Hawaii Holomua, Volume I, Number 55, 21 November 1893 — Gold Filled Teeth. [ARTICLE]

Gold Filled Teeth.

This Eastern mouarch has ha3 a pavilion oonstructeil whieh is unique of its kind. It is made of glass thronphout. The walls, ceiling, and tioor are comj>ose»i ot thick slabs of glass. joined together by means of waterproof cement. Tbis glass erection is 28ft. long and 14ft. w;de. and stauds in tbe midst of a large basiu of coloored marble. beantiful to look at. After His Majesty has entered the paeilion, the little doors w hieh gives access to it is hermetically closed with transparent cement;thena kind I of sluice is opened, and the vast 1 basin is dooded with water to the heigbt of a eouple of feet above the roof of the pavilion, whieh is thns entirely submerged. The interior is abondantly sopplied w ith a!r bv tueans of nomeroos ventilators. Here theShah spends the hottest hoors of the day, eatiug, drinking, and smoking. How delightful' Most mortals are equipped with thirty-two teeth on an average; the Shah of Persia, however, appears to be raore amply provided for. as we are told that he has just had his fortieth molar extracted. The phenomeuon is thus explained: The tirst tiine His Eastern Majesty sutiered frora a decayed tooth and had to have it reraoved, his loyal subjects, moved with compassion at the sufferings of their ruler. offered him as a so!atium auumber of presents amouuting ip all to ten thousand gold sequins. Having thns discovered a new source of for his privy purse, the Shah, whenever he feels the want of tho.se little preseuts that help to maintain the glow of friendship, causes the fact of his having another bad tooth to be proclairaed by a flourish of trumpets in all parts of tne empire. And tbe presents begin to pour in. Not many days ago this mano uvre was repeated for the fortieth time, and with the desired effect, for the simple reason that Narsed-din is greatly more feared than beloved. Altogether ingenious this method of extracting —not teeth, but — sequins. —Le Con(enr.