Identifier: americanetiquett00houg (find matches)
Title: American etiquette and rules of politeness
Year: 1883 (1880s)
Authors: Houghton, Walter R. (Walter Raleigh), 1845-1929
Subjects: Etiquette
Publisher: New York : Standard Pub. Co.
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Smithsonian Libraries

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have immediate atten-tion. If you can not keep it down by a frequent useof the brush, go at once to a dentist and have itremoved. If allowed to accumulate and form a firm,solid mass, the teeth will begin to decay, and thebreath will be tainted. Washing the teeth withvinegar is said to assist in removing tartar in its earlystages. The use of salt and water is highly recommendedfor removing and curing tenderness of the gums ; alsofrequent rinsing of the mouth with water containinga few drops of tincture of myrrh. FOUL BREATH Foul breath is often caused by neglected and decayedteeth. If arising from the teeth, mouth or local cause, -a gargle, made by dissolving a spoonful of chloride oflime in a half tumbler of water, will remove theoffense. Frequent use of common parsley will removethe taint of smoking. Particles of food which lodgebetween the teeth can not always be removed with thebrush, and if let remain will be decayed by the hotatmosphere of the mouth and cause offensive breath. 16
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( 242) THE TOILET. 243 A tooth-pick is necessary to remove such particles.A goose-quill is the safest and best. Those made ofmetal should be avoided. A harsh tooth-brush willirritate the gums, and should not be used. A concen-trated solution of chloride of soda, say five or tendrops in a wine-glass of water, is an excellent wash forthe mouth to remove bad breath. The taint of onionsmay be removed with parsley leaves, with vinegar orburnt coffee. THE FEET. The feet should be more carefully attended to thanany other part of the body. Experience has taughtevery person that colds, and many other diseaseswhich proceed from colds, are attributed to cold andimproperly cared for feet. The feet are so far fromthe centre of the system of circulation that the flow ofthe blood may be easily checked, and this could resultin nothing but evil. Yet there is no part of thehuman body so much neglected and trifled with as thefeet. Persons should not cramp their toes and feetinto thin, narrow, bone-pinch

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