Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1911-02-10
DID DEN TAI WORK
FOR THE SUI TAN
AMERICAN DOCTOR TELLS OF
FILLING TEETH OF MULEY'S
WIVES WITH GEMS.
LOOK VERY QUEER

some of Dancers Have Mouths That
Look Like Diamond
Mine.
Kansas City, Mo-. formerly
dentist. to the court of Spain and
later dentist to Muley Abdul Aziz, the
sultan of Morocco. who was deposed
IL 'ee years ago. and score OF his
wives and dancing girls. but now en-
gagged in private practice in Gibral-
tar and Algeciras, DR.. T. B. BostWick
with his wife and their four-year-olt
boy, arrived atthe Hotel Baltimore TO
stopoyer of day. He Is on his wa.
back to Morocco, after d visit Of se1
erel weeks in this country.
1t Was six and one half years az
that DR.. BostWick arrived in Spain
He had romance, in the course OIL
which the girl Of his choice from
Plainfeld, N. j.. became his wife after
he had accompanied her party On
tour OF Europe. In, Madrid he was
called on to attend King Alfonso, and
for more than year he was the court
dentist. Af.erward he removed to
Morocco and since then has lived at
Tangiers and Algeciras. 1t Is in the
latter town that a company of French
men are erecting a rival gambling re-
sort to Monte Carlo. at a cost OF more
than three million francs.
There is but a single American in
the entire city of Gibraltar" said DR..
Bostwick. There are more than 5000
foreigners in the town, but it is i'm
possible for Americans to get per-
mits to live there. have a great
deal Of practice In Gibraltar, but l am
not allowed to live there, though /
am not molested in my work.
1T was about 31z years ago that l
was requested to make trip to Fee
to treat the teeth Of Sultan Abdul
Aziz and those Of his dancing girls
and wives. The request came to me
from doctor friend, and, after | de-
clded on the remuneration, which was
acceptable to the sultan, / started on
the Journey. From that time on my
experience began, and SO much do
think of the time that had then that
| recently refused a fee Of $1,000 from
the present Sultan Mular Haf1d, to at
tend to the teeth of his concubines.
1T was a seven days journey frol.
Tangier to Fee and the trip was mad,
on horseback. | started with cara
van and had an escort OF so guards
whom~f paid billion day A bill
lion" Is silver piece and equivalent
to about three cents Of our money.
For This sum they remained awake all
night and guarded the camp.
abdul Aziz greeted me cordial
ly. He is about 81 years old. We
became good friends, and l believe
that | am the only man who has his
autographed photograph. He. gave
me this and also gold mounted
gier Abdul sAziz was the most pro-
gressive sultan Morocco has had.
think his downfall was due more
than anything else to his interest in
modern Improvements. machinery
and the like.
II never learned just how many
wives and dancing girls the sultan
had. / treated the teeth of IL of
them. Of these two were Circassian
girls who had been presented to the
Moorish sultan by the sultan of Tur-
key. All manner of protection Is
thrown about the women of the har-
EN-, who are the abject slaves of the
sultan. This was impressed on me
forcibly one day when l was working
on a girls teeth. 1t was paining
her considerable, and the sultan
walked into the room. He held up
his hand and she didn't give another
cry.
II introduced antiseptic surgery In
my work in the harem and this
pleased the sultan immeasurably
when explained the reasons. Usu.
ally the sultan was present in the
room when l worked on one of thu
girls teeth. In addition there was
eunuch, an interpreter, a maid
waiting and assistant maids. If
desired to address my patient
would talk to the interpreter. H
spoke to the eunuch, the latter to tn
maid in waiting and the maid to tn,
patient. The reply travelled back the
same way.
This was the first work had ever
done on negresses, who constitute the
greater number of the sultan's dane
ing girls, but had contracted to do
the work and I make the best Of 1t.
The work was the f1ashiest sort. In.
serted perhaps $4,000 worth of dia-
monds in the front teeth OF the girls.
when one of them opened her mouth
to smile and the diamond sparkled In
the black background 1t made an ap-
pearance that was hideous to me, but
which pleased the sultan.
Miss Critique-"I'm surprised %
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