"AUNTIE" AS A DENTIFRICE.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1476, 7 February 1887, Page 3

"AUNTIE" AS A DENTIFRICE.

A rather nranHine Btory la t o ld at. the expense of M *rk Twain an * the -am* »»t r y is al r eiidy a ntanding j ike m society ot long ago, the humm-Nt was travelling In 'be country nnd stopped one evoning at a houae presided • ver by an elderly woman. He waa uliown to a room somewhat bare of ornament and fnrniturß yet alept peacefully until morning. When the morning oaire and he »roa% he became randful of the faci that although h« had provided himself with a toothbrush he '.ad foryo'ten his 'o^th-powder. He onnH»led himself wi«h 'he thnaght that there must be t'<oth-powdei" lying somewhere about. After a brief neuron he discovered something m a email box on the mantel, which cerrainly rcaemhltd tooth-p >wdar. vt any r»»e, he need it vigorously ou h?r tee h and »ound itsfttiffactoty. When he got downs' aira he apologised to Bit hoßtess for using her tooth-p. wder. She nppearnd Burpriaad. " What t^o'h-p>«-der?" she r q>iied, blandly. "It V7HB on the mantel," M*rk ifepl'ed. "On fio mantel 1" she repeated " Yds m a small box. It waa excellent," he deolared. " Good graflioas ! " eho t'j oa lated, "tha 1 wasn't tooth-powder" " What was l». ? " aife^d Mfark, now g'i^htly alarmed. " Why. that was auntie." stid ebe. It uaetQß that "aufttie" h%i beep cremated,