The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-10-20
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not see man easy ildllcI W pIoptIiN
address a letter in order that II may
slip through Uncle Sans postal mill
as speedily and safely as possible.
No iacldng of the intellect is required
in the process and but little physical
exertion simply the inscription of a
name and address. Yet in the face
OF this. ask the man who superintends
the sorting OF the mail In the city
pGstoflice about 1t and II he does not
throw up his hands and feverently cry
Our lucky stars preserve us from
those who don't or won't know how to
address letter!" It will be because
he Is 20 busy to do more than think
his opinion.
OF The thousands OF letters which
90 through the Office weekly 1t Is sur
y'sing to learn that hundreds OF
them, through faulty addresses, cause
the postofiice almost as much trouble
as The handling Of those that are in
proper form. And the acts of this
same class are also the most potent
factor in keeping the wheels Of i'm
dustry humming in the dead letter Of
flee all the year round
Careleesness on the part Of letter
writer's Is the cause Of the appear
ance OF most of these bOthersome mis-
sives and in this line Washington Is
entitled to seat in the grandstand,
as the record Of the office will show
II is the careless person who drops a
letter adorned with a stamp but nn-
adorned with an address into the box
il is q kindred spirit VIII omails let
ter to a friend in some distant city
which the writer locates in state
having no such city within its borders.
II Is one with n similar railing who
directs his letter to certain street
and leaves a blank space below for
the postofficals to fill in any city or
town ii may occur to them the street
Is situated in 1t Is carelessness that
brings to the postoffice a neatly adj
dressed and stamped envelope which
is, however unsealed and destitute OF
contents. just the sort of an affair
to cause fearful breach between two
correspondents, one angry because OF
an unanswered letter and the other
Indignant because his tale of the emp
ty envelope Is discredited But to
tell ofthe devious and aggravated
ways of the careless letter writer
would take day in itself
Ignorance also plays its part in the
letter game, as few select specimens
will show. 1t was certainly an igno.
rant person who not long ago adj
dressed letter to His honorableness
the President leaving it to the super
ior wisdom of the postmaster to guess
whether the letter was a petition to
the president of the United States for
a position or an appeal to the presi-
dent OF glue trust for a job as a la
borer. 60
Ignorance or a childlke belief In
the supernatural powers of the postal
officials also inspired the following ef-
fusiye though vague. inscription OF a
rather dirty envelope dropped In the
main office.
ITO my cousin, Martha Small, who
lives in Organ and who was goin' to
move tc Montannel"
Another missive with nomadic adj
dress was odorous with my<ery II
was directed
Samuel Kramer, Milwaukee. Wis,
II not try Columbus. o.. or maybe
Dallas. Tex. or perhaps. Bangor, Me.
A piece of handiwork worthy of the
immortal Handy Andy" is exhibited
by letter which, besides the stamp.
bore only on its face this writing:
III not delivered In ten dayS' Post.
mas,er will please open and return as
per address inside Stamp enclosed.
Blu. II is not the careless and lgnor-
rant alone who clog up the postal ma
chinery and cause the letter men to
give way at times 10 an inclination to
use words of lurid, tinge and emphatic
meaning.
There Is n vast and growing army OF
cranks who seem 20 live only for the
purpose of using the mails IN thar
own peculiar idiotic way In the oper.
alton of some of these there Is studied
fiendishness that would suggest q
gigantic conspiracy to drive postal
clerks TO an insane asylum or the
clammy tomb.
In the first place thera is the puz'
zle crank. who imagines that 2-cent
stamp gives him the privilege OF DIS
playing. al the expense OF the postal
officials, his marvellous powers as an
enigma maker
This Is q fair sample OF his works
IF (color) II. tSecond President
Seventh President.
'10----S-----C."
The envelope ought to have gone
into the waste basket. but Uncle Sam
orders are to use all possible means
TO find the party to whom letter Is
addressed SO finally reformed puz
zler In the office deciphefed the ad
dress to be; Fred r. Adams. Jack
son. Tennessee"
Next In degree of abhorrence in the
minds OF the letter handlers is fhs
nnastout nraut 10 H. seruuuIu In.