Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-29

Jersey City post Office and was eventually
delivered, but not until the Information
ever. When addressing letter always .ad-
dress 1t to the city to which It Is going,
even II it goes aroHnd the corner. Always
put Washington. I'D. c.. on 1t carefully.
number If theopeopie win only give the To-
ca1tty. We frequently have letters adj
dressed to peraBns In Washington D. C.
III they are residents we can easily locate
rallied againstiby dli classes OF correspon-
dents becauseI0 don't always mail these
letters. It Is simply impossible.
ForwaSdtHg Mail Matter.
Another falling of the people who send
letters Is that tfIeyvdo not seem to under
stand that when q paper or package Is sent
second. third or fourth class and the person
to whom it belongs has moved. postage
must be prepaid to forward It. Frequently
circulars. &C., will be mailed as second OF
third-class matter and are readdressed ana
age for the new journey the letter sets out
upon.
, We have thousands and thousands Of let
tiers Of this character In this Office every
year. A letter, paper or package OF the sec
ono. third or fourth class, must be prepaid
every time 1t L. dropped In q letter box.
The original postage only covers cost OF
carriage to the original address. There Is
cases. If the person to whom the letter.
paper or package is addressed is in gov
eminent employ and the change of address
was necessitated by orders OF the govern
ment, then the. letter can be forwarded
without prepayment of postage.
I'VE frequently get letters in this once
addressed to the principal book store IN
Washington or the principal pension
agent or patent attorney We cannot
deliver such letters, and they are invaria-
bly, returned to the sender. The facilities
for the delivery of mail that finds its way
to the dead letter office are great, l Will
admit, but they are not sufficient for the
needs of the service. There should really
the people would take the trouble to look
through their mail and properly address 1t
before 1t is sent out, they would save them
selves, the persons to whom the letters are
addressed and the post Office officials no
end OF trouble and expense.
We get letters and postal cards. more
often the latter, that contain no addresses
at all. The person had forgotten to put
and yet it happens with the mail of some
Of the principal business houses Of the
country.
Write Name Of the Sender.
There is remedy for all this however.
which, II used, would result in material
benefit to the service. Let every person
who sends a letter or parcel through the
mail write his or her name and address
plainly on the outside Of the envelope. If
there is any question as to the address Of
the addressee it is very easy to return the
letter to the sender for correction.
II would suggest that every person have
his name and address on the envelopes he
uses and that he should place thereon the
words If not delivered in five days. please
return to. ETC. If no limit Is placed on the
time in which a letter should be returned,
v.yfn 1o ir,f }o iVfxy yJyo
have frequently received complaints from
business houses that letters that remain
undelivered are not returned to them i'm
mediately. There was no time limit placed
on these letters and, therefore, we retained
them the full thirty days. This matter, or
these matters, are ,.of vital Importance to
the postal branch OF the government serv-
Ice, and 1t appears to me that the people
should be told Of their faults. so that some
measures should be adopted for their cor
rectton."