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Show RBAD3 ALL THE POSTALS. Postmistress In This Way 8eei That Motiving I nproper Passes Her. Talking with a party of friends at a down town cafo tho other afternoon, after-noon, a trav 'Ing man told of a new experience he encountered In a llttlo village not far from Philadelphia on his last trip nut. lie was standing at the window of the postofflce In till village while the mall was being distributed, dis-tributed, when he noticed that the postmistress who was certainly old eno'i-h to If ow what s1 o was about P' the letters as she came to them In their proper boxes, but placed all the postal enrda In a pile together on a shelf. "What are you saving tho postals for?" asked tho traveler at last. "Oh, I've ' it to read 'em all first." wm tho reply, "flol lot" exclaimed the traveler, with an accent of surprise on the verb. "Wlr how's thai'" "I have to read, 'em, every one." said tho postmistress, 'to seo that they contain nothing Improper, It's a rnlo of the department." And she went on placidly with her distribution. distribu-tion. Philadelphia Record. |