Albuquerque morning journal., 1910-11-13

4 carlicr is Obliged TO make his Gus.
] tomarN round, visiting every DWELLING
4 on his route. AS may wen be sup
posed, his wagon is filled to over
/ flowing with parcels containing gifts
/ Il is mighty big days work Tor him
/ and he may grumhle "a bit about IT,
/ but all the same he enjoys playing
1 santa Claus Very pleasan mt t is "a
/ distribute the welcome bundles and
! see so many happy smiling faces.
Farmsteads are commonly located
at some distance from the main road
along which the carrier passes. and
so IL often happens that the carrier
instead of stopping an q house merely
pauses TO deposit the mail at box
conveniently placed by the roadside.
| There may. indeed be dozen or
more such boxes at crossroad rep
rcscnting as many different house
holds But on Christmas Day the
children Cwhose business il is ordin-
arily TO collect the mail from the
boycs) are sure To be on hand and
waiting tor the packages they SO
confidently expect.
lt is lots Of Jun. The carrier, too
is not himself forgotten on this holi-
day occasion Nearly everybody re-
members him ln s0mo agreeable and
suhsto ntial manner. Fer he is ALWAYS
a popular man. every enc likes him,
and on Christmas Day especially. in
his C9pacity of Santa Clau.- he finds
himsolf beloved. one f-TNcr's wise
has a peck of apples for him. an
other. perhaps q couple of chickens.
q third. a gallon Of cider. and
fourth bushel of potatoes. And so
on. The chances are that at the end
Of his route, With an his parcels de-
livered. he will find his wagon almost
as full as when IL started
The ruryl free delivery makes
Christmas for the farmer and his
family much more pleasant than it
used TO be. In former days he was
obliged. In order 10 collect any pres
ents that might be coming. to hitch
up ana travel to town making spe-
oial uip for the purpose
Undeniahly the Tree delivery mail
service has done an immense deal to
put tho farmer in touch with the OUT
side world II has greatly augmented
the number of his friends. bringing
his more distant neishbors into
closer relations with himself and
family In consequence there is more
social life in the rural districts. and
the change is felt 10 more than an
ordinary extent al Christmas time
when peoples hearts naturally tend
TO expand with the cheerful and
kindly feelings appropriate TO the
season. Agricultural folks exchange
gifts at Yuletidc nowadays In way
they never used TO do.
Now and then one sees "a santa
Claus in pctticoats on q rural route.
There are number OF women car
riers in the service. and the work
they do is usually very satisfactory 1
d" the government Mauy mining
mps nowadays are covered hy the l
iree delivery service. being regarded [
as entitled to il under the lGw. us
non-urnon communities. and ir parts 4
90 the west the mails foI such camps .
afe handled hy Indians
Especially Ht the Christmas season. +
ilfr" Gre Diten manr harlships Co bc I
natret Ny tle refal carriers. uho +
en occasions aald De- uuaafe to t
rate rlr-r routes l.ter ht.F. snaw-
tHrms uerc ll ua- tlst the frrnars .
iiIrg torn oHf lo orcn tfa rna1s.
r ORDER that thev may nnt ta de-
ifei even tempe rrrl.r rf postal 4
'umnHnictiion uin the outside \
world.