Show 11 t Christmas Message I tr r OFFICE OF THE POST POSTMASTER ASTER GENERAL 1 Washington Dec 3 1921 To the Boys and Girls of ot the United States Christmas is almost here Your great postoffice department has a big job ahead and needs your our yourt help help r t 1 Think wh what t it means to be Santa Claus to our people and to d deliver lIver Christmas parcels to every family in this great abort country w within nm the short space space of ot a few tew days and without disappointment I It can be done and were we're going to to do it if we may have your help I want to enlist the active assistance of ever every boy and girl in the schools school of f or country in In getting gelling parcels mailed THIS TInS WEEK to relieve oi tHo o rush that mat directly before Christmas y Will y you ou U E go 0 h home me today and take Uke this messa to message e frIends to y your our r Parents and nd Our P postmaster has asked us to m mall mail ll our Christmas parcels THIS WEEK WEEK for unless we do Undo Uncle Sams Sam's load may may be so heavy the last few d days Ch Christmas s 's before eve Christmas Christma's that he hC W wont won't n t be bC able to d deliver all the thop presents by The parcels must be bf well wrapped trapped and tied and addressed plainly in order older that they may arrive c in good condition with their Christmas aSSar mas ance unspoiled You can put on your packages D Do not open until appearance appear appear- ChrIst ChrIst- And there must bt a number umber oil orl your house and a mail mall receptacle too It if there for isn't Santa Claus Claus' if messenger your letter carrier ma may v not not be beThere able to find the house where the present belongs S There are some other things too In which YOU you can all a assist f in improving Im- Im the mail mall service government I proving and in saving our great d mine dollars a a. year that is now wasted because ot of ofoS Our government yours carelessness millions and and of Every day that you drop a letter in the mall mail box other letters are aro arc already pushing and jamming through the postal machinery One letter I day aday for each family a y ot of five persons persons' in ln th the United States Is ls 3 given gh-en Sam to deliver to Uncle When you ou se Send d a a. parcel to the postoffice for tor mailing day dar there v c n n are about other parcels ahead of yours passing through postal ugh the postal hopper times This Is in ordinary days at C Christmas time It is multiplied many One family In about every ten puts a badly addressed I letter in every day This mixes up over oer half halt addressed letters leiters with the mall mail I fully addressed letters That hat means that the fully fully a addressed the l letters must wait walt on the slow moving poorly addressed letters Just like fhe the J larger boys and girls are delayed by a bunch of bad kids tagging You boys and girls can help the the- postal service and save your father along alone some mone money because he has to help pay the cost ot searching of s 's addre addresses ses letters J and parcels sent out by this one ne careless and thoughtless on one family in e e ery ten First find out If your our family Is s the careless one then pear bear In mind that your letters must be handled by skilled mall mail distributors standing in post post- post post- under offices poor and light on swaying POStal cars ct cf f a mlle a-mlle mile a minute a-minute nut man mail trains often otten The address on letter card every i or package must be r correct correct complete and end legible including the house number and a name of street and the from froma from om address dress should be bo in the a upper left-hand left corner so that the mail mall will be returned to you in case it is not delivered Do flo not abbreviate of or states slates because so many look alike when abbreviated names j Put the proper amount of ot postage on your our letters and wrap the parcels care carefully full Avoid fancy writing which causes postoffice clerks and letter carriers to stop and study and thus lose time Make the address plain e easily read and always use pen and ink or typewriter and light-colored light and envelopes so as to save the eyes of the postoffice clerks Do not ule Use envelopes of ot unusual size The little on ones s that are so frequently used for cards and notes at Christmas and other holiday times cause an untold am amount ot of f tr trouble Uble and lab labor r 1 as they will ill U not fit tit our canceling can canceling machines and must therefore be canceled by hand Because of their size and tendency t to slip out of ot a a. package these small envelopes are are more likely to be overlooked overlooked over- over I looked or lost 3 Mail y your Ur Jet letters ers and packages early ny in the da day b because use this avoids avoids overloading and delaying mail at the end of the day i Your local 1 P postmaster and your teachers will wUl tell you OU more about the postal service I Do these things and you will win the grateful appreciation of ot the p people ople in your postoffice and especially of ot r Your postmaster general y r WILL H. H HAYS HAYS' I U t L P r. r S S. DO Dont Don't l' l forget o et to mall mall Chr Christmas t packages THIS WEEK 1 0 |