The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1909-03-18
Popular Fad Promises 20 DO Far
Toward Making Department
seIf-Supportlng.
SALE OF STAMPS ENORMOUS
Device Used by Tourists Is Kdueat'
ing the People on Places of tho
World Worth Seeing.

The picture or souvenir postal card
h probably doing more 10 make the
world known 10 the u~ntrayeled man
than all the Biographies and gazetters.
says the New York Sun. There Is
scarcely a village anywhere IN the do
main OF the postal union that has not
had It's picture taken for a postal card
impression Ia black or white or In
oolors. aud thus lis humble fame has
been carried over seas aud introduced
20 the four corners o. the union. All
the aliens and prodlgal SON mo re-
turn for the old home week eeiebra-
tions. but. thanks 70 the man who In
vented the picture postal cand. they
may be reminded OF the old home
scenes AZ an expenditure Of a few cents
A manufacturing firm IN Newark re-
ports that IN u week 1870 picture
poetnls were left az the establishment
for the employees These cards were
passed from bench 10 bench 70 be ad-
mired. and the practice lnterfered %
much with the work 10 b. lone that the
FIRM notified us employees that no more
mail could BE- received on the premises.
An insurance company. a shoe shop and
a corset factory m Newark had 20
make the same rule.
The sale Of i-ccnt stamps 10 put on
theee picture cards has become n
nous SO congesied have the malls 10
come with them that the curriers' In
many cities are days behind Ia their
deliveries Tho vacation postofHoes are
swnmped ThousAnds ~ cards level
reach their destination. II Is n o 70 -
supposed that they are distracted from
tho mails. Tor nothing could b. cheaper
than specimens OF tho new arf. We
suspect that tho oferburdened and dis
traught sorfers IN tho railway post
onace car sometimes lose a bundle Of
cards In sheer desperation By design.
Flesh aud blood cannot Withstand tho
pictorial deinEc. II Il wonderful that
the faithful servants who have TO face
tho Ver-mounfing oombers OF twofor'
I've souvenirs retain their sanity.
In cities Of the first class the post
oanco clerks handle thousands o. tho
cards every day. Tho transportation
and delivery Of them has become m
embarrassing question II would not
10 surprising n congress were asked 70
increase a service made -groggy" By
tho extra work which the habit causes.
We should like 70 know how much the
department - ahead ~ tho game By the
sale Of i-ccni STAMPS 10 carry the cards
In 4 day when Il has a dchcit 10 70
port Il cannot afford 10 discourage such
a development q popular ART. Therc
are " many now varieties Of picture
cards designed every day that n the
fashion continues to advance By LEAPS
and bounds Il may not be long before
the p~osfonice department win be ser
supporting IN spite % the immense
sums paid 70 the railroads for trans
porthtion.
Every crossroads store now has q
cas- foil Of picture postals; they are
a part 81 the equipment u every sum
mcr hotel on the trains they sell IN
sets IN the larger cities they are the
sole stock u some Of the stores; the
street pcsidlcr makes . living out OF
them: they are the continuous chain
between the vacatlonisis and the stay
NJ homes: albums are filled with them
BIZ the artistic ~ well ~ by the sen
timcnial: they food the land with n
mighty tide OF color the works % the
old masters. the conccits OF comic art.
lists. the solicitations OF the advertising
tribe. everything pictorial that may hit
the popular taste or OH a long felt
want" II now exploited by the cheap
and convenient postal card. which at
the same time may carry a message or
n saiutatlon from the sender o. the
address rs well rs on the picture side.
There IL a great subject for the indus
irious literary hack In the rise and
upread Of the Illustrated postal card.
in time Il VIII have a literature OF its
ewn.