The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-12-17

Cereless1esS and ignorance SUe the Two
largest contributors 70 the annual sale Of
articles accumulated in the Dead Letter
Office It Is IN almost everyday occur
renee that letters or parcels are given CD
for transmission through the mails, which
are entirely devoid Of any address. name,
and des;inatic4 OF either the addressee OF
sender. When such matter is taken to the
Dead Letter Ofice. after having been duly
advertised, azd no claimant puts in an
appearance. and when it is opened there,
the address that in most cases presents
itself to the dead letter officials is that Of
Your admiring Reginald Bat where
Reginald lives or where the person lives
whom he adnires or who she may be the
''aSuairiag Reginald for reasons known
to himself. does not think necessary or
prudent to state Cases of this kind are
numerous.
Another source from which the Dead
Letter Office receives great many ar
tieses is the person who assumes that let
ter carriers know every man, woman. and
child il town, AID consequently fail to
give any address at all. or simply M
that addresses zre written in such unde-
eiphersbie lieroglyphies that they remain
secret even to TIE experts OF the post
Office. These are the main sources whence
the annual sale Of articles accumulated in
the Dead Letter Office. receives its sup
ply.
The sale commenced this morning at 70
O'Clock at 612 E Street northwest. and viii
be continued daily at 70 a m and Z D n
until the whole stock is disposed Of The
terms are cash OF delivery. Under -Sched-
uie A, miscellaneous articles, 1907 par
GELS containing variety Of such articles
as spectacles. combs. handkerehiefs. IN
de1'wearr, scissors. TdZOTs- knives. gIoFes
eotts, shirts, searfs, hair switches. cor
sets, aprons. feather facs. are offered to
tfre highest bidder
The stock in hand is or such a bswilder-
ing variety and apparently inexhaustibIe
supply, IND the scenes accompanying the
sale SO laughabIe. as to make this annual
event one PatTouize1 BY many people
- a young lady paid quite a fancy price
this morning for mans damaged night
robe, aecktIe. AID suspenders. and great
WIS her chagrin and embarrassment when
she discovered how tickle Dame Fortune is
in the distribution Of her favors Another
peculiar incident was the buying Of an ice
weoi fasciRater. damaged undervest. rosa
ries. scaPaiars, ste, by q middle-Rged lady
who said that they were the identical ar
ticles she sent TO q friend Of hers a long
time ago A stalwert labering man
bought { parcel containing four yards OF
cheap dress goods. . pair OF EEoman's Kid
gloves and SIR scraps. and the laughter
of tia curious came nearly upsetting the
good mans humor
The lover of books may strike bargain
at this sale There are under Schedule
Z. 632 parcels containing from one to
sixteen books. Religion. science. history.
fiction, biography languages. music. every
field OF learning is represented among the
books which viii be offered to the pubic
OF jewelry there are I7s parcels. Woza--
an 5 gold hand ring solitaire diamond ring.
fountain pen. mans watch souvenir
spoons. silver teaspoons GLADYS Der
othy, and Aargery;" gold bazs ring
Louie" woman's damaged geld watch,
Martha" silver orange spoon, Angus
ta. silver teaspoon from Papa 10
Frances Jan L 'as:" silver heart. tx.
E. F." wonan's gold watch case. g z.
W" silver berry spoon. 'sH. s." silver
coffee sp0Gus " 'gT.r , gold nins.
fPrineeton;" gold band ring. "a E. to
H l. May g. 49," woalan's gold band
ring, H L." silver coffee spoons. H: -
child's geld hand ring. Lucinda, 9 sill
yer teaspoons w; pair damaged gold
sleeve buttons. s'F A. O. to Hattie::' gold
band ring. &C D B." gold thinlbIe. ..N
j. B." mans gold band ring. p B. MI
lard" another marked s to G. 1885,
mans gold set ring, - silver grange
spoons, Il c." mans gold initial set ring.
'B.;;" woHan's gold hand ring, From 4
n to J. E. NJ" and other articles too
nuFaereus 10 mention