The Washington herald., 1915-05-28

the front teeth and under the offendinr
second tooth, making a strong pressure
| TO force the retiring one out into linz
| with its neighbors
FOR several Weeks | endured tortures,
| The gums were sore / had no bite
[ and was unable to eat any solid food
whatever. l drooled like a teething baby
subsisted entirely on soups and gruels
J until nervousness destroyed my appetite
entirely. Then ! was taken to another
/ dentist, who discovered what the first
| one should have seen-that NV law was
| very short and there was, moreover. q
! sport or extra tooth on the upper jaw
which' was crowdins the legitimate teeth
out OF place. The intruder was removed
and those that belonged" soon settled
into their rishtful places The dentist
told my mother that mine was not an
uncommon case: that he had treated
many children whose second teeth might
have been brought in correctly by a lit
lie watchfulness at the first Just think
q the suffering We may spare our chill
dren and how many unsightly mouths
We may save them in after years IL We
are willing to give them a little timely
attention now,
but, besides carelessness, ignorance of
the correct diet for children is often re-
sponsible for defective teeth In these
days, there are excellent books on that
subject which mothers who live at a dis
lance from skilled physicians should pro-
cure and use as guides In feeding their
babies after they have been weaped. /
am quite certain that IL this were done
! there would be not only less Illness for
the chlicren to struggle against later on
nut that-who knows?-perhaps more of
the little ones might have been spared
TO the loving hearts that are today
mourning over the empty cradles,
While We are on the subject of diet
| must give You a letter / received from
mother in Iowa who had a queer ex-
perience before she learned how to feed
her babies. She wrote:
Dear Aunt Chaty: When my Car,
was getting his teeth he seemed to be
| hungry all the time, but 1 never coulc
tind anything which seemed to satisfy
him. We live on a hillside overlook
ing the Mississippi River and the front
nail door Is on level with the ground
noticed that the baby would crawl our
into the yard whenever he could get
away from me, and after a while would
flnd him out on the ground eating the
dirt as fast as he could scoop 1t up. OF
course, thought that was awful and To
bring him right in every time and wash
him up nice and clean. When the sec
ond boy got along to that age 1 found
him doing the same thing. So one day
when we had the doctor to see my hus-
band. who was sick. I asked him why
the boys. did that. He said he supposed
1t must be nature trying to supply some
thing they needed which they were not i
getting with their food. He gave me a
doctors book on diet and I've gone by !
that ever since. and l must say both !
children are doing well. And little Ell !
mers teeth don't have to be filled as 1 |
had to have Carl's couple Of times"
A prime essential in the care of teeth i
is cleanliness. They should be cleaned |
with water after each meal, or at least |
once a day. with a good tooth powder or |
tooth paste. There are many of these |
on the market Ask your dentist to rec
ommend one which will be the right thing |
for your child to use.
Mrs. T. B. Writes: My little boy al
ways sleeps with his mouth open. II |
i tie 1t shut with handkerchief he |,
wakes up and cries. What ought l to
do?"
1t may be that the child has adenoids. |
They should be removed by surgeon,
and I advise you to have one examine the
child for them.
Mrs. S. X. writes: Il bought my little |
girl a pair of shoes with heels on them
this spring. but she won't wear them