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Show THE WEEKLY REFLEX. KAYSVILLE, UTAH - I,IE STILL TO DATE ;vA '5fV ' Official Statement Issued by Post Office Department to Eliminate Confusion Regarding - V-'- ' U ,! ; Lr ft - f - . t .s Cv ulation. By EDWARD B. CLARK. Western Newspaper Union. Gentlemen: In answer to your Inquiry with reference to parcel post packages for the American Forces. I beg to advise youExpeditionary as follows: Parcel post for soldiers and civilians connected with the AmertcanEpedition-ar- y Forces tn France, when carefully packed and properly addressed, will be accepted by all postmasters for direct transmission through the malls. Bueh parcels may weigh up to seven pounds Parcels for the soldiers and civilians connected With the American Expeditionary Forces may contain anything that Is admissible to the domestic parcel post except perishables which may apoll on the long Journey to Europe, Parcel post for the American Forces heed not be packed In wooden boxes, but should be carefully packed In the strongest kind of pasteboard box to assure its safe arrival at the front. In addition to this parcel post service to the troops, the war department will undertake to carry Christmas parcels for the American Expeditionary Forces provided such parcels are sent "care the Commanding General. Port of Embarkation. Pier I, Hoboken. New Jersey." and are packed In wooden boxes not more than two cubic feet tn volume, well strapped, and with a hinged or acrew top. Such Christmas boxes may be sent to the Commanding Officer, Port of Embarkation, either by express or the malls, and must not exceed through 10 pounds In weight The army will the contents of each box and undertake Its delivery from Hoboken to the addressee. The war department will receive Christmas packages 'up to December 8th. Toura verv truly. OTTO PHAEGEn, Second Assistant Postmaster General. Expe-dlllons- i yy V r- -" A i - r r ' cotmirteea AjOOC n in tHFOfimrtOff tin'i 11 irA tWvriruilkf A - fj-- ' fcv.syv. 'JLy Every Christmas Is greeted with dainty new boudoir caps and Jackets, sometimes designed for wear only In the bedroom and sometimes meeting the requirements of the breakfast table. Here Is a pretty jacket made of wide pink ribbon and lace which may be slipped on over the nightdress or petticoat, for bedroom wear. The cap Is merely a band of wide ribbon with frill of lace at each edge headed by a fancy braid. iw k yi nitWiT COMPLETE Y. M. C. A. UNIT ON WHEELS row 4.4 ? This club for our Jackies abroad has been established by the Y. M. C. A. at the base of the American destroyer fleet Here the boys are entertained when ashore. The photograph shows the music hall of the club. One of the Jackies la doing a turn on the stuge by the sailor orchestra. i y Work Basket of Paper Rope sj'' r ' ytz? y' J-- v ' ' ' ,v jyy x i ',,'4 v.r A small, neat portfolio to carry stationery, pen and pencil for the soldier Is one of the gifts that can be made for him at home. It Is a simple affair, of substantial brown denim, and requires nothing else but thread und snap fasteners, to make a very complete and handy writing case. As shown in the picture, the easels about ten Inches wide and sixteen Inches long. One side of It holds three blotters that make a good support for the writing tablet In cramped quarters where there is no table. On the other side are compartments for paper, envelopes, post cards and stamps. A narrow strap of the denim, is sewed down at the center to carry pen and penclL Ink can be carried In solid form now. It comes In small sticks that dissolve In water. The case fastens with strong snap fasteners as indicated In the picture' It Is a good Idea to embroider the Initials on belongings made for the boys In the service because so many kits and portfolios are alike in all details. Besides It Is another evidence of thoughtfulness on the It art of the donor. ,, ,v Homemade Character Dolls The American soldier has come to expect his service from the Y. M. C. A. to be as regular as his meals, and the association Is striving to make it so. Motortrucks like the illustrated are Used to reach the men stationed fur from base camps; and they contain books, magazines, writing paper, and of the soldiers. No gifts are quite so much appreciated as those which show the painstaking work of the giver. The pretty work basket, pictured above, Is such a token of warm friendship as every woman might wish to give to someone near and dear to her. It is made of paper rope In gray and d silk. It Is an lined with achievement to be proud of and a gift to cherish. Little pockets, set about the lining of the basket at the sides will carry all the tools for sewing: silk. They are made of the lt'st of other things that add to the comfort THESE RUSSIAN SOLDIERS MAY STAND BY KERENSKY Parcel Poet Limit Seven Pounds. It will be noted that parcels 4 j ry ct 1 a U5 Yty Reg- - Washington. From all over the United States queries come to Washington concerning the exact rules governing the sending of parcels to the members of the expeditionary forces In France. Confusion seems to prevail It Is due to a number of everywhere. causes, the principal one of which seems to be that the Instructions were sent out piecemeal and that some of the first rules were amended. Here Is the official statement on the subject which I have Just secured from the post ofllce department! 1 ' 5 DEC. it Bedroom Finery War Department Will Transport Christmas Packages for Boys in France. LAST SAILING 84M44a Soldiers Portfolio H H U tH HWflH'HHHl CLUB FOR MEN OF AMERICAN DESTROYER FLEET ... , rose-colore- , weigh- ing seven pounds but no more can be sent through the post office department all the way to France. The twenty-pounparcels which are Intended for Christmas gifts and which arc to be delivered on Christmas day are sent by the war department from Its port of embarkation at Hoboken, N. J. These parcels, which must not exceed twenty pounds In weight, tan be sent to the address given In IIohoN ken In any wuy that the sender d rose-color- ed ' H 4 Remember the Baby I . -- ' chooses. Of course the post office department has been handling the smaller Christmas packages all the way through to France, but In order to Insure their delivery on Christmas morning It wus necessary to mall them by November 15.1 However, the fact that the mailing was too late for delivery on Christmas day does not mean tliaT packages cannot still be sent by parcel post. They con be sent any day In the year at the rate of 12 cents for each pound sent, and this rate holds from whatever point In the United States the package is sent How Packagea Muat Be Addreed. Packages for the soldiers must-be- . addressed to the individual with his company and his regiment and then must be added the words"Amerlcan It is not necExpeditionary Forces. essary to add the name of the country. It will be noted that In the instructions given above and prepared In the second assistant postmaster generals -- ofllce fqteeiflcftUycon-ceraln- g nothing the kind of things which may be sent to the soldiers and civilians connected with the expeditionary forces. - It Is perfectly proper to- send sugar, provided It is properly wrapped. The reason sugar Is spoken of here Is because there seems to have been some misunderstanding about IL Matches must not be sent In any cirNeither must anything cumstances. Inflammable,- - except, of course, ordinary packing material, be included, nor must "There Te any'cKemfeaTT or fresh fruit In the packages. Candy can go If properly protected from mashing up and raining other things In the mall. Jarsof frultproierIy sealed ami protected against breakage can be- sent Nothing of an exthe put Into plosive nature must be , j, parcels. It Is necessary that the parcel post packages .weighing up to seven rr Carl and Pat along with Gretehen and Hortense, are making eyes at us this Christmas, inviting us to inquire into their merits. They belong to a Hew order of the beloved rag dolls that have always held the warmest corner of little folks hearts. These dolls are made, of discarded socks or stockings and stuffed with cotton, "White socks are nsed for the heads and colored ones for the bodies. Fancy stitching with heavy mercerized cotton or yarns, outlines the Jackets, makes ties and garters and represents buttons. The eyes, noseand mouth are outlined also In black and red. silk socks, usually in a Even the baby is to have a patriotic bent given to his affections, by means bright color on the wrong side are of toys this year. Uncle Sam appears much sought after by the makers of these jolly looking character dolls. e Christamong the clever, mas dolls, that reveal a rubber ball somewhere In their anatomy. 'They M1 1 it 1 1 1 1 i have limp bodies, stuffed with a little Wishbone Thimble Case cotton and are dressed In cotton faas cotton brics, flannel, eiderdown or percale. In the Uncle Sam doll the bnll ls used for the head but In the other one It makes the body. This 'doll Is dressed in blue eiderdown and has a row of the tiniest pearl buttons down Its rotund tummy. When the ball Is, punched the doll squeals much to the surprise- and delight of his feabyshlp; Two-tone- d ltusslan soldiers at Zaleschlky, on the Galician frontier, taking the oath of nlleglance to the provisional headed by Kerensky. It may be that they will not give support to the Tebels who have selzed the' government home-mad- BRITISH NAVAL HERO HERE AMERICAN WAR NURSE WEDS PATIENT n n is-s- ald - - V 5r M - k - W 11 Novel Coat Hanger v Vv X I 1 v ? c sis Therulesforthe packages which the war department sends are given explicitly In the above It Is desired to accentuate the fact that parcels up to seven pounds In weight can be sent by ordinary parcel post at any time of the year, but that Christmas boxes which are to go by the way of the war department at the address given above will not be forwarded If they are received at Hoboken later than December 5. Gertrude Emma Clark of Shelter Island Heights, L. L, and her Jean Celhay,' who Were married recently at Bordeaux after a romance at the American ambulance at Neultly. M. Celhay was disfigure by a bursting shell at CSraonne. soldier-husban- Vice Admiral Montague E. -- official communication. 4H- iii ? o4hat the. pounds shall post office authorities may examine their contents. i1 orces In the Atlantic, photo-ivaphe- d d, at the Charlestown navy yard. 3e was one of the chief figures In the tattle of Jutland, where he lost his eft arm. BREVITIES By royal decree Grecgq.has officially time for general use. adopted Three points of suspension enable a new hanger to support a picture from a wall without tilting. A cabinet for phonographs has been designed Into which small machines can be set to masquerade as costlier Instruments. 24-ho- A Disappointment I never ' thought a boy of would turn out that way. Whats the matter T I sent him to college and hed rather get his lessons than make the foot-1team. 1 Crutches attached to a belt Instead of extending to their users arm pits' are an English Invention. To enable locomotives to climb steep grades on a railroad In the Carolina additional driving wheels have been placed under their tenders. Electrical gear shifting mechanism for automobiles, controlled by a lever on the steering wheel, has won a pat ent for an Ontario inventor Another of those pretty novelties made of painted wood appears In the coat hanger shown above. These hangers are shown In the stores, painted white with the figure outlined on them In black, ready to paint ,ln any colors one may choose. This one pictures a girl in smart riding hat and black collar with white stock. The face and mns of the hanger are to be painted uecorang to Individual fancy. - A pretty thimble case, made wishbone saved from the wreck of Thanksgiving turkey, Is somethjhS new. Heavy silk or mercerized Is used for crochet lace to 1011 a wide border about the wishbone. It Is crocheted with a beading to carry It baby ribbon that Is run through sho as made Into three little bows In the picture, A tiny bag, to thimble. Is suspended between ends of the bone and the pretty P' hnr.rs. by rlM-eho-th- e -- |