Roosevelt Beauty soap

…And the sales system was you could sell soap, little boxes of Roosevelt Beauty soap with four bars, 50 cents at that time. And you go from door to door selling soap. Well, the first year I went out, and I would go from door to door, and I would hear what everybody hears, don't want it, don't need it, can't use it, can't afford it, not for us, we have our ow…

…So anyway, so what was my deal? Well, I would knock on the door. I'd say, I'm working my way to YMCA camp selling Rosamel Beauty Soap. And then I'd step back and I'd look up and I'd say, but it's strictly for beautiful women. And she would be ready to close the door. You don't want, don't want, don't need, can't use. I said, what did you say? I say it's str…

…They wouldn't give you any credit, but they would credit it to other poor kids who hadn't sold enough. I sold more soap. I broke every record for Rosamel beauty soap in the nation. And so people ask me, how do you do that? I mean, I was a selling machine. I had a wagon full of little boxes, and I'd go from door to door, and I'd put the wagon in between thre…