The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-15
HINTS FOR XMAS PRESENT MAILING Few Timely Words of Warning Which May Save Someone
 a Deal of Incon-
 venience.
HOLIDAY RUSH HAS BEGUN
Money Order Records Broken Above All Register Your Valuable Pack
 ages.

The Christmas rush has begun at the postonice but It Is only a hint of the conditions which will prevail there tae latter part of the week, and all of next week The regular force can now care for all of the work ex- cppt at the money order window. The registry window will be the next Go be over-rusned and this will be fol- lowed by the putting on of extra car riers and wagons tho day before Christmas, when the incoming holiday mall reaches its annual mountainous proportions,
 lt is then that we shall see the post man, with his packages strung over cach shoulder, accompanied by a small hoy with a cart enacting tde role of the twentieth century Santa Claus, as he calls at the door on Christmas morning and wishes Us what we cannot have, a Merry Christ mas.
 The annual rush in the money or der department is this year bigger than ever before. for our foreign pop ulatlon is sending home more money chan ever in spite of the hard times. 1 h three days last week the money orders for foreign countries totalel more than S1O0OO. The first three days of this week wlI see the bulk Of the foreign money order business as he last steamer to reach the other side before Christmas sails on Thurs day.
 In this connection the postof1icc of Gelals wish to Impress on tho public that all Christmas letters and pack ages for abroad should be mailed bee forc Wednesday night if they are to reach their destination hy the twen- ty-1fth.
 There are also a great many things in connection with the international postage, clear understanding of which would save a deal of trouble. for both the public and the officials. In the first place many of our 30.o00 | Italian population do not know that there is parcels post now hatwccn l this country and Italy, by which mer- l chandise may he sent at very low rates Az a result of this it would be 1 as cheap 10 buy in this country tho l presents for the relatives at home. and send them by parcels post thus l leaving the money here increasing lo- cal trade and acquainting those abroad with American goods The par cels post has been in operation with Germany, France ana Great Britain for several years
 As packages sent bg post this way cannot he registered anDtlpr good hint is that all parcels for England should be sent as first class matter if they weigh under six ounces. Under the new postal ruling of two cents an ounce on first class matter between this country and Great Britain such package would cost only twelve cents and could also be registered. while the lowest limit under the par cells post ie twelve cents cfor pound, as nothing is considered as weighing less) and registry is not allowed.
 At the same time people should not | get the mistaken idea that the rates l bH Ill AidH'tE VI lllaIi h3 AtifNlf'Ai'' 'i' w been reduced AS the new agreement applies only to letters.
 "Al packages Of any value should i be registered,' say the postofce au- thorities. The extra cost Is only eight cents, and it guarantees safe delivery, when tho mails are In a very oycr- worked condition Such packages arc also carefully inspected at intervals on their Journey 10 see that they are securely wrapped up
 And all packages must be securely wrapped up. The average person would bc surprised at the number of wrappinEs which come off under the necessarily rapid handling of the post al clerks The only safe way is to write your own name and that of the person to whom the article is sent on