The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-01-04

look always Dr1SnJ, merry ana
good tempered so there will new
er form around your mouth the ugly
lines that tell all the world of a soured.
peevish, i'll natured disposition? OF
course you do; so I needn't ask that
But in a life of hustle from morning till
night do you take, time to keep your
teeth slightly and in perfect order?
without good looking teeth the pref
test girl will be unattractive. Do you
know that sensitive person invariably
looks, away from a ta1ker with bad
teeth?
Almost any sort of a natural tooth
is better than artificial teeth. A
skilIful dentist can always straighten
and make even crooked and rnispropor-
toned teeth. The natural teeth will
usually last a lifetime with proper
care, and American dentists are the
best in the world. The main thing in
preserving teeth is to keep them clean.
The best time for brushing them is in
variably at night, after your last meal
This is a most important matter. It is
the particles of deeomposing food stick
ing in the interstices of the teeth that
attack and make them decay. Never
go to bed with your teeth unbrushed or
your mouth not thoroughly cIeansed
with water. Rinse the mouth after
each meal, particularly in the morning
after you have been drinking coffee
Next to tobacco, nothing discolors the
teeth more than coffee. You can see
what it will do by looking inside a
coffeepot that has been used some time
Have your teeth thoroughly put in
order at regular intervals by a first
class dentist. If they are not inclined
to decay, once a year is often enough;
if otherwise then twice or three times
Have each 1ecayed spot filed at once
so soon as it is large enough. Then,
say twice a year have the dentist
scrape and polish your teeth. This
takes away stain and 1iscoloration and
makes them CLEAN white and pearl-like.
In cleansing them every night use a
moderately stiff brush. Pass the brush
up and down between the teeth as well
as across. This removes bits of food
and the clogging matter that some
times lodges between them.
One dire enemy of the teeth is tartar
that incrusts them roughly about the
gums and loosens them. Have your
dentist keep watch of this and remove
it once or twice year, as is necessary.
Twice q week use a good dentifrice
An excellent one-none better-likewise
a very cheap one, is made by mixing one
ounce of pulv erized white CASTLE SOAP
with two ounces of precipitated chalk
and adding about a. teaspoonful of
| powdered myrrh. In this same proper
ton any quantity of the dentifrice may
be made. The druggist will mix it for
you.
Children should be trained to brush
their Teeth as they are trained to wash
their faces and to consider it as much
of a necessity. Keep watch of the
growth of their permanent teeth and if
these come crooked or crowded have
the defect remedied. You will often
save thus a child's future beauty It
is for woman to regain for the civilized
human race the splendid teeth of it's
savage state.
No object is more offensive to con-
template than a toothless mouth or one
containing black, shaggy, decaying
teeth. If through neglect or disease
you have lost your natural teeth, re-
| place them of course with artificial
ones, but be careful that these are not
| too large and too white. It is to the
credit of Americans that when they ara
unfortunate enough to lose their nat
uraI teeth they supply the lack with
manufactured ones and so preserve the
| symmetry and sightliness of the mouth
| as well as their own good digestion.
| This is well, very well But let me
| speak of one unpleasing point: Many
women who wear artificial teeth have
a habit of removing them at times and
appearing in presence of their families
with bare gums. This is a downright
horror. In no way can a wife and
mother more effectualIy repeI her hus-
| band and children from her personally.
| The old way was to take artificial
| teeth out at night and deposit them in
a bowl of water. This is not now done
/ for store teeth have reached such
perfection that it is not necessary.
Simply cleanse the set thoroughly and
replace it in the mouth, and let none
see you without it. A folding rubber
cup is made that is a great conven-
| fence in travelling to take along with
| one and brush the artificial teeth in.
/ MARY GOULD LYTLE.
WHERE GOSSIP IS PAID FOR.