St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1906-04-07

When writing to business firm a Lett
tcf should never be directed to one OF
Its members personally. II addressed
to Il. B. johnson, Cashier, It is recog-
nized as business. but Il simply to r.
z. johnson, 1t is supposed to be pri-
vate. FIR q similar reason it is de-
sirable to afax the official title of q
public officer.
Direct your letter to the secretary OF
q society or corporation il you desire
general Information. Thus, il you wish
70 know regarding some phase Of the
work OF the Sunshine society, direct
either to the state secretary or the Sec
lttary general In case you desire to.
send private letter to some person
ard wish to direct it to the office,
write the word personal" on the en-
velope. This shows file nature of the
communication and will prevent its
being opened by clerks.
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Dear Editor-"I have recently re-
ceived a typewriter letter from a rail-
road company. On the top corner OF
the page are the letters 212k. What
does this mean?" 49,
Railroad corporations and all bodies
with voluminous correspondence
number their letters and replies. IL
YOU will in answer4,start your letter
with reference to this number, the
clerk can Immediately look back on the
files, find the NUMBER and in a few
minutes review all your previous cor
respondence on the subject ~
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L. M. KIN replying to a business
communication the date Of the corre-
Espondent's letter shonld be quoted.
after this should follow brief men,
ton of the contents, as it will aid the
correspondent If The matter has
slipped his mind. The letter should be
simple and to the point, but in a nat
ural style that will convey pleasant
impression. As business letter is q
substitute for personal interview il
ia desired to create some favorable
idea Of the writer, to show somewhat
Of her personality and should be COM
posed with that in view. The body of
the letter should contain the whole Of
the matter. ana under no circumstan-
ces should postscript be added. It
is better to rewrite tie letter than to
tack on q postscript and have the cor
respondent remark, "Just like a wo-
man." ~
You say you wish to enclose an ar
ticle Of value in the letter. You, OF
course, know that some articles cannot
be sent through the mail, anything
That will break or in;ure other mail,
for instance. Wrap what you desire
to send in the letter. Do not lay it
inside the envelope. where it may not
receiving letter, shake the envelope
to see If everything has been taken
cut. Put your full name and address
en- the upper left-hand corner Of the
envelope If you have no business pa
per. & -
Adele M know Of no better way
Of answering your question about d.
recting and wrapping packages to send
through the mail than to give some
suggestions sent out BY city post
office. Here they are:
Don't forget that yery many Of the
drug stores In the residential districts
Ct the city are postal stations, where
stamps and money orders are sold.
r,ail is weighed, letters and packages
ere registered and postal information
given.
Don't do up parcel with such poor
wrapping paper or IN such flinsy
manner that the wrapper may be cas-
:iy torn and separated from the con-
tents.
Don't fail to put your own name ana
address, preceded by the word From"
on the upper left hand corner Of every
piece of mail ~ sEssszI
Don't fail to give the full address,
street and number Tor box), town,
city. county and state OF destination. |
Don't mail parcel without pre-
viously weighing il t. ascertain the
amount Of postage required. s'
Don't place handkerchiefs, neckties
or other articles Of merchandise in |
packages Of printed matter unless you
prefer to pay the higher rate of post-1
age on the whole.
Don't seal or wrap parcels IN such Z /
manner that their contents may not be
easily examined unless you desire to
my letter rates Of postage.
Don't use one and two-cent stamps
for postage on heavy packages. Use
the largest denominations. 1t saves you
trouble in afixing them and saves
time and work at the post Office.
Don't fail to register valuable letters
and packages. The government In
sures their safe delivery and the extra
cost is but eight cents
Don't send sealed packages Of mer-
chandise to Canada and Mexico. unless
you prefer TO pay full letter postage.
The rates to those countries for such
matter are the same IS in the United
States, viz, one cent per ounce when
unsealed.
Worlds Debt to Humorists.
Humorists are public benefactors,
They teach the most useful and the
easiest of all life's PHILOSOPHERS, says the
Baltimore American. They smooth
away the rough places and Ihearten life
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