are always IN
perfect condition.
BE seated madam" is the first advice
regarding the care of the teeth, and then
the work will be much more carefully per-
formed and in more effective manner.
Brush upper teeth from the gums down
ward, and lower teeth from the gums up
| ward. Brush each row separately. and
those the right with the right hand and
| those on the left with the left hand
Three tooth brushes are necessary for
every self-respectng toilet table; one
rather hard. one moderately soft, while the
third should be small and round. with
curve in the handle, as to get into every
corner of the mouth, both before and behind
the teeth. The bristles should be Of such
length that they can penetrate the inter
stices and inequalities of the teeth After
using the brush should be well rinsed at
once. shaken and put into the sun to dry
The tooth mug, too, must be kept immacu-
lately clean and often have a good scrub
bling with soap and hot water to destroy
any germs.
As to Tooth Powder.
The of a tooth powder Is not neces-
sary every day. A simple powder like cam
phorated chalk Is quite as good as more
expensive powder. The use of a dentifrice
principally Is to assist in the polishing pro-
cess. With powder on the teeth one is
much more apt to give them a longer and
more careful brushing; and it is the brush
ing which polishes
Powder containing camphor Is perhaps the
best for camphor tends to destroy the ami
malculae in the secretions of the mouth.
whose skeletons or remains constitute the
incrustation called tartar.
CASTLE soap is also excellent for the same
purpose; a small piece should always be
kept on the toilet table.
To prepare camphorated chalk, mix well
together half pound of precipitated chalk
quarter of a pound of powdered orris root
and two ounces of powdered camphor; pow
der the camphor by means Of alcohol.
| A simple but good tooth powder Is made
by mixing three ounces of prepared chalk
with one ounce powdered charcoal.
Both precipitated chalk and prepared
| chalk are used in tooth powders. The lat
ter has the greatest cleansing power. and
is therefore, preferable. little powdered
| CASTLE soap added to camphorated chalk
makes a cleansing powder.
An agreeable tooth powder is made of
finely ground orris root and precipitated
chalk. in equal parts, with few drops of
oil of rose added.
one ounce of powdered CASTLE soap in one
pint of water and then adding three drains
of powdered boraX. five drops of oil of nut
| meg and two ounces of honey water.
If gums are spongy an excellent tooth
powder is made by combining one ounce
each of red cinchona bark and Armenian
bole. one-half ounce each of cinnamon and
bicarbonate of soda and two drops of oil of
cinnamon. This is also a good tooth pow
der for general use.
Should the teeth be much discolored and
ordinary tooth powder prove ineffective, a
little of the pulp of an orange used with the
brush will generally make them quite white.
For the same purpose ripe strawberries are
also used. either rubbed on the teeth with
iaI
Strawberries besides possessing singular
power in whitening and cleansing the teeth
| impart delightful fragrance to the
breath
For Toothache
For that terrible malay. from which no
| one dies-a toothache-One of the best ap-
plications. if the tooth is hollow or de-
| cayed, is a small piece of lint moistened
| with the essential oil Of cloves Concen-
trated liquor of ammonia, diluted with
| three or four parts of rectified spirits may
| be poured upon a bit of lint and applied
| TO the gum about aching tooth An
other remedy is alcohol one ounce; cam
| phor, four grains; opium in powder, TWEEN
| ty grains, and oil of cloves. eighty drops.
Decayed teeth, we used to be told were
often caused by the great indulgence In
sweets but now that Is an exploded theory;
sugar and sweets do not injure the teeth
ON the contrary, one who speaks with au-
fections whiten and preserve the teeth
| This is a very agreeable statement, SO
agreeable in fact, that we will not ask
for proofs, but simply accept it and take all
the pleasure we can by devouring all the
sweets we may and fiatter ourselves that
we are doing the right thing,
The cause of bad breath may often be
traced to decayed teeth, or to teeth not
properly cleansed: even when quite sound
they faint the breath if not kept clean
Rinsing the mouth with a little water to
which a few drops of solution of chloride
of lime or Of chloride of soda have been
added Is often an effective method
The use of spirit of camphor in water has
also a good effect
There aret breath cosmetics" as thew
are called, or aromatized conserves and
honeys, which giYe pleasant odor to the
breath Conserve of lavender Is a fayorite
and made by beating together to smooth
paste in a marble mortar one part laven-
der flowers and three parts powdered sugar.
with the addition of enough rose water to
orher congerves may be made from any
fragrant flowers. fStill another formula for
a breath costnetic-take three ounces of soft
axtract of Ecorice one ounce of powdered