New Britain herald., 1921-12-12
FOR
 MAILING PARCELS
Postmaster Delaney Tells Why's
 and WhoTefOres

Because of the fact that a woman who sent parcel post package to her daughter in school in another city was not aware of the law and has not read repeated postal instructions published during the summer in The Herald, a package which cost II cents when it left New Britain will cost the daughter $2.91 more before 1t is delivered at school.
 Letters and the Law.
 As has been published recently, the parcel post law does not permit the including of written messages with packages at a parcel post rate. The woman sent a Christmas box to her daughter, the weight of the box, costing at parcel post rates. l cents. As the postal authorities have a right and in fact, are instructed to do, the box was opened for the purpose of ex- amining it's contents. Inside was found a bundle of old letters, which had been opened some time ago and read, and were being shipped to the daughter According to law it became necessary to charge first class post age rates, of two cents an ounce, for the entire package. The box weigh ed in the neighborhood of 11a pounds.
 Right and Wrong Way.
 Tn discussing the incident ye.ter- day Postmaster W. F. Delaney asks New Britain people through The Her ald please don't put letters, old or new, in parcel post packages. The al iara -.fr, mt ic al ta packages at any time"
 Another thing which MT Delaney wishes to emphasize as strongly as possible, is the fact that post cards with isinglass must not be mailed and if any arc received they will he destroyed promptly. The isinElass is a very poisonous substance and should a clerk with a slight cut on his hand get some of it into the cut there would be grave danger of blood pOis- oning. The cards also are infamma- ble and strict orders have been issued to destroy the transparent cards in all local offices.
 Christmas Suggestions
 MT. Delaney has issued the follow ing Christmas suggestions for the benefit of New Britain people:
 Permit me to call the attention of the general public to the following including parcel post. At this season of the year. the regular mails are very heavy, in addition 10 which the holi- day mail must be handled.
 Mail early.
 Wrap securely, using heavy paper and strong twinc. Ordinary store paper is not sufficient to protect the parcels, and all stamp clerks have been ordered to refuse all parcels which are not properly packed.
 Place the address of sender in the upper left hand corner or on the back Of the package.
 Addresses should always be placed in the lower right hand corner and should be more prominent than the return address.
 Parcels require longer time be- tween offices than letter mail as all trains do not handle parcel post matter.
 Do not seal your parcels, or place Red Cross or Christmas seals over the ends of the parcel or over the laps of the paper,
 An stickers should be placed on the back of the parcel, and Red Cross seals are not good for postage on any mail matter.
 If the stamp clerk asks what the parcel contains, tell him, as the postal regulations require 1t,
 Write the address plainly, give the street and number, as substitute car 'icrs are employed to deliver the holi- lay mail and they are not familiar with the street addresses.
 The spirit of the holidays is one of generosity Be generous to your and to the post office em- Doyccs by not using tiny, "cute" envelopes which cause double work md delay delivery Your envelopes ,hould be not less than inches wide oy inches long.
 If you will mall your parcels on the lates given in the following schedule, hey should be delivered by Christ mas. They can be sent earlier and