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Show Dispatch Yuletide Presents Early. Last year, through the genarous cooperation of the press, the movies and other advertising mediums. Christmas mailers were induced to dispatch their Yuletide presents earlier in the month than ever before be-fore in the history of the institution of gift exchanging in the holiday season. As a result, the spectacle of the last minute rush of former years, with its attendant heartbreaking labor on the part of wearied una nerve worn store clerks and postal employees, was avoided. This year Postmaster General New and First Assistant Postmaster General John H. Bartlett have determined de-termined o make an een be tor record and to banish for all time the suffering undergone in past years by rhose engaged in the sale or transportation of gifts. They hope to make "Shop Early" and "Mail Early" a habit with the American-people. American-people. Mailing early does not mean December De-cember 1 or before, but if everyone could get their holiday tokens in the mail between December 10 and December De-cember 20, the post office could not ask more. Particular attention this year wi'i be paid to greetira-; cards. Despite the. success last year u was notec' that the last-minute mail consistei largely of ca.rds. Posiibly many of them were returned greeting; to friends, heard from on a previous mail, but ovarlooked on the ori?'n3l Christmas list. Unlike parcels an.i letters containing money oriers cards, of course, can nr: well be marked "Do Not Open Un::l Christmas." Christ-mas." Therefore, it :s possible that many mailers hold then unti. the last to insure delivery on Christmas Christ-mas Eve. This class of maiie-s this year, however, may find their cards undelivered until after Christmas Day. Believing that the energies of postal employees should r.o; be san-ped san-ped to the last decree for any avoidable avoid-able reason, ani, intent upon seeu--ing for them the same Christmas privileges enjoyed by others. Postmaster Post-master General New asks the hearty cooperation of the public. The last-minute, last-minute, or zero hour has been moved up so that all postal employes ma'" eat their Christmas dinners ar hr.wr. Rural carriers v. ill debvr- r.o mail a: all on Christ -na- Hay an.i olei and carriers in the f t" ofJV-Ps v.ib stop work promo1'-,- at noon. |