Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 June 1894 — The Remedy. [ARTICLE]

The Remedy.

Dentists are raising a note of alarm about the growing tendency to decay of the teetb of the present generation. These wise gentlemen tell us that “dental carles marches hsnd in hand with civilization.” If that be so we can only devoutly wish that civilization would And a more encouraging and comfortable companion. But why does civilization Insist upon destroying our teeth? Because, say the dentists, “The increasing perfection of the culinary art, by reducing the work of the masticating organs to a minimum,” causes both teeth and jaws to atrophy and decay. So then it Is the cook, the scientific cook of the schools of cookery, who Is at fault. Can nothing be done to offset the evil? A little, say the dentists. We must all go in for brown bread. Wholemeal bread alone contains in quantity the flourlne .which is necessary for the hardness and permanence of the teeth. Wholemeal bread It must be, then, at morning, at noon and at night, If we would avoid the pangs of toothache, and the pains of dentistry, and save our precious teetb. Bobbie Bingo (at his mother’s dinner party)—“This is the first dinner mamma would let me sit at the table with the company.” One of the Guests—“ Then you are not very well acquainted here, are you, Bobbie?” Bobbie—“No, sir. I don’t even know who all this silver belongs to.”—Brooklyn Life. Doctor—“ Madam, your husband; has paresis.” Wife—“o, Doctor, I’m; delighted! I was afraid it was measles, and they are so common,, you know.”—Arkansaw Traveler.