Evening star., 1916-10-01

NAX zone system Of the parcel post
WV service, in ignorance of the
fact that key to its intrica-
eies could readily be found?
And who has not wished that he could
keep at his finger tips the grades Of
mail which constitute first, second, third
and fourth class matter?
What average man understands pre-
ciseiy the advantageous postal savings
system. which. handling funds from 10
cents up. takes care of the savings of the
modest depositor remote from banks. thus
fostering economy and a savings account
IN the youngest and the humblest?
Who knows that money orders for pris-
oners Of war are exempt from the usual
fee? Who knows all he or she wants to
Know about dutiable and non-dutiable
articles which may be ordered by mail
from foreign countries?
And, above all, who does not want to
compilation Of the names of every post
Office in every county Of every state in
the Union?
An Of this information, and a vast deal
more. is to be found in the United States
Postal Guide. a volume of over seven hun
dred pages. which is issued annually by
the Post Office Department of the United
States, with monthly supplements. which
keep 1t strictly up to date.
A large part Of the work on this big.
handy volume of information for every
postmaster and railway mail clerk
throughout the land, as well as for every
citizen who cares to possess it. is per-
formed by a woman who occupies an
important position in the federal service.
In one of the large. attractive, green
cArpe,ed rooms which make the Post
Once Department a pleasant place even
In torrid weather, Miss Alice b. Sanger,
compiler Of the Official Postal Guide,
gave the writer an interesting review of
the work. She pointed with especial sat
lsfaction to the index Of the Postal Guide.
That is what especially interests
me-" she said. Il like to bring its con-
tents as fully before its readers as is
possible To the genuine user of any
book the index is always of primal i'm
portance. l believe that a book well
tndexed is a book made fully valuable
to its user. while a book poorly in
dexed serves only half its purpose. In
the seventeen pages of this index with
its many heads and subheads, the ef-
fort has been made to fully cover
every subject in the book in every as
pect under which 1t might be sought.
Z
1ne united states Oftcial Postal
Guide is published annually, with
monthly supplements to keep II strictly
up-to-date. II Is prepared essentially
for the use of the 56.900-odd postmas-
ters in the United States and the rail-
way postal clerks. who must have it
for their guidance in all postal mat
ters. as you can see for yourself by
this note" Miss Sanger pointed to a
hne printed on the outside cover of
the volume, which reads:
'All postmasters and railway postal
clerks will be supplied monthly with
ti1e United States Postal Guide, the
Department. \. $. BURLESON,
Postmaster General"
This publication Is the chief me-
1tum Of communication between the
Pest Office Department and those out
side who are connected with it," said
Miss Sanger. Special instructions to
postmasters and railway postal clerks
1 are issued through the annual volume
and its monthly supplements. and any
Information which It Is necessary that
they should have is issued through this
source.
'1n the general tendency of the fed
er1l service toward cooperation be-
tween all the departments of the gov,
erament for the greater benefit of the
whole the Post once Department does
its share, and instructions along this
line are given through the Postal
Guide. Az an instance. the Department
Of Agriculture requests that railway
0loTkat also rural and star route car.