The Health bulletin [serial] - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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The Rotary Club orators claim that
every human being is a salesman—
salesman being a person who can sell
an idea or a substance at a profit.
For instance, a baby is a salesman
because he can raise a row and sell the
idea of peace on earth good will toward
men at a itrofit—the profit being
a sufficient quantity of milk either consumed
at the bar or furnished in a
bottle.
A salesman must have a mind developed
in proportion to the requirements
of his job.
He must be able to concentrate, he
must be able to hold the attention of
his potential buyer and he must know
when the buyer is convinced.
If the blacksmith fails to strike while
the iron is hot he is a bum blacksmith.
So the salesman who talks himself out
of a sale after the buyer is willing to
buy is a failure.
Next to the mental qualities of the
salesman the most important factor
in his success is health. A sick body
usually presents a sick mind.
An invalid is not alert. Whatever
you have to present to the world is
l>etter presented by a good presence
than by a poor one.
The Health Bulletin July, 1927
THE SALESMAN
Every type of human endeavor, with
the single exception of the street beggar,
is best represented by a healthy
person. Age cuts very little figure if
the salesman has health commensurate
with the attained age.
As appearance is an important part
of the health program you not only
should feel right—you should look
right. How long can one ijerson hold
the attention of another with a mouth
that is full of decayed and abscessed
teeth
Where is the personal magnetism of
one whose edentulous gums destroy
diction
Who can discuss the beauties of
nature, art, or manufacture, with a
mouth full of lean-to teeth
How many people can be i>ersuaded
t(» sign on the dotted line if the salesman
has sunken cheeks, deeply lined
face, missing teeth, halitosis and skidding
enunciation
We are all salesmen and saleswomen.
Why spike our own guns by neglect of
any part of our bodies A healthy
person is the only one who can get
complete satisfaction out of life. Oral
Hygiene.
ORGANIZED HEALTH WORK AND IMMIGRATION
A writer in the Elizabeth City Independent
recently discussed somewhat
in detail the report issued by special
advisers of the United States Government
on Reclamation and Rural Development
in the South. As pointed out
liy the writer in the Independent , this
Government survey indicated that twothirds
of the State's acres are unimliroved.
It states that of thirty-one
million acres in North Carolina only
eight million are being cultivated. The
report also indicated that thirty per
cent of the improved land is farmed by
landless tenants. The Government's investigators
also discovered that North
Carolina lost one million six hundred
thousand acres of cultivable land
through abandonment of farms between
1920 and 1925. This statement can be
easily believed by any person who
travels about the State any at all. The
abandoned houses and the abandoned
farms can be seen in almost any
locality. Of course, North Carolina is
no worse than the other states in the
South, and, as stated by the Independent,
is far better off in this respect
than Georgia, South Carolina, Alabama
or Mississippi. However that fact does
not help us any.
It may be more than a coincidence
that nearly two-thirds of the State's
counties are still without organized
health departments headed by whole
time health officers. All of the civic
clubs, the chambers of commerce, and
the business interests of North Carolina
are continually emphasizing, at
their meetings and through the press,
the necessity for a desirable type of
immigrant farmers who will come into
the State and locate on small plats of
land and make a success through expert
small farming activities, such as
truck raising, poultry industry, and