Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-10-31
HOW TO SEND XMAS
BOXES TO SOLDIERS
Red Cross Will Furnish The Reg
ulation Cartons. Labels
Now On Way
ARTICLES YOU MAY SEND


Claus for all the boys overseas, and
the Red Cross is going to help the old
man fill the stockings of the soldiers
and sailormen
The big, burning question among
the relatives of the boys over there
jus. now concerns the little bit of
Christmas cheer that MAJ be sent to
them. Many scores OF 0ple have
exclaimed during the days since il
was announced that it would be nee
essary to present a permi. label sent
by the soldier himself before the nee
essary permission could be obtained:
I'VE haven't time to write to him to
tell him to send i. to us. What ever
shall we do?"
But Uncle Sam is cooperating with
the boys and their friends better than
that. The labels are now on their
way And the cartons, in which the
gifts are to be sent, arrived in Balti-
more on last Saturday. Within a day
or two the newspapers will announce
just where and when these cartons
may be obtained In the meantime
when your label arrives guard it very
carefully. Without it you will not be
able to send the things you have set
your heart upon sending.
And once again the Red Cross has
stepped into the breach and provided
the means by which the many hun
dreds of thousands of cartons will be
sent across. Ridgeley p Melvin, chair
man of the Annapolis Chapter of the
Red Cross, is at the head of the war
work. Mrs. Samuel Brooke is chair
man of the Special Committee on
Christmas parcels. The work of the
committee will center in the rooms
of the old Municipal Building, Duke
of Gloucester street.
1t is difficult to judge exactly how
many cartons will be required by the
Baltimore Chapter, which includes
he city of Baltimore and Howard
counties. But it is expected that the
preliminary work will be so arranged
that it will be possible to begin. to
issue the cartons before the end of
the present week. 1t is we'll to watch
the newspapers for the list of dis
tribution places nearest to your own
home. No parcels will be accepted
after November Is.
This is the program for those to fol-
der boys:
Go to the center nearest your home
and present the label or the several
labels you have received. The car
tons will be fiine inches long, four
inches wide and three inches deep.
When filled the carton must not weigh
more than two pounds, fifteen ounces,
unwrapped When enclosed in heavy
paper and tied its weight must not
exceed three pounds. Its contents
must be tightly packed, without any
bulging or straining of the package.
Consider we'll, while you are waiting
for the carton what you can best pack
into this space to keep down the
weight.
Among the things you cannot send
are: intoxicating liquors of any kind,
explosives of any kind or inffam-
mable materials, including friction
matches; poisons and articles or COM
positions containing poisons. explos-
i've or internal machines, chemical or
other devices of compositions which
are likely to explode, including ciga-
rette lighters, ETC.; liquids of any kind
or Equitable articles, fragile articles
or other admissible matter when not
packed according to the requirements
of the postal laws and regulations.
All other articles which may kill,
or in any way injure persons or dam
age or deface or otherwise injure the
mails or other property are prohib-
tied.
When you have packed your par
eel it should be taken, unwrapped and
unsealed to the distribution center in
the Municipal Building for inspection.
1t must be accompanied by postage
sufficient to pay for transmission to
Hoboken, n. ]. When the package has
been passed it will be left at the coll
lection center for delivery to the
postal authorities.
Among practical suggestions as to
desirable contents are the following:
Send nothing that will not keep
fresh until Christmas.
Dried fruits and other food products
should be packed in small TINS or
wooden boxes, one-quarter to one-haf
pound size.
Hard candy. including chocolate,
would probably be safe in tin foil or
heavy cardboard, but no soft chaco-
lates or any thing that could be
crushed should be used as they might
spoil the rest of the contents OF the
package.
Several dainties packed in oblong
tin boxes each quarter of pound
in weight are more desirable because
of variety than larger quantity OF a
single confpctiOn