Show Old Advice When asks a l British paper did wT we English first adopt the toothbrush which an authority on rambling de declares de- de clares dares to be a quite necessary Item In Inthe Inthe inthe the tourists tourist's equipment Apparently It was unknown to that fine gentle gentle- gentleman gentleman man Lord Chesterfield as late as ns 1754 when he wrote to his son I hope you take great care of or your teeth and that you clean dean them every morning with n a sponge and tepid water I do Insist upon you never using those sticks or any bard hard substance what what- whatever whatever whatever ever which always rub ruh away any the gums and destroy the varnish of the teeth |