The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-26
MY BEST CLIENT


I reported on the article in your
column that brushing the teeth is
harmful to them.
Now my health teacher wants
me to write you, to find out why
you say it is harmful. Thanks
ing you for an early reply,
Sincerely,
Mary Alice Jane Oet us call it,
1OOO1 West Avenue
, Colorado
You are my most important cli-
ent today, Mary, and am impress
ed with the gravity of your ques-
ton, even terrified with 1t.
In the first place let me congrat-
ulate you upon the excellence OF
your letter Il mean the English,
the form, the spelling. the punctua-
ton, and especially the terseness-
you say all there is to say in the
fewest possible words. There are
two trif1ing errors which, predict,
you will not make again-it Is SUI
perfluous to address physician as
DR.. and as M. D. address him
either as DR.. John Doe or as John
Doe, M. D.; and the abbreviation
DR.. means Doctor, not Dear, so one
should begin such letter with the
salutation Dear Doctor" or Dear
DR.. Doe or Dear Sir" or II one
must be coldly formal, my dear
Dr.. Doe.' or, if one is on friendly
terms with the correspondent, Hi
! va, Doc"
In the next place I congratulate
you upon the proficiency OF your
teacher. I. think teacher who can
lead a pupil to ask why as you do,
Mary, is a fine teacher.
I hope I have not implied that
brushing the teeth is harmful to
the teeth. I know and teach that
brushing the teeth is a waste OF
time and money, so far as saving
the teeth or preventing decay OF the
teeth may be concerned.
know that in various parts of
the civilized and semi civilized
world people who never brush their
teeth have much finer teeth and
cleaner teeth than have these So
phomoronic American who learn
all they know about health and
hygiene from you guess where.
Go to your public library, Mary,
and get Cd the November 1885,
number of The National Geograp-
hic Magazine and (2) the book Nu-
triton and Physical Degeneration,
by Weston A. Price, DDS, pub
lished by Hoeber of Harper g.
Bros), take them to school and
study the pictures in DR.. Prices
! book and read the article by w.
Robert Foran on Tristan da Cunha
and the fine teeth of the people
there.
It will do you no harm to learn
something about conservation of
the teeth, from disinterested
sources.
Test for Malignancy
! A year ago I had an operation
for cervix repair and test for mali
gnant growth. Recent symptoms in
dictate same condition as before.
Could this be possible?
(Mrs. H. o.
Answer-Aside from the question
Of malignancy, the repair may have
been not completely successful and
in that case you may have the
same trouble as before. Sensible
course is to return without delay
to the good doctor for advice. T
know he or she is good doctor
because he or she took the pre-
caution Of test for malignancy
(cancer) at the time of the opera
ton.
Tricks Of the Trade
Wrup0dnu Child.
We found brand of margarine
without sodium benzoate as we
thought. But when we removed 1t
from the paper carton there was an
inside wrapper saying that the stuff
/ contains sodium benzoate. We were
gypped. The grocer who sold us the
stuff assured us it contained no
| sodium benzoate - he was deceived
too, as he said with real indigna-
ton when we called his attention
to the trick. The manufacturers did
not omit from the outside label the
fact that the stuff contain dash
OF vitamin A, however. Is Uncle
Sam in this gyp game too, or does
vi'S oVoCC CdhC CuL 4IOlIl LllG VIZ
crook manufacturers? (E. A.
Answer = They probably split it
three ways. I am so fond of mar
garine that actually select it even
when butter is available too. But
the manipulation of the stuff be-
gins to nauseate me. I hate to be
played for sucker. On the other
hand the brazen control of venal
legislators by the powerful dairy
interests. and the shameless statutes
and ordinances by which they, the
dairy people, regulate the price Of
margarine to you and me, 10
equally disgusting. We the people
should be ever grateful for the
privilege Of living in this great free
country where every sucker pays
tribute to the racketeers for the
10 eat.
Copyright 1945 by John F. Ollie Co.