The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-05-10

nrst seen by the distributors. the tive w0l
80 Into the New York bag. .
THESE COMMUNICATIONS GO
TO THE DEAD-LETTER OFFICE.
Imagine the problem confronting the New
York office under such conditions. Unless
there is . return address marked. It Il
eventually sent to the dead-letter ONCE.
Probably in no single way could the public
30 far help the Post-Ofiics authorities and
at the same time protect themselves q by
always writing the name Of the desired
destination and by never using city"
Another source Of puzzle letters are those
sent by careless stonographsra
They send out '.puSEles'' Of astonishing
variety ana great frequency.
They forget the city. the STATE and the
street.
They mis.psul the city and the street.
name.
In their hurry, letters or figures are
either omitted or transposed.
knowing this habit Of transposition, the
postal tracers frequently. II the person ad-
dressed 10 not At No. 1888 Olive street. try
No. as43.
Phonetic spelling. upon which often Z
stenokrapher depends, causes endless dim
culties.
Suppose that some timid girl has her first
position with Q surly lawyer who dictates
letters rapidly. and h frowns angrily at
every interruption on her part. She Is
afraid to ask him to spell out names n
streets, and does her best on her W ac-
count.
1t Is not surprising then that the Richard
Lewis Hanoi Millinery Company"
PROBABLY the employer who uses q stenog-
rapher would save himself much annoyance
and relieve the mail service Of much extra
work II he would spell out every name and
carefully examine every street name and
number before the stenographer sends It
out
It IL only by p~ronouncins aloud these mis-
taken addresses that the Post once men
can discover and remedy the errora The
Hanei Millinery Company. Pronounce this
with the st. Louis directory list Of milli-
nery establishments before you. You will
At once choose the Hanlon Company, and
know that none other could have been
meant.
SOME INTERESTING
LETTERS FROM ABROAD.
From abroad come the most unique and
interesting letters.
These often require much study before
they can b deciphered. They are. how.
ever, much In the minority. 10 compared
with the total number Of missives that pass
through the Mike Department.
ma Guspo5u Katafinee sedej illinots shsd
strit lumero 1000 Nord America" This was
. legend upon one letter.
The FIRST two words were merely . title.
The name Of the person addressed wal
Katherine Sedej.
She lives in Illinois, and probably soms-
where near No. 1000 Scott street. Joliet, II
proved. had UGH a street and such q num-
Der. and thither went the letter, and there
was Katherine sedet.
One Of the reproductions above this n.
ticle shows q letter addressed In Hebrew
script.
1t was one Of the most psrplexing that
have come to 81. Louis.
Transaating from left to right. a. We rad.
the superscription Is: Moss Acan. Mr..
Building Chemical. 1101, City. Louis Saint.
Just turn about each grouping and the cor
rect address - secured.
Another. Senior Don Jesus Ramos.
Depto des GRANTEES. LIMA des Sants Fe,
Nuebo Mexico. Urgente." This IL an
urgent" letter to Senior Ramos, who lives
at Granta Station. upon the Sante Rail-
road IN New Mexico.
Ell Signor Olive Nicelo. Narthas. L b.
u. Norda America" This was forwarded
from New York West. 1t arrived In st.
Louis.
Obviously It should 70 to 4 town named
Aarthas. but no State il given.
Mr.. Rowland here guessed that Karthsa