| Show DON T DEFACE LETTER BOXES tt it you do luu lou are liable to a 81 alno among the united states statutes tela relative tive to the Post postoffice office department 18 one which aich provides a penalty of 0 1000 fine or two to years for any defacement of letter boxes says the new aik loik oik mall and express tho the law rested in a state 0 of innocuous desuetude for or years until it t was brought to the attention of postmaster roBt master ot of philadelphia decently lecent ly and he has been laying plans to enforce it in a recent trip through the city lie he discovered that the mall receptacles every ahei a A ei a in a shabby condition dingy with alit and dured with match scratches Bi innumerable on his retina to tie the post he wrote to the post master general at asking that he be allowed to make a contract for repainting the void came cam 6 from to go ahead with the wort and tho the act has already been let and the work ork commenced it will mill take about forty days to give the 3 letter boxes and package pa kage their new coats but as the work special officers in CRUM 3 clothes at aie e stationed along the route roie to watch atch for or people who dare to disfigure the new paint coats and a placard has been hung bung on each or of the posts quoting the statute in question and calling the attention of the public to it the offenders against the statute tire are smokers who utilize uncle sams for match the paint used Is a silvery gray and has been specially prepared it contains aa in large atles which h it Is hoped will make the le boxes so conspicuous at night will have no them ij Shou luthe itne pain prove prova a shining ligh lit 11 A eryl ill ely be adopted all oi erl the t I 1 A I 1 na q 0 ay A u al 11 1 |
