Show to Post postoffice office patr patrons 0 ns to avoid delay in delivery of christmas gifts they should be mailed early wrapped securely and addres addressed tied plainly whereas the practice of oe mailing packages late in the hope that they will reach their destination on christ mai day is likely to defeat its own object through unavoidable delay due to the congestion jf the maids it will al also so help lift the burden off the postmaster packages may be marked NOT TO BE OPENED UNTIL CHRISTMAS or with a similar direction I 1 lessing P M |