Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1921-12-02
POSTMASTER GENERALS MES.
SAGE TO BOYS AND GIRLS
OF UNITED STATES.


SAGE TO BOYS AND GIRLS
OF UNITED STATES.
To the boys and girls Of the United
States: =
Christmas is almost here.
Your great Post Office Department
has a big job and needs your help.
Think what it means to be Santa
Claus to our 100000, 900 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.
Win you 60 home to-day and take
this message to your parents and
friendsf
"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
Christnas."
And, there must be . number on
your house and a 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 our
great Government millions Of dol
lara . year that b now wasted be-
cause Of our careleaneM-yours and
mine.
Every day that you drop . letter
in the mail box 40,000,000 other
letters are already puahing and jam
ming through the postal machinery.
One letter . day for each family Of
i've persons in the United States Is
given to Uncle Sam to deliver.
When you send . parcel to the post
office for mailing any day there are
about S,000,000 other parcels ahead
Of yours passing through the postal
hopper. This is in ordinary days; at
Christmas time it is multiplied many
times. 4N
One family in. sbeut every ten
puts . badly addressed letter in the
mail every day. This mixes up over
Z, 900, 900 haf-addressed letters with
the 10000, 900 FULLY addressed letter..
That means thst the fully addressed
setters -. It wal. o.. .,e slow moving
poorly add ,ssed letters Just like the
laryer boys una girls are sic:a;ti ky
! Q bunch # "bsi kids" tagging a.cpg.
You boys and girls can help the
| Postal Service and save your father
some money, because he has to help
nav the cost Of searching addresses
| ON letters and parcels sent out By
this one careless and thoughtlsss
family in every ten.
First find out II your family Is the
careless one, then bear in mind that
your letters must be handled By
KILLED mail distributors standing in
pogt-ofhces and on swaying postal
ears Of . mile-a-minute mail trains
often under poor light.
The addresses on every letter, card
|or package must be correct, complste'
and legible, including the house num-
ber and name Of street, and the
"From" address should be in the up.
psr left-hand corner 30 that the mail
win Be returned to you in case II
| q not delivered. Do not abbreviate
names Of States. because 30 many
look alike when 30 abbreviated.
Put the proper amount Of postage
on your letters and wrap the pareell
carefully, avoid fancy writing, winch
causes post-ofiee clerks and carrier
| 70 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, 20 - to save the eyes Of
the post-office clerks. Do not use
envelopes Of unusual size. The little
ones that are 20 frequently used fol
cards and notes at Christmas o.
other holiday. times cause an untold
amount Of trouble and labor, as they
win mot it our cancelling machine'
and must therefore be cancelled By
hand. Becsuse Of their size and ten
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