Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 131, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 June 1910 — GOOD TOWN FOR “TEETHING?” [ARTICLE]

GOOD TOWN FOR “TEETHING?”

Knnaaa City Mother Inquire* as to Lons Beach’* “Molar Crop.”

Secretary Camp of the chamber of commerce received a letter from a mother living in Kansas City, who wanted to know if Long Beach was a good town for "teething” purposes, the Los Angeles Examiner says. She said she had a baby nearly 2 years old who was now in the midst of some heavy teething, and because she had heard so much of the Long Beach climate she was anxious to spend the rest of the winter here. If climatic conditions in Long Beach were good for teething, then she would make her plans for coming here immediately, otherwise she would have to seek a more congenial climate, where teeth pop out painlessly in a night. Secretary Camp consulted several physicians and mothers relative to the -growth of teeth in Long Beach, and, as far as he could learn, the teeth crop seemed to be as bountiful as any of the crops raised in this vicinity. Secretary Camp has decided to write back and tell the mother that for stimulating the growth of teeth Long Beach stands unsurpassed, and that the molars raised here are noted particularly for their strength, length and whiteness. Among the questions asked by the mother were: 1. Do children die in Long Beach from teething during the second summer? 2. Is the death rate large or small? 3. Which, if either, would you consider the better place for teething children—Long Beach or Los Angeles? To the last question Secretary Camp was compelled, of course, to answer Long Beach. The first two questions were the ones that bothered him.