Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-12-05
HEARD AND SEEN

Fifty-four postal stations. operated
by Postmaster NJ. o. Chance from
the main city post oflice. offer to resi-
dents Of the District and nearby vir-
ginia and Maryland the best postal
service which they have had since
the beginning Of the world war.
An interesting new map just COM
pleted At the city post office depicts
in graphic form the locality of the
twenty-seven classified stations and
twenty-seven contract stations which
are distributed over the entire area
served by the post Office.
The map Of primary distribution"
shows the classified stations In red
and the> contract in green. Both
classes Of stations do essentially the
same sort of postal business. but the
classified stations are manned entirely
by postal employees. whereas the
contract stations, as their name i'm
plies. are let by contract to private
individuals.
The map has attracted the attention
OF members OF the Chamber OF Com
merce and Federation OF Citizens
Associations. which last week held
meetings at the main post Office and,
Following. were shown over the big
plant.
Eleven Of the classified stations
nave carrier service. and three Of the
contract stations thus have letter
carriers stationed at them who work
directly from the substations. Clas-
sihed stations which have carrier
service are Anacostia. Brightwood,
Brookland. Central station Chevy
Chase, Connecticut avenue. George
town. Park road, Takoma, U street
ana Woodbridge. Contract stations
which have carriers serving letters
from them are Benning, Cherrydale
and Clarendon.
These last two stations. located in
Virginia, are part Of the Washington
post ONCE by request OF the residents
OF the communities, and offer a Gu
rious example Of the jurisdiction OF a
post ONCE extending into what might
seem at first thought foreign terri.
tory"
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Perhaps very few who have noticed
with approval the slogan being used
BY the post office this Christmas sea-
son. Wrap with care IL you care a
rap" know that. this catchy sentence
was the last work Of the late Joe
Saunders. superintendent of carriers
at the Washington city post office.
Mr.. Saunders. who was generally
loved BY officials and employees OF
the ONCE. wrote the ''mail-early"
slogan last Christmas season, but
n 70 AZ ~
time. Postmaster Chance deemed it
50 good. however. that he treasured
It up for use this season.
Mr.. Saunders was known as the
walt Mason Of the city post ONCE"
"wrap with care" slogan was a good
one. Shortly after he wrote 1t. and
shortly after he was appointed SUI
perintendent OF carriers as the re-
suit OF his splendid services over q
long period Of years. he died.
But today there is no single sem
tence. perhaps. more prominent than
that 'mail-early" slogan Of his. and
when any OF the LOO workers at
the post once see It they think of
Joe. It is flashed from the side Of
every mail truck and wagon. and has
generally become popular throughout
But. curiously enough. 'afail with
care Il you care q rap" 10 not the
way Mr.. Saunders wrote it. Like all
careful workmen with words. he
wrote II in a fashion which appealed
to him AZ possessing the most
| punch" The way he wrote It was:
IF you care q rap. wrap with
Through some mistake in print
ing the sentence was just turned
discovered the inversion 1t was too
late to correct f.
But. either way, It is great old
slogan.
An Old Timer was standing on the
front platform OF 4 street car as Il
wendell its way through the tranic
1 Of . downtown street.
Times certainly have changed" he
remarked. Nowadays one 10 lucky
| to have street car wait q few Sec
| onds to allow one to catch It. But
THE the o old d T;'n.r It , wi: different"
II can remember the old horse car
days" he continued. ain those daya
It was no uncommon thing for house,
! holders along the street car line to
| take out hot coffee on cold nights
| to the driver.
"The car would come to stop as
| the householder came out with the
| steaming beverage. The driver would
smile to behold him. and the Coffee
bearer would feel the thrill Of good
deed.
Passengers would wait while the
car driver drank his coffee and chat
| ted with the householder. II this
I scene were repeated two or three
times along the lire It was not I'm.
! usual"
Again the Old Timer smiled.
"At Christmas time" ne said, ut
| was quite the thing for persons liv-
| ing along the car line to remember
the faithful cafman with O fine egg
| nog."
CHARLES e. TRACEWErIfA
to make munitions Of war, while many
industries that could not be converted