The Washington herald., 1911-12-21

heaQ, u. u. whitney, h. y. hnlnenart,
H. Surguy, A. s. Parry, and ]. E. Tenley.
Why Little Boy Cried.
What are you crying for, little boy?"
was asked by Miss Laura Parker, in
| structor in domestic science at the Arm
! strong Manual Training School, at the
Christmas feast given by the senior class
Of that school yesterday.
Il am crying cause want some more
to eat, but I'm so full I can't get 1t
down." the little boy replied.
This was characteristic of the attitude
of more than fifty poor children living
in the alleys in the vicinity OF the Arm
strong School, to whom were given a
sumptuous feast and a large Christmas
tree by the senior class The following
programme was rendered:
Opening remarks, DR.. Wilson Bruce
Evans. principal; song, Armstrong quar-
tet; selection, graphophone; Christmas
carol, Cora Lucas; song, fourth year
students; Christmas story, Mrs. Julia W.
McAdoo: song. Armstrong quartet; selec-
ton. graphophone; distribution of pres
ents by Santa Claus, represented by Mr.
b. Washington.
Among those persons assisting to make
the event a success were Allen Oliver.
e. Thompson. Sharon Dairy, Chaplin &
Co., Corby Bakery, Lofffer, Connecticut
Pie Company, NJ. J. Whelan, f. Cunning
ham, Miss Maggie Jenifer. Miss MolIie
Day. Miss Mamie Adams, Miss L. ]. lie
Brandt. Miss Alice Chew. and Miss Mary
Washington.
Great Work at POst-Ofice.
Although there is an estimated increase
Of Is per cent in the amount of mail
passing through the city post-office over
that of last year, the letters and pack
ages are being rapidly delivered. Post
master Merritt is delighted with the eff
cient service, and he has high hopes of
an entire cleaning out by Christmas Day
II this is done IL will be for the first
time in the history OF the local mail
service.
Last year. between December II and "A,
7l5244 letters and packages passed
through the post-off1ce. exclusive of $780,
900 postal cards, containing Christmas
greetings And this year there is an
even greater number. Yesterday seven
additional wagons were pressed into
service to aid in delivering and collecting
the mail. Three were assigned to the
main office. two to Station B, on Capitol
Hill: one to Station G, on G street north
west, and the other to Station F, in
Mount Pleasant.
A new system of delivery was inau- !
gurated yesterday which aids materially |
in clearing up Ihe Christmas rush. The |
apartment house mail is collected in sep
arate bags and carried by wagons to |
their destination. When the wagon comes |
to the apartment houses on its route the !
carried open the bags and distributes the |
mail to the various apartments. In this |
way the letter carrier is saved from the |
burden Of carrying the heavy apartment
house mail, and the delivery IS hence
expedited
On Tuesday. $4,000 pieces Of mail were
delivered in the city. This included 120, 900
letters. $1,000 papers, 1000 postal cards.
and 10000 packages.
The special delivery boys are working
overtime. and thousands of letters are be-
ing delivered. The force consists of |
forty-two boys. All of the employees of
the office are working extra hours. But
regardless Of the great amount of work
and hurry. everything is progressing
without hitch. A few suggestions how
ever, have been offered by the postmas-
ter to prevent any outgoing packages be
ing delayed. The foremost OF these is
Write legibly." Thousands of letters
and packages are being turned over to
the Dead Letter Office because Of utter
of this rule
Another suggestion is Don't place Red
Cross stamps or other kinds of Christ
mas stamps upon the addressed side of
some time ago directing postmasters to
return to the senders all mail containing
such stamps on the addressed side The
postmaster also suggests that packages
ne tied securely. Many Of the packages
burst open while being handled in the
offices, which necessitates the employees
-ewrapping and relying them.
Turkeys shipped to City.
Thousands of turkeys are being shipped
o the city to supply the Christmas de-
nand. From the present outlook the
owls will be plentiful. 1t is not believed
hat the price will exceed 25 cents
pound Prices yesterday ranged from
S to g cents. There is no likelihod OF
here being a shortage of poultry. The
scarcity Of poultry is nearly always the
esult of New York buyers coming to
to obtain supplies of birds
or the great metropolis. But the sup
,ly in New York so far is plentiful and ;
10 buyers have made their appearance
n the local markets.
The prices of butter and eggs still are
Ugh. Eggs are ranging in price from
to 45 cents a dozen. The price Of but {
er is ranging between the same limits. | {
There is an abundance Of fruit in the
markets and stores at reasonable prices. l
Farmers from the surrounding States l
re bringing large supplies Of Christ | {
mas trees and other green's into the local {
markets. Wreaths of all descriptions are I
n sale. Trees of all shapes, kinds, sizes, /
nd prices are being offered for sale. I
distletoe may also be seen on the stands g
It present the supply. thereof is not very s
lentiful but dealers believe there will be {
n abundance tomorrow and Saturday.