Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-02-26
RULES FOR WINDOW
ENVELOPE USERS
Postmaster General Burleson
Sends Instructions to lo-
cal Postoffice.

Postmaster Frank j. Book today
received from Washington rules and
regulations governing the use Of
window" envelopes. The new order
becomes effective July l. 1914. Enve-
lopes through which addresses upoi
the Enclosure is disclosed, are mailabit
under the following conditions:
1.-THE window shall be parallel will
the length of the envelope and t
allow space for postmarking and foi
changes of address, it shall not oc.
Glpy any space within 13s inches
from the top nor within ss of an incl
from the bottom or ends of the en-
velope.
"Windows shall not be colored an6
shall be made or treated so as tc
be as transparent as possible; bu;
windows slightly discolored by the oil
used to make them transparent shall
not be considered as 'colored.'
"AN window envelopes shall bear
the return card of the sender.
Window envelopes which do not
conform to the foregoing requirements
shall, when deposited in the mails, be
returned to the sender, if known;
otherwise they shall be sent to the
fourth assistant postmaster-ge
division of dead letters
"Changes of address should not be
made on the window, but on the
Opaque portion of the envelope:
"If the matter enclosed in window
envelopes is not folded so as to Elk
pose the complete address through
the window, or the address is not
printed or written legibly, the en-
Velopes shall be laid aside for treat
ment after disposition shall have been
made of other mail. If the addresses
cannot then be read, the envelopes
shall be returned to the senders, II
known; otherwise they shall be sent
to the fourth assistant postmaster
general, division of dead letters.
A. S. BURLESON,
"Postmaster-Gene
The following suggestions are given
for the use of window" envelopes'
"Window" envelopes. having an open
ing or transparent panel IN the
front, through which the address
upon the Enclosure is disclosed, Sc
riously burden and embarrasS the
postal service unless they are prop
erly made and correctly used. Para
graph 3 of section 469, Postal Laws
and Regulations, edition of 1913, as
amended by order No 1928 OF NO
vember /, 1913, is intended to regu-
late the use of such envelopes in the
mails, in the mutual interest of the
public and of the postal service. The
following suggestions are made in
connection with order No. 1928:
"The best results will be had II
the stationery used in the envelope,
or at least the portion upon which
the exposed address appears, is white.
The mailing address should be clear
and strongly defined, preferably writ
ten of printed in black ink or type
written with an unfaded ink ribbon
so that there will be a strong con-
trast between the color of the in
closure and the address.
Nothing should appear on the
communication bearing the mailing
address which will show through the
window and tend to cause confusion
or interfere with the reading of the
mailing address.
"Postmasters should notify users OF
window envelopes, for their informa-
ton and future guidance, Of any ir-
Irregularities in the use of envelopes
not covered by order No. 1923 or by
these suggestions, and which are suf-
.'ciently serious to delay dispatch of
the envelopes"