Show I LAME DUCKS MAKE LOTS OF SORROW Bring Trouble to Post Office M Man an Addresser and Addressee WOULD ADVERTISE MAILS MAlLS Tells How People Blunder in ill Using Postal Service It Is to soo BOO how hov- many Incorrectly nd addressed letters and p packages pack pt ick ages are aro no now being deposited In ou our said fudd a postoffice employee yes yes- terdal Wo We 0 call them lame Jame ducks and tho the term applies to o er every case cas where here tho the address oddress IB is wrong or or a ns as often ofton happens where there thero Is no ad address address ad- ad dress at all These last last last-go go to the dead letter o office ce where they seldom ar are found to contain evidence of ot or addressee Whore hore there la Js a return inscription n nor or business mark so that tho the s bendo mo may be located a a. cart card carll IB is sent sont asking for moro more postage or correct address If tho the posta postage e Is not enough or none nono at all and the address is correct ant and there In no return name a card cord is fa sen sento sent to the address asking for the tho amount of postage ge There Is a movement omont on f foot ot now non to obtain permission from the postal department da de- de- de to advertise In local papers packages that must go IrO otherwise to the dead ead letter office In many cases case tho the sender of R a package could be found In this wa way The question of or f Identifying Identify identify- ing tho package e presents the only difficulty dif dif dif- considering the number of oC near fraudulent claimants that would ap- ap i Trouble O Over rr Another surprising thing about our business Is tho number of or postal post cards that have no address at nt all In man many cases a n person will buy a 0 card write his message and drop it in the box bot without touching tho the address side Many Inny times tho the message runs Will be homo horno Thursday Thursa afternoon Meet mo me at nt atthe the tho depot Ruth When hen Ruth fluth arrives no nn one ono Is at the depot and tho the postoffice post- post office IH is blamed At our office there Is Isan Isan isan an average of or ten cards canIs a da day of or this ord order r. r With tho packages a eR the loss of or mone money and Injured feelings is heavy and while tho is blamed tho fault lies along lono with the carelessness of ot the tho |