New-York tribune., 1911-12-13
JAIL WARDEN THROWN OUT S4,25O,OOO SENT ABROAD
Heavy Cash Mail Orders Direct
ed to All Parts of Europe.
FINAL RUSH ON SATURDAY
Last Liner in Time for Foreign
Christmas Will Be Swamped
by Gifts from Here.

Uncle Sam has donnod the garb OF SANTA
/ Claus I'm his annual role Of gift bearer To
his European friends and relatives. he
b,s already accented to carry through his
mails e. 10000 destined for the Christmas
stockings of 2js,g51 persons who live on
the other side of the Atlantic, ana inns
/ amount promises to be doubled before !"e
! last big liner TO reach the other shore o"
time sails from this port, on Saturoa!'
The purchase Of foreign money ordcrs
bids fair to break all former rccO'us oS
many thousands of dollars. Every coun
/ try OF Europe has been thought or anu ''e
smallest prIncipaitics. like the pucH! "
Luxembourg. will find some OF It's ciuHc"9
gIaddsncd by gifts from their relatives
! living under Uncle Sans flag
/ First on the list as TO NUMBER o' re-
/ cipients and the amount Of money s'ahus
Great Britain. with A759S To be dlstrlp-
uted among il,4l0 persons. and ireland VIII
| got q big slice of this wealth. Next comes
| Italy. where ll.3lS persons VIII be over
! loved bv the gifts totalllng S%"''o' 'I''
have been sent this month by the thrifty
sons of the sunny land to their rclatiNes
across the water.
S,yodor,. with it, small population. VIII &c
shovcred by gifts Of money; l}2l' money
orders. calling for the payment or sld-I"'
baye bccu sent thus FAR. And so on dow n
the line; every country, every nation cV'
the most remote and unknown spot -
Europe. will reflect JOY from gifts earh,d
through the opportunities offered by Uncle
Sam and carried 10y him 10 the very hahns
of the recipients.
Pleasant as Uncle Sans role must le'
the season brings lots Of trouble and Work
and worry TO those active messengers OF
his thc men employed I'm the postal ser
vice The flood of foreign money ORDERS
and packages bearing Christmas sit's hSS
set I'm. aud the sailing days of the foreign
steamships have become very taxing to
The postal clerks And this is only the be-
ginning of the rush for the real business
will come in when tho streams of domestic
Christmas mail will begin TO no"
Despite repeated announcements made by
Postmaster Morgan that matter to be de-
livored before christmas Day should ne
mailed carly thousands Of people delay
their purchases until the last week, and
the bulk OF them comes i'm a rush during
the last few DAYS
Postmaster Morgan said yesterday that
the reluctance TO sending packages ahead
Of time because they might be opened be-
fore Christmas was really unfounded' as
Congress has permitted the marking ot
such mail with words to the effect Please
do not open until Christmas. YET ne
added. the desire TO make the gifts sur
prise kept many from sending them untl
il taxed the postal service to it's utmost
capacity TO handle and distribute the 're-
mendous bulk Of mail that poured In dur
ing the last few DAYS before Christmas.
Reginning December Is Postmaster Nor
gan expects busy days for his whole fofce'
He expressed the hope that many ot inc
senders will still accept his advice ana
mail their gifts early, thus lessenins tHe
,,roat task that confronts his force