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Show "THANK YOTJ." Tho Courteous Acknowledgment Is Rai'oly Heard by Postmen. When two letter carriers of the Chicago Chi-cago posiofllco were asked If people as a general rulo say "Thank you" when they aro handed letters or parcels, both men answered that comparatively few wero so polite, says tho Chicago Trlbuno. Tlie letter men, the most anxiously looked for public servants that ring doorbells in Chicago, men who mako their rounds as regular as clockwork itself, the ono class of callers that peoplo peo-plo aro always glnd to see on their doorstops, say that the substantial men and women who have como over hero from Norway and Sweden, who havo prospered, built homes, and raised families, fam-ilies, seem best to appreciate their work ln reaching them every day in all kinds of weather with their mail. Ono of the carriers said that It does not mako any difference what kind of mail ho delivers to them he always gets a cheorful "Thank you." The letter may be known to contain a bill or it may have a black border, but its delivery de-livery always provokes the same two words. It Is surprising to know how many deliveries are made at back doors and through windows. In tho outer districts, dis-tricts, where the houses are small, some have no halls. To go to the front door makes It necessary to go through the front room or parlor. At hundreds of such places mall Is delivered at tho rear, but many other people get their mall through a window. Tho carrier knocks on the window pane and at once the sash is raised and the letter or paper pa-per taken in. Sometimes the curtain is raised to reveal four or five frowsy-headed frowsy-headed urchins, ull making a scramblo to take in the letters. |