Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-06-07
CARE OF THE TEETH.
An Important Element of Beauty
Should Last Ones Natural Life.

FIom the New York Sun.
Her teeth light up her FACET This was
the comment made by a 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 thinking of
their hair Of their complexion, of their
double chin and Of their other physical
peculiarities, and too little worrying about
their teeth. The reason for this Is not very
far to seek. 1t Is painful to have the teeth
repaired. Again, dental work is expensive.
The woman who gets her teeth put into
shape by a cosmetic dentist will have
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. But times were hard and money
was 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 atient pretty
10 this cosmetic dentist there went a wom-
an whose front teeth seemed hopeless.
There were gold filings at the top and sides
and front. The teeth were Horribly dark
and misshapen.
Madam" said the cosmetic dentist, Il
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
pielty WHlte enamel crowns ana turned
the woman out with row of pearls, beau
tifully shaped and wholly becoming to the
face. The job cost lot of money, but it
was worth every cent. Similar results are
within reach Of other women who can af-
ford to pay the cost.
Some faces are spoiled because the jaw
Is too narrow. When this happens in the
case of child there are various ways to
rcE edy it before 1t Is too late.
Gum chewing widens the Jaw, and for
this reason it Is recommended to young
children whose teeth seem inclined to
crowd. The child may be allowed to chew
gum a couple of hours a day. This exer-
cises the jaw and broadens 1t. 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 1t came to making them orna-
mental he was helpless.
But the cosmetic dentist is different. He
Uses enaTels and he works, not with an
eye to utility alone, but so as to make you
pretty The cld-faskioned dentist did 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 pretty. Here is
sc me advice on the subject:
I'm the morning clean the teeth with
good tooth powder. Have brush which
reaches every portion Of the mouth. Let 1t
be of moderately stiff bristles and a
81 eat deal of powder on the teeth.
little borax dissolved in the water and for
this use very soft and very small brush.
This should be followed by a mouth rinse
in boracic acid. The teeth should be rinsed
after each meal, and for this purpose there
Is nothing pleasanter than a mouth wash
of peppermint water. This perfumes the
breath and is very refreshing. Pour a little
of the essence of peppermint In a glass of
water and rinse the mouth and throat
with 1t.
"Once a week the teeth should be cleaned
with the finest of pumice stone. Take a
little of the very finely powdered pumice
and place it on the toothbrush Brush the
teeth lightly and remember that. while
pumice is good in its way, 1t will take on
the enamel If used too vigorously. Just
how much of the pumice to use is a ques-
tor of Judgment but women who lightly
touch the teeth with it once a week are
never in need of having the teeth cleaned
at the dentists"
There was a time when the woman of
forty said good-by to her teeth just as she
said good-by to her youth. and there was
~ day when the woman of sixty who had
preserved her teeth was novelty. But
that was long ago. Old women nowadays
have their own natural teeth. The teeth of
old people can be as white, as daintily deli
cate, as glossy and every whit as pretty as
the teeth of a woman OF thirty. III the teeth
can be preserved until middle age, they Will
be pretty sure to last out ones life. The
main danger to the teeth comes in youth,
when the tech 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, whole
some sweets. Good honey does not hurt
the teeth but strengthens them, and good
maple sugar is positively a muscle and
nerve builder for the teeth, as well as for
the rest Of the body. 1t is erroneousiy be
lieved that sweets injure the teeth. The
fact is that the stomach would suffer and
the teeth would not be as strong without
them.