The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-12-06

to deliver Christmas parcels to every
family in this great country within
the short space of few days and
without disappointment.
1t can be done, and we're going to
do it if we may have your help. l
want to enlist the active assistance
of every boy and girl If the schools
of our country in getting parcels
mailed this week to- relieve the rush
that comes directly before Christmas.
Will you go home today and take
this message to Your parenis and
friends:
"Our postmaster has asked US TO
mail our Christmas parcels sh:s week,
for unless we do, Uncle Sans load
may be so heavy the last few days
before Christmas chat he won't be
able to deliver all the presents by
christmas eve"
The parcels must be we'll wrapped
and tied and addressed plainly in or
der that they may arrive in good con-
dition with their Chr;stlnasy appear
ance unspoiled. You can put on your
packages, 'Do not open until Christ
mas"
And there must be number on
Ivour house and mail receptacle, too,
for, if there isn't, Santa Claus's mes
senger, your letter carrier, may not
he able to find the house where the
present belongs.
There are some other things, too,
in which you can assist il improving
the mail service and in saving our
great government millions Of dollars
a wear that is now wasted because OF
our carelessness-yours and mine.
| Every day that you drop letter
in the mail box 40,0O0,0J0 other let
tiers are c'ready pushing AMI jamming
through postal machinery. One
letter a day for each family of live
persons in the United States IS gwen
to Uncle Sam to deliver.
When you send a parcel TO the post
office for mailing any day there are
about 100000 other parcels besides
YOURS passing through tn postal hop
per. This is in ordinary days; at
Christmas time it is multiplied many
times.
One family in about every ten puts
a badly addressed letter in tie mail
every day. This mixes up over g.
/ 100000 half addressed letters with
! ,he 100000 fully addressed -etrers.
! That means that the fully addressed
letters must wait on the slow moving
f.poorly addressed letters just like the
larger boys and girls are delayed by
the bunch of "bad kids" tagging
along.
You boys and girls can help the
postal service and save your father
some money, because he has to help
pay the cost of searching addresses
on letters and parcels sent out by this
one careless and thoughtless family
in every ten.
First, find out if your family is the
careless one, then bear in mind that
your letters must be handled by skill
ed mail distributors standing IN post
offices and on swaying postal cars of
mile-a-minute. trains, often under
poor light.
The address on every letter, card or
package must be correct, complete,
and legible, including the house num-
l.; ber and name of street and "from"
address should be in the upper left
hand corner so that the mail will be
returned to you in case it is not de-
livered. Do not abbreviate the names
: of states, because SO many look alike
when abbreviated.
Put the proper amount of postage
ION your letters and wrap the parcels
carefully. Avoid fancy writing, which
causes postoffice clerks and letter car
riers to stop and study, and thus lose
time. Make the address plain and
easily read, and always use pen and
ink or typewriter and light colored
envelopes, so as to save the eyes OF
/ the postoffice clerks. Do not use en-
ivelopes of unusual size. The little
ones that are so frequently used for
cards and notes at Christmas and 9TH
Ter holiday times cause, an untold
amount of trouble and labor, as they
will not fit our cancelling machines
and must therefore he cancelled by
hand. Because of their size and ten
dency to slip out of package, these
small envelopes are more likely to be
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