The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-09-20
HABERDASHERY IN THE NAILS
THINGS SOME WaIMSfCAL PER.t
SONS P0ST.
A Pair Of Ours With RegarcsHte GERMANY
singers Abroad--shir,s and 'Coiiarsf
Nith Inherent eentiments-Otber
Oddities the Clerks Stfuggle< With.

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Min Inherent sentiments-Otber
Oddities the Clerks strussls<. With.
The, members of q Brooklyn singing so~,
ciety thct he'd some members ytravellinGl
abroad were feeling in particularly goode
hlmor n evenir g Il wereI toasting 4
the absent members In Mdnchener, Ril@
sener and Wdrlburgar. They were feel-
in.g very kindly disroseit to their brethren
abroei 1. aud FINELY one man said: ,o1d
Let's send them q letter." ~ snt!
There wesn't cny letter pepper handy
end n POSTCARD wouldn't hive been
larg, enou gh to contain oil the greetings
they were puzzled for q time, until one 3
mr.r who ives 80 horelessly old fsshionnaa
es to wear detachable cuffs vas seizsan
with an H,-sA 80
Here" he cried. brewing of his cufs,i
4wh-' won't one Of these dor"
Tho novelty seized upon ell the meni-
bers. 1hoy crowded about the man.
He pressed ore cuff out Aa.t and then
prepared to write on II. nf' . ata
Cns artistic member drew several
pictures Of those at home on the CUT
end then the poet of the group wrote
some German worse that fitted the ocusp
sion. livery one present he'd a chsncesto
write on the cuff, and finally 10 was all
covered over. " ID apie;
There we're still some folks there who
wante1 ~ chance TO get their names down.
end nothing would 90 but that the ~ n I
gsster LhoLid Pit his other cuff TT their
service. Tho artist drew on this some
cGrioetpres Of the cbsent. aad eventually
H. s.u, .-xsx c,-~f.tt< .AJ~x,aal lav1e
5tamEed, fnd q member ran OFT whiier
the idea stnl was hot to put them In th&
letter box. ,oA1
That kind Of thing ian't at all rare. tAe
postal folks say. They are aooustomeao
to getting all eorts Of stuff through 5thss
mails, some that is troublesome N sdH
cannot be refuse :. a.a - .ytL W
For instance. ono merry jester elected,
to soad through the malls q woman'g
correct, just bound with a. etffhgcdd
stamped and addressed. This tho post@a
office people aseImei wasn't a womanr
Of man who would do thing 81 That,
kind. Their opinion was all tho SHARPER
because the corset was directed to befOte
warded to o woman. snd furtherfnoreb
it was not the sort o.. package that, q d..
partment store would be at all likely 70
make up.
One man who had been In the. city
visiting for a briof time cent through the
mails recently q much wilted collar
which showed sisns Of having been worn
on a very hot day. The sappcsition as'to
TIL. part o. It vas TS; borne out M1 oy = ne isse na
hours. Pretty hot here" fti
Apparently that was soing to some
friend up h State who was not syeiter-
ing at the same time. This was q harm
less jest. not the annoying kind:
There are some folks who think It isa
- .lwk,,r.aro t1snn "a Hnnnofrk thrnaruh
the mails whole shirts and other articles
Of clothing, merely addressed and stamped
folks take decided exception to thfs sort
Of thing, especially az some Of tho wearers
are not at all careful that the shirt shall
One Of theee things forwarded through
one post office the other day was the
boeoTn Of q dress shirt that bore on 10 q
couple Of stains that looked to be Of some
drink. On it was serayled in an un.
steady. shaking hand: Having a great
1t IL to be assumed that II was a proud
parent who sent 10 q relative up the State
a rubber teething ring with q abe at
tached saying Hes QUITTING his first
However. some Of the things that folks
attempt to desptach are not quite 90
and the post Office authorities are very apt
TO shut down on them. :
There are many hotel keys. that 20
through the mails. apparently Keys that
some person has taken away from a hotel
inadvertently. The keys are dropped into
the box~<Rith O stamp on the pressed
paper tab that indicates the hotel from
which they came and they get back to-
the desk clerk safe and sound. Althoushr
many keys do 60 back this way+tber hotel
people say that they lose q great many
each year. oS.a
The matter Of the picture postal cards
is one that has caused the post Office au-
thorities epme worry. Some Of tho
cards more than overstep the bounds.
TEey run. some Of them, in serios and
the connection depends entirely upone
the whole series. Taken separately they
are not indecent or suggestive. but all
together they are offensive. That sort
Of thing necessarily gets by postal ausr
thorities. Esd I'd. -
Curiously enough, It has been noticed
that some Of the worst postal card pic-
lures come from the tropical countries
and get by without any difficulty I'D
That, however, does not apply to the,
very free and easy postcards that come
from France. They don't seem to enjoy
the same rights as the nature drawings
from the Bahamas. .7s