The “Life and Health” Magazine for September Now Ready
By Editor
OUR regular agents and those who are earning scholarships unite in calling this popular monthly a rapid seller. Up to the 18th inst., about 70,000 copies of the beautiful August number had been called for, and the orders were still coming in. Many of our agents took a little vacation and needed rest by attending their conference camp-meeting. Otherwise a large edition would have been sold during the same period.
FACSIMILE OF COVER PAGE. ORIGINAL PRINTED IN TWO COLORS
The prospects for a large sale of the beautiful September number are good. By August 18 over 16,000 copies of this number had been called for. Taking them just as they came, the first twenty-eight orders called for 10,430 copies, or an average of 372 copies an order. One conference ordered 1,500 copies for its camp-meeting; another conference, 1,000 copies; a third, 1,000 copies, etc. An agent in California ordered 1,000; a young man in Nebraska, 1,000; two agents in Maine 500 copies each, etc. These orders were received before any of our agents had seen a sample copy. All this is truly encouraging.
Isn’t our September cover a beauty? It is truly typical of the mission and success of this our national health magazine. As we look at the magnificent ship, under full sail, the spray dashing over her bow, we can almost feel the cool sea breeze fan our cheeks and fill our lungs! This beautiful nature scene will, indeed, be a great help to our agents in selling this number.
Contents of September Number
ILLUSTRATIONS.—Over twenty full-page and smaller photo-reproductions illumine the pages of this issue, besides the beautiful cover design and a striking frontispiece showing a typical scene at the great Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition.
GENERAL ARTICLES.—Baby Foods by the Editor (illustrated)—Garden Reveries, by R. O. Eastman (four illustrations)—The Dangers of Tooth-Powders and Pastes (six illustrations), by R. Macdonald, D. D. S., of Leicester, England—The Truth About Buttermilk, or how to promote long life, by R. S. Cummings, M. D.— Summer Outings for the Children (four interesting pictures), by a Visitor—Hygiene and Sanitation at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (two illustrations)—Prevention and Treatment of Appendicitis, by D. H. Kress, M. D.—Surgery Useless in Neurasthenia, by W. B. Holden, M. D.—Prohibition From a Medical View-Point, by T. D. Crothers, M. D.—Problems for Parents, by E. C. Jaeger.
CARTOON.—Cause and Effect, an effective, full-page cartoon showing in pleasing form the evils of the modern lunch-counter. “A merry heart doeth good like a medicine.”
HEALTHFUL COOKERY.—How to Be a Good Cook, by George E. Cornforth. Of great value to housewives.
ABSTRACTS.—The Inadequacy of the Sanatorium Treatment of Tuberculosis—A Warning to Brain Workers.
THE MEDICAL FORUM.—Is Absolutely Pure Water the Most Healthful? The Passing of Drug Therapy as an Exclusive System—Drugless Healing Versus the Medical Profession—When the Doctors Disagree—Another Unsettled Question—A Work on Hypnotism Reviewed—Plague and Vivisection.
THE MEDICAL MISSIONARY AT WORK.—In the Neglected Continent, by R. H. Habenicht, M. D.—Cairo, Egypt, by Ida Schlegel.
EDITORIAL.—What Form of Protein?—Carelessness With Infectious Diseases—The Development of Medicine.
NEWS NOTES.—Typhoid Fever Costly—To Prevent Infant Mortality—Public Health in Louisiana—Kansas Awake to Health Matters—San Francisco Free From Plague—A “Patriotic” Governor—Consumptives Can Not Marry—Hydrophobia Epidemic—Many Germs in Top Milk, and twenty-five other interesting and valuable items.
You Can Sell the September Number
Send 25 cents for five copies, or $1 for 25 copies, to sell among your friends and neighbors. If you are just beginning work, write for leaflet “How to Sell Our Magazines.” If you are interested in earning a scholarship, ask for leaflet “How to Earn a Scholarship.” Note carefully the sales points outlined in the leaflet first mentioned. Remember that the picture on the cover, and the mention of one or two striking articles,—those that appeal to you most strongly,—will usually sell the magazine. Mention the price, “only ten cents,” early in your canvass. Tell your prospect that you are not soliciting his yearly subscription. Thousands of busy people buy a magazine for the sake of just one article. You and I do that very thing.
Address Your Tract Society
If at all possible, please order your magazines through, and arrange for territory with, your conference tract society. If you must order direct, send cash with order. Try 25 copies for $1.
Prices of This Number
Single copies, 10 cents; 5 to 20 copies, 5 cents each; 25 to 400 copies, 4 cents; 500 to 800 copies, 3½ cents; 1,000 or more, 3 cents.
Send Written Recommendation
In applying for agency, kindly send a written recommendation from your tract society, pastor, teacher, banker, or leading business firm of your town. Address your conference tract society, or Life and Health, Washington, D. C.
