The Holly chieftain., 1923-12-06

'NT IL "S "eSstfSh or Easter, Christ
CYS the Lord is risen today"
So It Is that all the world
100, celebrates on Christmas Day OF
-" 'le good f1dings of great joy"-ceebrates II
,:., @ va. iishon OF flesh urd blood humanity both
m''h reilsious observance and with material good
cheer ~ i"' so"o
For Ha Int,s.mas nbrI.1, play and make good cheer
ror Ghrlstmas c-nies but once year
'ahe your choice between this version and the
Ae useu above In any event the good cheer" Ia
aa eiastc phrase and covers a multitude of lows
ana multitude of activities MS we'll yyh. avo
''e rev pictures used herewith suggest nm oImost
fhuiess chain of Christmas cheer and CbrJstmas
activities
Now. there's dear old Uncle samue, post.
"''s.sr' ior example. He's busy old gentleman
't all seasons of the year. for he runs tho big.ast
BUSINESS IN an the world But at Christmas time
LOU see, the dear old postmasers official slogan
IS Deliver all Christmas mail by noon. Decen
ber 24!" A "ee@1
SO Uncle Sam, as postmaster, began last Or
fober to get ready for the Christmas rnsh NJ
a'eeemher he was all set and on his mark The
man early campaigns of recent years have had
an hppreclabie effect upon the public ana euch sea-
son The professions to the post offices of the land
begin little earlier. Possibly the camp,ipns
against careless wrapping have also Ind some Of
Iec' put cont mention the subject, II YOU want
chc'e fos'master to continue to look pleasant
Also. no matter how fervently you may wish for
a white Christmas don't let your Uncle know
amour II. For the snow that gaddens your hear.
means grief for Uncle Sam-the heavier the fan
Inc greater the grief. Snow means DELAY in the
fast-hou- deliveries of mall and adds like evarv
'hlns TO uncle's Christmas bill Two years ago n
snow In New York City cost him S3OOOoO eytr,
Tor motor vehicle transport alone
Yes; Uncle Sam has Christmas bl-the same
as Dht. Extra space on the trains for the mnils
costs him million so. Extra motor trucks
SDoWN; extra clerks. Sl,OOO,OOO; additional car.
rlers, S5ao0oo-these are of the larger items
among the extras on his Christmas mail bill Then
1here are extra millions of money order blanks
extra millions OF stamps, miles of twine for re-
wrapping pooriy-tied packages, thousands of
square feet of emergency warehouse space md
hundreds of otner items However Uncle Sam
has the satisfaction of doing whoppinp br mail
business; probably he takes in something like
$s'ooo'ooo more in December than in any other
month. The American peonle--1O5 900 900 of them
certainly do rush their postmaster hard nj
Christmas time.
The boys with the Christmas trees live away I'm
In the northeast corner of the United States-
Bnckport Center. Me. They were helping to lood
car of trees and stopped minute TO have their
pictures took" And where do you suppose the
Christmas trees were going? Why all the woy 10
faroff Texas And here's something to make one
DO some thinking: 1t cost about 2lh cents each
to cut and haul and lead those trees The Texan
who bought one of them probably paid all of ST.
HHu HitSpe ~ NO wonder Inc experts have
TO say about the middlernan and the cost of dis
;ribuion. Maybe some day Uncle Sam will t,ke
this Christmas ifee business into his own hands
and furnish the trees for the whole country from
'he national forests. These national forests hove
10 be thinned out anyway in the practice of scien
life forestry. And this would save the denudiny
Of thousands of acres of private lands which need
the trees and the destruction of hundreds of thou
snnds OF young trees which should be saved for
the future needs of the people. Our nation.wide
use of Christmas trees and "Christmas greens" is
fast despoil:rs our woodlands. The Wild Flower
Preservation Society of America, the Garden Club
Of Amerits and of affiliated organizations
anite in sdraphrasins familiar quotation by saw.
Ing our a oodlands IRE being "butchered to make a
Christmes holiday"
just the same. the picture OF the little Maine
boys With tae.r Canstinas trees sets the mind to