The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1904-10-15
CARE OF THE TEETH.

was the comment made by man on
seeing for the first time a girl noted
for her good looks. Without her
brilliant teeth she would be positively
ugly"
Women spend too much time think
ing of their hair, of their complexion,
of their double chin and oftheir other
physical peculiarities, and too little
worrying about theh teeth.
The reason for this is not very far
to seek.
1t is painful to have the teeth re-
paired. Again, dental work is ex-
pensive. The woman who gets her
teeth put into shape by cosmetic
dentist will have a considerable bill
to pay.
One cosmetic dentist in New York
was once sculptor. He studied in
Paris and succeeded in making some
nice bits of statuary.
scarce. So, rather than starve, he
took to dentistry. He aims to make
the teeth look as though they had
never been out of sorts. He tries to
make the patient pretty.
To this cosmetic dentist there went
a woman whose front teeth seemed
hopeless. There were gold filings
at top and sides and front. The teeth
were horribly dark and misshapen.
Madam" said the cosmetic den
fist "I am going to cut off YOUR teeth
and give you crown teeth. They
will make you look young again."
He cut off the teeth, replaced them
with pretty white enamel crowns and
turned the woman out with row of
pearls, beautifully shaped and wholly
becoming to the face. The job cost
a lot of money, but it was worth every
cent. Similar results are within reach
of other women who can afford to pay
the cost.
Some faces are spoiled because the
jaw is too narrow. When this hap
pens in the case of child there are
various ways to remedy it before it is
too late.
Gum chewing widens the jaw, and
for this reason it is recommended to
young children whose teeth seem in
clined to crowd. The child may be
allowed to chew gum couple of hours
a day. This exercises the jaw and
broadens it, making room for the
teeth.
The old-fashioned dentist merely
patched the teeth. His idea was to
plug them up with gold, so that they
would not ache. He aimed to make
them useful, but when it came to max
ing them ornamental he was helpless.
But the cosmetic dentist is different.
He uses enamels and he does, not
hesitate to put gold cap in the front
of your mouth. But the cosmetic
dentist would never disfgure you in
this manner.
After the teeth have been put in
order, the thing is to keep them
subject:
"In the morning clean the teeth
with good tooth powder. Have
brush which reachers every portion of
the mouth. Let it be of moderately
stiff bristles and use a great deal of
powder on the teeth.
"Rinse the teeth with clear water
with a little borax dissolved in the
water, and for this use very soft and
very small brush. This should be
followed by mouth rinse in boz acic
acid.
"The teeth should be rinsed after
each meal, and for this purpose there
is nothing pleasanter than a mouth
wash ofpeppermint water. This per-
fumes the breath, and is very refresh
ing. Pour a little of the essence of
PEPPERMINT in glass of water and
rinse the mouth and throat with it.
"Once week the teeth should be
cleaned with the finest pumice stone.
Take little of the very finely pow
dered pumice and place it on the
tooth brush. Brush the teeth light
ly and remember that, while pumice
is good in its way, it will take off the
enamel if used too vigorously.
"Just how much of the pumice to
use is a question of judgment, but
women who lightly touch the teeth
with it once week are never in need
of having the teeth cleaned at the den
lists.
There was time when the woman
of 40 said good-by to her teeth just
as she said good-by to her youth, and
there was day when the woman of
90 who had preserved her teeth was
a novelty. But that was long ago.
j. Old women nowadays have their
own natural teeth. The teeth of old
people can be as white, as daintily
delicate, as glossy, and every whit as
pretty as the teeth of a woman OF 80.
If the teeth can be preserved until
middle age, they will be pretty sure
to last out ones life. The main dan
ger to the teeth comes in youth, when
the teeth are young and not very
strong, and when the enamel is still
tender upon them.
Children whose teeth do not seem to
get strong should eat cereals and good
wholesome sweets. Good honey
does not hurt the teeth but strength
ems them, good maple sugar is posi-
lively a muscle and nerve builder for
the teeth as we'll as for the rest of the
body.
1t is enormously believed that sweets
injure the teeth. The fact is that the
stomach would suffer and the teeth
would not be as strong without them.
"I WISH dem Chinese men wuz in
dat war over yonder," said Brother
Dickey, "kaze one er 'um is got my
shirt en- won't give it up kaze I done
los de ticket, en- bless God amt
got nuttin' ter preach in !"
AN FRESHMAN asked Scotchman
one day why a railway engine was