SET YOUR TEETH.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 6, Issue 249, 9 February 1917, Page 3 (Supplement)

SET YOUR TEETH.

SIR WILLIAM ROBERTSON'S CONFIDENCE. " Wu arc now passing through a time of so mo stress —not very great stress yet; wo must expect that it \vi]l lie much greator in future," said Sir William Hc-hertson, the Chief of the General Staff, when unveiling a, war cross ;it Brad lie Id College, Eng., recently. " In this connection we must rememl»er that .success in war, as in nearly everything el-e, invariably goes to those who show the greatest deterin'nation and can best set their teeth. We 1 1 ' ve every reason to lie thoroughly satisfied with what wo have done up to dale, swing the start we had. and we must look forward to the future with complete confidence, subject to the condit'ou that we do the right thing, and that we do it in time. "1 cannot help thinking that the v. hole Empire- I am referring to women as well ;is to men —is fully pepared to make any further sacrifices that its leadeiM may tell it are necessary in order tn achieve complete victory and to ensure that the supreme sacrifice made by so mueli of tho hest of our manhood shall not have been made in vain.'' AX ELEPHANT'S TEETH. Whoever has looked inside all elephant's mouth h:i.s been a straiigc sight. Elephants have no front teeth, and they never eat fh sli or any food that requires tearing apart. Eight teeth are all they have, two above and two below on each side, huge yellow molars as wide as a man's hand. Over tlie-.e hay or fodder is -hifted by the queerest, ugliest tongue in the whole animal kingdom, a tongue that is liforai'y hung at both end-, having 110 power of movement except in the middle, where it -hilts back and forth Ijoni the s'de, arching up agaill-t, the tool ol the big mouth like an immense, wrinkled, pink serpent. Eh p'i.ant, ha \ e two -et- of teeth. The milk tc, t!i. wh'cli tie smaller tlnn the permanent molar-, fall out w hen the animal- are about fourteen \e:ii's old. These baby le< t'i wlliell are, nevertheless, enormous are otca-ionilly picked up bv i-rcus men among the fodder and prcsi rved as curiosities first ran in Britain on July f. I sj; 1. Two then began to run from the Hank of England to the " V nl.shire St lllgo" I till oil t l,i New I!' ad. They carried twenf v-tv. pas-eng"r< inside, but none outside.