Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1921-12-09
POSTMASTER, GENERALS MES
SAGE TO BOYS AND GIRLS !.
OF. UNITED STATES.
To the boys and girls Of the United


To the boys and girls Of the United
States:
Christmas is almost here.
Your great Post Office Department
has big job and needs your help.
Think what it means to be Santa
Claus to our 100, 100000 people and
to deliver Christmas parcels to every
family in this great country within
the short space of a few days and
without disappointment.
It can be done, and we're going
to do it If we may have your help.
I want to enlist the active assistance
Of every boy and girl in the schools
Of our country in getting parcels
mailed this week to relieve the rush
that comes directly before Christ
mas.
Will you 60 home to-day and take
this message to your parents and
friends?
"Our postmaster has asked us to
mail our Christmas parcels this week,
for, unless we do, Uncle Sans load
may be so heavy the last few days
before Christmas that he won't be
able to deliver all the presents by
Christmas eve."
The parcels must be well wrapped
and tied and addressed plainly in
order that they may arrive in good
condition with their Christmas ap-
pearance unspoiled. You can put on
your packages, "Do not open until
Christmas.
And, there must be q number on
your house and . mail receptacle,
too. for, If there isn't, Santa Claus's
messenger, your letter carrier, may
not be able to find the house where
the present belongs.
There are some other things in
which you can al assist in improving
the mail service and in saving oul
great Government millions Of dol
lars q year that is now wasted be
cause Of our carelessnessNyours and
mine.
| Every day that you drop q lettel
in the mail box 100000 othel
letters are already pushing and jam
ming through the postal machinery
One letter day for each family o.
five persons in the United States i
given to Uncle Sam to deliver.
When you send . parcel to the pos
office for mailing any day there an
about 100000 other parcels aheat
:, Of yours passing through the posta
hopper. This is in ordinary days; a
Christmas time it is multiplied man!
times.
| One family in about every tel
puts . badly addressed letter in thu
mail every day. This mixes up owe
1000, 900 haK-addressed letters will
the 100000 fully addressed letters
That means thst the fully addressed
letters ~csss wal. o.. .,e slow moving
poorly add; ,ssei letters just like tn
larger boys ana gi-ls are delayed /!
q bunch # ''bai kids" tagging A.spg
You boys and girls can help tn
Postal Service and save your father
some money, because he has 70 hell
pay the cost Of searching addressel
ON letters and parcels sent out b.
this one careless and thoughtles
family in every ten.
First ind out IL youx family y TIL
careless one, then sbe,r in mind thai
your letters must be- handled h
skilled mail distributors standing il
post-ofHces and on swsying poste
cars Of . mile-arminute mail trains
often under poor light.
The addresses on every letter, card
or package must b. eorrect eomplets
and legible, including the house mum
Der and nau,s Of street, and tn
"From" address should be n the up
per left-haHd corner 70 thgt The mai
win be returned to yop r. case =
Il not delivered. Do not ,abbreyistl
names Of States because 80, man,
look alike when = abbreviated.
Put the proper amount Of postag'
on your lettsrs and wrap the parcel
carefully, avoid fancy writing which
causes post-offce clerks and carrier
to stop. and study, and thus los'
time. Make the address plain and
easily read. and alyays gae pen ant
inf or typewriter and .lisht.coloTe{
envelopes, 70 - 70 save the eyes %
the poat-offee clerks. Do not pss
envelopes Of .upQppal size. The It'll.
ones that are % .freqpently used fol
cards and notes st Christmas o.
other holiday ltimes eause an untolt
amount Of trouble and labor, a. they
win not ct our eancelling machines
and must therefore be cancelled b,
hand. Becauss q .thsir size. aad ten
overlooking and delaying .mail at Tx
end Of the day. J :
dency to slip out Of . package. thesI
small envelopes are more likely t.
| be overlooked or lost.
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