Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1910-12-16
MUST PLACE ON
LETTER BACKS
RID CROSS SENiiS ARE NOT roW
FRONT on ENVELOPES,
THEY ARE NOT STAMPS



The ltvd Cross Seal. which is now
ON sale in Tulsa in many places lS
of q much brighter design than the
ones formerly used II is an inch
square wiki the conventional R,d
Cross ru the center surrounded 10y Il
circle In which are the words, MERRY
Christmas, Happy New Year Amcri.
can RED Cross" The colors are red
ana green
! The seal presents cherry appear.
ancc, sayorlng as il does uf holly
Wreaths ana mistlc,or
ono important change has been
made tn the use Of seals this YEAR
I'm former Years they have been called
stamps and could bc placed any
where on letter This year. by
order of the pusOnlcc department.
they alr called "sculs' ana must be
plucrl on the backs of letters. These
seals are not for postage, although
Thousands Of them were used for that
purpose last Year They VIII not carry
auythiuH In The mails. out any hing In
the mails viii carry them provided
they are placed on the back of the
letter or package.
Th. profits derived from the sale
of ulcso stamps. or seals 60 directly
into the fund Tor the Ggh, ON tub,r.
uuloyis. An sold I'm Okluboma r,turn
scvcn-cishts Of the profit into the
hands Of the State Ant-Tubcrculosls
Association. while thc uuo.oiphth IN
sent 10 the national assorlution Nc.
rordlng ~ these associations tr,
hundred thousand prrsuns di,l last
year OF consumption. one million
moro are now bcsct by the snmo
peril. and IL l., poin,cJ ont that tn,so
I'm turn. are Infected or win iurect
their hundreds of thousands of oth.
,rs--ull needless: al. pr,vpntvLl.. an
% sheer and terrible waste OF life.
Already the prcsyo. of say.rnl hir
publishing houses have run off o.
100000 of these Sculs huudrad A
million seals for the United Stutos T.,
o. small number to ask for when one
stops 80 think of the millions of lei.
iers ana packaucs sent ont duriup
The holiday season. Tn, Chrlstmns
zeal is d message of cheer ana hone.
"lt Llcsscs aim who Gives ana him
who receives" and in proyny nm
effective bullet IN the warfare aqoInst
tubrrculryis cvcry sc,l b,cum,s th,y
."thrlee blessed.
Who Hrst thuusht of In. Rcd Croes
Christmas seal? is a question MANY. f,
person win ask as he places thc pret,,.
seal on the back Of his holiday note
.thlo v,nr Tho ,intn, an y,,i r,, g.,
very Interesting history II has goip.
ed popularity the world over ne nm
emergency relief measure I'm 1889
the first CHARITY stamp" mad, ifs
appearance in RoAon ana was dcsir-
mated as the Boston sanitary Tnir
Stamp. About the same time a sim
liar stamp was issued In BrooLlvu
with the Inscription "Rrooklyn Suni.
tarv Fatr Postage" This fair net,cd
100000 to the Soldiers unsnitol
fund. similar stamps were issued In
lutcr vcars. during the Cyil War IN
New York. Springfield. Aass and
Stomfurd. Conn After the wnr this
method OF raising funds was 1isoon
tinued IN this country for genera
tion although II found vlgor I'm por-
tugul Switzerland Norway. ntissI,,
Sweden and other European coun.
rrcs. At the present time there are
several hundred different tvpos OF
charity stamps in use in all ua,.ts Of
the world while seals and STAMPS for
advertising national and local ,ntb.r.