The Hawaiian gazette., 1912-12-03
WOMEN WORKING
TO FIGHT DEATH

One hundred thousand red cross seals,
meaning $1,000 for the Anti Tubercu-
losis fund, were sold yesterday by tho
ladies of the College Club and their as.
sistants in the opening day of the cam
paign for the sale. There were not very
many places about town missed yester-
day and one enterprising young sales
lady secured the waterfront, leaving a
detachments of stamps standing guard
over every customhouse officer and
wharfnger on the "front."
There were no window cards up and
no advertising on the streets, partic-
ularly on the billboards, but everything
went as smoothly rs possible. Red and
green trails were left behind two score
of enthusiastic workers wherever they
went and every person they approached
promptly bought six times more stamps
than they ever dreamed of sending on
letters and then looked for the next
agent to get some more.
Following the three days active can
vass, which will continue today and to-
morrow, the stamps, if there are any
left, will be placed on sale in the stores
1t is confidently hoped that all of the
100000 will be sold.
1t is advisable to stick the little seals
on the back of the envelope owing to
the refusal of some foreign countries to
handle letters with red cross seals on
their face. The Interpretation of Post
master Pratt of one clause of the law,
however, makes it possible to put the
seals on the face of the letters intend
ed for domestic delivery. One section
of the regulations provides:
| ffNn aIhnainra ata mr. irni N
stamps, of any form or design what.
! ever, other than lawful postage stamps,
shall be affixed to the address side OF
domestic mail matter, but such adhe-
sive stamps, provided they do not in
form and design resemble lawful post
age stamps, and do not bear numerals,
may be affixed to the reverse side of do.
nestle mail matter.
GAN domestic mail matter bearing,
on the address side, adhesive stamps, or
limitations of stamps, other than lawful
postage stamps, will be returned to the
sender, If known, otherwise they will
be forwarded to the division of dead
letters"
Another clause, however, instructs
the postmasters that "printed labels OF
'stickers' which are not in imitation of
or which do not bear a resemblance 30
postage stamps" and "matter bearing
such should not be held as
unmaiIabIe." Perhaps every one, to be
on the safe side of the question should
put their "stickers" on the safe side
of the envelope, for if the department
does not finally concur in the view that
the Red-X stamps do not initiate or
bear a resemblance to postage stamps, Il
will not deliver the letters.
The specific reference in the regula.
tons to Red-cross stamps is as follows:
1.-THE following countries refuse to
admit to their mails articles bearing
non'postage Christmas" stamps or
other adhesive charity stamps or la
bells:
"(a) Austria, Norway and Portu-
gal' II they resemble regular postage
stamps.
"(b) The following countries, unless
postage thereon is prepaid, and unless
the non'postage stamps are affixed TO
the back and not to the address side of
the covers; British East Africa.
Uganda, Antigua, Barbados, British
North Borneo, Cayman Island, Cyprus,
Gold Const. Dominica, Falkland Islands,
! dambia, Gibraltar, British Honduras,
Guatemala, Union Of South Africa.
Jamaica. Mauritius aud dependencies,
Montserrat Nevis, Southern Nigeria,
saint Christopher, Saint Lucia, Saint
| Vincent, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Brit
ish Somaliland, Trinidad, Turks and
calcos Island, Virgin Island, Germany,
Great Britain, Southern Rhodcsia. ("
Some Of the ladies selling the STAMPS
Yesterday announced TINT tho money 40.
cured from their sale would go Ia bring
/ AN export down from tho Coast 10 lse
iuro on the subject This N ma arr0r.
T however Tho moHey viii bo expended
/ LY long organized local associations aud
Z departments iu channels already mo.
fldnd hnd Tor tho purpose af Increasing
knowledge M consumption 10 such
way ihal immediate results viii be- az.
parent through q reduced uumhor ~
eases n0i under treatment