The Brunswick news., 1922-12-15
HELP YOURSELF AND n
EMPLOYEES TOO.

HoiJNaSs - aiHd9S season 1OE extra
work IN the postofFice, here and ev-
erywhcre that the holidays are OBJ
served with the sending Of greetings
and gifts The institution Of the par
eel post has added enormously to the
burden of the postal department and
at this time Of the year the demand
for speedy and accurate service Is
greater than during any Of the other
months Not only is the letter mail
increased to perhaps double Of the
normal, but it is Increased with a
flood Of mail 4 bm people who do not
use the mails steadily or very much
if at al lduring other time. The par
eel POST system is crowded with pack
ages sent by people who send little
or nothing at other times and the
packages go to new addresses, and
the department has a lively ting
keeping anywhere near to normal a
dispatch and delivery.
When it stated that the mails
are being l9fgely used by those
are not in The habit Of writing d
sending a great many packages it is
to show that the burden Of the pos
tai service is greater because the
senders and receivers are compara-
lively new in the work. Mail order
houses ship thousands Of packages a
day or a week, and handle them sys-
tematieally, address them plainly and
deliver them at the time and place to
get the best service. Big firms send
out hundreds of thousands Of letters
o day perhaps and they are plainly
addressed, bundled, maybe, and
brought In at the time when they can
be quicker dispatched--it is business
with these patrons of the service.
But the Christmas patron has had
only occasional experience, and with
out intending to retard the expedi-
tion Of MS or anybody else's package,
often consumes time and gets things
wrong.
This is the time when a carefully
prepared package. conformingn OK
aetly to the requirements Of size and
weight and wrapping, legibly ad-
dressed, with the name and address
Of the sender, brought to the post
office at the earliest reasonable hour,
will be certain to receive good atten-
ton and reach its destination on
time. The letters and cards, in rea-
sonable sized envelopes, legibly ad-
dressed, will also carry the greetings
them where intended
and on time. Garelessly wrapped
packages, carelessly and even poorly
addressed letters and cards will take
their chance in the rush, and many
thousands and thousands of them,
will never reach the people for whom
them were Intended.
The postoffice department is most
anxious to serve the public and help
along in the holiday time to bring the
great American family into closer
touch and greater friendship, expe-
iiting the transfer of gifts and greet
ngs and means for good cheer, but
t needs cooperation on the part Of
he people. 1t would probably be al
lull Christmas il everybody actual
y did their shopping early and all
hat-but there is only one way to be
sure that things to be sent away are
% arrive in time and that is to fix
hem up securely, address them leg
bly, and get them to the postoffice
luickl
Good intentions count for very lit
lie without action and the disappoint-
ed friends on the other end of the
line are not all to be comforted by
The assurance elAt the mails are slow
and some things get lost. The per-
rentage of mail very inadeauately
for shipment and illegibly
addressed is large The clerks and
handlers generally do their very best,
and some things get to the places in
tended it would seenP on pure luck
but you cannot depend upon that as
a regular thing. Help yourself and
the Postmaster for results at the hpl-
iday season.