The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-10-25
THE DENTISTS WIFE SPILLS THE BEANS

Once when the conductor of this column was about to address an audience on Sn.u "on. fessed that they had seriously considereo tne idea of presenting mo with an enormous soVsn n brush at the moment of my introduction to .ne a', audience. For some reason they olu not carry out the idea-much to my regret.
 My teachings anent dental hygiene or no" to save your teeth may not inspire great en- cialIy. But the dentists wives, children, sis ters, brothers in law and cousins are dinerent' Some of these unofficial members of the den tists families are not at all scornIp,. III Aa'' some of them are quite pleasant spoken.
 Dear Dr Brady:
 Nv husband is dentist Our two children,
 aged four and half -past-fve have perfect
 teeth. Flawless. well placed. perfectly
 aligned perfectly clean. Neither cnlio mas ever owned toothbrush.
 Both children thumb suckers until
 we finally succeeded in curing them at the age of two The teeth of both parents are re- grettably poor. The teeth of all their cousins,
 uncles and aunts are poor, or at best ordinar'. The answer, believe, is diet. Our chil-
 dren carefully fed. Simple food; lots or
 raw vegetables lots of raw milk, quite a 1ew l. natural sweets-hgs, dates, etc. No between meal lunches. Candy only after meat-and-
 vegetable meals If yellow stain occurs on the teeth we feed more orange or tomato juice, and the stain disappears.
 More than this, my husband has "class
 of young children whose teeth bid fair never to need this attention except for examination | Their story IS the same as that or our own. children. If we become paupers in our old | age, it will be the fault of parents who are | feeding their children intelligently. Amt so? Again, sincerely yours, have made just one change in the letter. inserted the word raw before the word milk | Although the lady signs her name, the letter is on separate sheet and nave mislald ner ne | address so 1 can't write to ask whether the milk used kn her household is raw 50 well as- sume it is until we learn otherwise, for ex- perience has shown, particularly in England that children who get RAW milk nave better teeth than children who get only sterilized pasteurizcd or processed milk.
 The only raw milk that is always pure and safe for infants, children or adults IS Certihea milk The price of this finest, purest grade ol milk is prohbitive for many families. But or dinary raw milk in many communities' particu- larly the smaller towns where the mix IS ueh"- cred to the consumer within an hour or two after milking is a perfectly wholesomesand safe food. Your family physician is the best author ity1to consult about the purity or the mix. vou have nos such friend. then ask your loca health officer whether the milk IS saIe TOT youi children.
 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS }
 Getting Rid of Mice | For oyer a year our house has been infested with mice and 1t seems that the more we use traps the more mice we have. (Mrs II. IL. o;, | Answer--1. Install good cat, a she alley eat g. If the are no babies or domestic. pets tt be endangered use barium carbonate, spread on bread andsbutt or on dry toast or on niece of fish, as bait. One nibble of this kiils mouse. | Soft Spot
 | \ have a daughter | months old ] am U N. In training school we were told that th' anterior TOntaneI!c closes at the age 0f i2 to I4 months. My baby's anterior f0ntnnelic seein' about the size of n dime. (Mrs M L) | Answer--soft spot tfortanelle) at back o hond is usunIiy oblitcrated by tho third month soft spot on top of bend tnnterior fonianeilel | iH usually oblterated at the ago Of iS months but if it remains open III the end or the sec ond yenr it is Q. k. Your baby ls normal | Mouth IrcntiiDg
 | nm tpying to bnc0me good swimmer Ibnyc Co pnir0nlxe pools. Tiese arc trenied VIII some el,en,Icai which seems tO cnuse grcnt ir vIInii0n Of my nose. tinif aB b0ur AIfer ieat ling tls pOOi my nose bec0niss ti0kEei VIII u,usus and iryitnied Hnd swollen Htd lnier [ G0pl0Ds water dsci,srse occurs, Miss h h') | Answer--Ieither stuff . io9so packing O llambs wool just within Inc n0Hiril or wshr lrllp iO k0sp ths nostfllH closed hIi mo whil' you RI0 ln Inc water, thus excluding water ffen tvOuF nose, Of course swimmers must bftnth'