Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-12-06
ABOUT CHRISTMAS MAIL
Postmaster General Sends out Mes
sage to the Children.

sage to the Children.
To the boys and girls Of the United
States:
Christmas is almost here.
Your great Postoffice Department
has a big job ahead and needs your
help.
Think what is means to be Santa
Claus to our 100, ,0oe, 900 people and de-
liver Christmas parcels tosevery FAM
lily 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.
want to enlist the active assistance or
every boy and girl in 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 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 that 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 or
der that they may arrive in good con-
dition with their Christmasy appear
ance unspoiled. You can put on your
packages, do not open until Christ
mas" &,s
And, there must be number on
your house and a mail. receptacle, too.
for, IL there isn't Santa Claus's mes
senger, your letter carrier, may not be.
able to find the house where the pres
ent belongs. &r
There are some other things, too.
in which you can all assist in improy-.
ing the mail service and in saving our
great government millions Of dollars
q year that is now wasted because OF
our carelessness-yours and mine.
Every day that you drop a letter In
the mail box 100000 other letters
are already pushing and 5amming
through the postal machinery. One
letter a day for each family Of five
persons in the United States is given
to Uncle Sam to deliver.
When you send a parcel to the post
office for mailing any day there are
about 100000 other parcels ahead OF
yours passing through the postal hop
per. This is in ordinary days: at
Christmas time it is multiplied many
times. a ff
One family in about Severy ten puts
a badly addressed letter In the mail
every day. This mixes UP over :, ,ooa
600 half addressed letters with the
OO0, 900 fully addressed letters.
means that the fully addressed lett
must wait on the slow moving. poorly
addressed letters just like the larger
boys and girls are delayed by a 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
our letters must be handled by skilled
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fees and on swaying postal cars or
mile-a minute mail trains, bitten under
poor light.
The address on every letter, card,
or package must be correct, complete,
and legible, including the house num-
ber and name Of street, and the
From" address should be in the up
per left-hand corner so that the mail
will be returned to you in case 1t is
not delivered. Do not abbreviate
names of states, because so many look
alike when abbreviated.
Put the proper amount Of postage
on your letters and wrap the parcels
carefully. Avoid fancy writing, which
causes post office clerks and letter
! carriers to stop and study, and thus
lose time. Make the addresses plain
and easily read, and always use pen
and ink or typewriter and light-cel-
ored envelopes, so as to save the eyes
of the post office clerks. Do not use
envelopes Of unusual size. The little
ones that are so frequently used for
cards and notes at Christmas and
other holiday times cause an untold
amount of trouble and labor, as they
will not fit in cancellng machines
and must therefore be Cancelled by
hand. Because of their size and ten
dency to slip out Of package, these
small envelopes are more likely to be
overlooked or lost.
Mail your letters and packages
early in the day, because this avoids
overlooking and delaying mail at the
end Of the day.
Your local postmaster and your
teachers will tell you more about the
Postal Service.
Do these things, and you will win
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