The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-11-27
HOLIDAY MAIL
CARE URGED BY
POSTAL CLERKS
Pertinent Advice for City
Package SenderS Given
by SeidenStiCker.

The grief and woe Of Uncle Sans
grey coated employees, the poStmen,
and their colleagues, the postal
clerks, just has begun. Postmaster
Adolph Seidensticker already is pre-
pairing to handle the tons Of mail
that food the postal system around
Christmas time.
Applications now are being re-
ceived for the more than 800 extra
positions that will be filed begin
ming the first week of December. The
usually genial face of Postmaster
SeidenSticker is beginning to fur
row with the cares Of seeing that
little Mary receives the package
that Aunt Martha is sending her
from California.
Although Christmas is more than
month away, Mr.. Seidensticker
has issued the annual request the
Yuletide cards and packages be
mailed early. During holiday time
the volume of mail increases enor-
mously and can not be handled
promptly and efficiently if mailed
only a few days before Dec. Is.
Here's Some Advice
Here are some tips straight from
the postmaster concerning Christ
mas mailing:
Each year many gifts reach the
dead letter Office because they are
wrapped insecurity or the address
become lost.
Strong paper and heavy Irvine
should be used. Gifts such as UNI
breIlas, canes and golf clubs should
be reinforced their entire length by
strong strips of wood wrapped
tightly.
Articles easily broken or crushed
must be Grated or wrapped securely,
using liberal quantities of excelsiCS
or similar material.
Ordinary boxes of cigars wrapped
in paper only will not be accepted.
They should be wrapped in CORFU
gated pasteboard or similar mater
ial. Boxes of candy should be in
closed in strong containers.
Sharp pointed or sharp-edged in
struments or tools must have points
and edges fully guarded to prevent
injury to clerks. All articles easily
broken or damaged must be marked
fragile"
Care should be used in giving
complete addresses plainly written
or typed with return address.
All valuable parcel post packages
should be insured. Postage must
be prepaid fully on all mail.
The deadline is drawing near for
the mailing of a Christmas card
to Uncle Richard who lives on a
plantation in Ceylon. For those
who have friends in such outposts
as Alden, Australia, Cape Verde Is
lands, Liberia, Siam, India, Siberia
and Straits Settlement, the boats
from New York soon will be collect
ing the mail for those ports. All
the last sailing dates for those ports
are before Dec. l.
Not In Directories
Last sailings for Hong Kong,
Manchuria, most South American
countries, Philippine Islands, South
Africa and China are Dec. l, Last
sailing for most European coun-
tries is Dec. Is.
The most tragic problem confront
ing the postal clerks during the last
frenzied days before Christmas is
the completing of addresses on i'm
properly addressed cards and pack
ages.
Each year many children do not
receive packages sent to them be-
cause the addresses are incomplete
and there is no way to discover the
addresses of children for they are
not listed in the city directory.
In every case postal clerks work
for days and exhaust every resource
before giving up hope and sending
the packages and letters to the dead