THE importance of sound teeth in children can not be overemphasized. From the point of view of health, the words of Cervantes are true—that a tooth is more valuable than a diamond. At the time when children enter school, they are likely to be losing their baby teeth, and hence indigestion is very apt to be caused by the decaying teeth that poison the food. These teeth should be carefully attended to, filled when necessary, and pulled out at the proper time. Although it is hard for children at this period to chew their food, nature has taken the precaution to provide them in the sixth year with the best teeth for chewing purposes that they ever get, the so-called six-year molars. Unfortunately, many parents mistake these teeth for baby teeth and let them decay, but the best care should be taken of them. So important are good teeth to digestion, that every child should be trained to take care of his teeth, and should be shown the luxury of a clean mouth. Here is where every child needs a sort of military training. When our soldiers, on account of the heat in Cuba, had thrown away their baggage and even their clothes, a British officer who was with them marveled as he saw a regiment march by, each soldier with a tooth-brush twisted into the band of his hat. Thus children should be taught that a tooth-brush is an essential article of the toilet—the last thing that they should use at night, and the last thing that they should throw away.—The Delineator.