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Maria L Haskell, teachers; Betsey Bean, Cornelia Gould. kindergarteners; John McGinnis, janitor MICHAEL DRISCOLL Westbourne terrace
Minerva E Fales, principal; Ida M Holden, Minnie P Masse, Margaret B Sparks, Susan M Bickford, Caroline E Comins, teachers; Helen Hicks, Grace A Potter, Helen L Soule, kindergarteners; Patrick J Kelley, janitor
HEATH Reservoir road
J Sherman Richardson, principal; Etta M Miller, Mary Godsell, Lelia H Smith, Georgie D Mansfield, Mary J Porter, Catherine G O'Brien, Lucie H Chamberlain, Anna E Allen, Margaret C O'Hearn, teachers; Sophronia E Butler, A Eleanor Dresser, kindergarteners; Charles G Johnson, janitor
HIGH SCHOOL KINDERGARTEN Gorham ave corner Tappan - Annie B Winchester, Lillian B Hunter, teachers LAWRENCE Francis
J Harding Armstrong, principal; Rose D Bliss, A Laura Harding, Josephine S Taylor, Rebekah Bruorton, Cora W Reed, C Gertrude Knox, teachers; Frank H Flanders, janitor
WILLIAM H LINCOLN Boylston near Walnut path
Francis T Hall, principal; Mabel M Morton, Edith H Mathews, Mary A Connor, Theresa G O'Rourke, Dorcas C Higgins, Alice S Morrison, Alice M Wing, Josephine Coutright, Mary A White, Laura A Miille, Rose E Ryan, Abbie F Hearn, Florence L Fairbanks, Ora D Hutchinson, Grace E Bartlett, teachers; Harriet B Stodder, Susie H Nason, kindergarteners; William P ' Sullivan, Richard Kelleher, janitors; Joseph E Owens, manual training
LONGWOOD St Mary's corner Monmouth
Marion E Marsh, principal; Grace Eaton, Sarah M Kee- ler; teachers; Katherine Wentworth, kindergartener; John F Mahan, janitor
NEWTON STREET Newton opposite Grove Linda B McAdam, teacher; William B Webber, janitor PARSONS Walter avenue
Grace" H Manter, principal; Nellie L Moody, teacher; Lucy H Maxwell, Annie S Chute, kindergarteners; John J Nyhen, janitor
PIERCE School and Prospect
Mary McSkimmon, principal; Maria E Gardner, Ada E Chevalier, Lena B Winter, M Alice Connor, Alice M Nel- son, Alice L Reeve, Bertha V Cobb, Edna A Gault, Alice E Fraher, Maybelle E Knight, Ethel A Tillinghast, Ellen M Goodrich, Margaret E Malone, Jennie M Alden, Abby F Bosworth, Alice R Harper, Ellen P Low, Elizabeth E Joyce, teachers, Grace W Morrill, Alice M Wyman, kinder- garteners'; Justus E Austin, T F Costello, janitors; Wil- lard E Cleaves, engineer
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BROOKLINE [1916] DIRECTORY JOHN D RUNKLE Druce
Ellen S Baker, principal; Florence Barnard, Eleanor B Mitchell, Blanche E Henshaw, Annie T. Udell, Elsie M Rei- man, Mabel F Laughton, Alice B Hazelton, Florence M Shirley, Grace E Murray, Marion E Weld, teachers; Thomas Hartigan, janitor
SEWALL Cypress corner Franklin
Hattie F Paul, principal; L Margaret Potter, Gertrude R March, teachers; Alice H Shaw, Marion E Ross, kinder- garteners; Richard Kelleher, janitor
ROBERT C WINTHROP Brookline avenue corner Pearl
Annie G Molloy, principal; Louise E Finney, Grace
Kimball, kindergarteners; John J Nyhen, janitor SPECIAL TEACHERS
Director of Music-Samuel W Cole
Instructor in Music-Edith H Snow
Instructor in Drawing-Anne B Chamberlain
Director of Physical Training-Bessie L Barnes Instructors in Physical Training-Robert J Delahanty,
Miriam A Tobey, Florence M Ross, Carolyn Herron
Instructors in Manual Training-Joseph E Owens, S Anna Woodbury, Caroline A Brooks
Instructors in Domestic Science-Mary E Ditson, Mary C-Jones
Director of Needlework-Anna M Schwind
Instructors in Needlework-Marion K Dormon, M Frances George, Anne G Burnham, Annie Egan School Nurse-Ida M Lewis
Unassigned-C Frances Quille, Enid Merrill, Elsie V Robbins, Mary E Raymond
PAROCHIAL SCHOOL
ST MARY'S OF THE ASSUMPTION Harvard corner Homer Sisters of Notre Dame, teachers
PUBLIC LIBRARY
Washington near School
Rev Leonard K Storrs, pres; Ralph A Stewart, sec; Henry W Lamb, treas; Daniel D Addison, James M Cod- man, D Blanche Hoar, Walter Humphreys, Henry W Lamb, Edward Stanwood, Rev Leonard K Storrs, Fred- erick P Fish, Desmond FitzGerald, Carleton S Francis, Ralph A Stewart, Thomas F McManus, trustees; Louisa M Hooper, librarian; Etheldred Abbott, asst librarian; Gertrude H Lockwood, childrens' librarian; Bertha E Davis, reference librarian; Lilla N Morse, Alice W Clark, Blanche Ballou, Florence A Westcott, Carrie E Morse, Susan H James, Alice M Hobson, Julia P Parker, Eleanor Fisher, Sabina R Gibbons, Susie MacDonald, assistants ; Helen M Thayer, Genevieve Conant, cataloguer; Charles H Robie, George R Johnson, Thomas Farrell, janitors
The library is open from 9 a m to 9 p m every secular day throughout the year except legal holidays; viz Wash- ington's Birthday, Patriot's Day, Memorial Day, Seven- teenth of June, Fourth of July, Labor Day, Columbus Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas; Sundays 2 to 9 p m
Coolidge Corner Branch Library 299 Harvard-Florence
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A Westrott, branch librarian
Open daily except Saturdays from 1 to 9 p m; Satur- days from 9 a m to 9 p m; closed Sundays
Boylston Reading Station 807 Boylston; open daily and Sunday
Sewall Reading Room in Sewall School, Cypress st .; open Monday, Thursday and Saturday afternoons and evenings
CHURCHES
ALL SAINTS' CHURCH (EPISCOPAL), Beacon cor Dean road-Rev Daniel D Addison, rector; N U Walker, clerk, John Q Adams, treas
THE BEACON UNIVERSALIST CHURCH, 286 Har- vard-Rev Charles Conklin, pastor; Arthur C Williams, clerk; Herbert R Chase, treas
FIRST PARISH (UNITARIAN), Walnut cor Warren; organized October 26 1717-Rev Abbot Peterson, pastor ; Henry Ware, clerk and treas
SECOND UNITARIAN SOCIETY, Sewall avenue near Charles-Rev , pastor; A A Wordell, chair- man prudential com; George E Winsor, sec; William L Kelt, treas
THE FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, Harvard corner Pierce-Rev William Iliffe, pastor; John R Jamie- son, sec ; John Patterson, treas.
HARVARD CHURCH (CONGREGATIONAL), Har- vard corner Marion-Rev Ambrose W Vernon, pastor; Rev Fitz W Baldwin Jr, asst; Fred B Richardson, clerk; Hanson H Webster, treas
LEYDEN CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, Beacon corner Clinton path-Rev .. pastor
THE BAPTIST CHURCH in Brookline, Beacon cor Park; organized June 5 1828-Rev Orrin P Gifford, D D, pastor; Arthur W Hopkins, clerk; Samuel F Blanchard, treas
BETHANY SUNDAY SCHOOL ASSOCIATION, Bethany building corner Washington and School; In- corporated May 16 1887
CHURCH OF OUR SAVIOR (Episcopal), Monmouth cor Carlton-Rev Reginald H Howe, D D rector; Augus- tus Thorndike, Philip S Parker, warden; George F Hus- sey, clerk; Frederic Cunningham, treas
ST MARK'S METHODIST EPISCOPAL, Park corner Vernon-Rev Willis Odell, pastor
CHURCH OF THE NEW JERUSALEM, junction Ir- ving and Allerton
ST PAUL'S EPISCOPAL, St Paul cor Aspinwall av- Rev Carroll Perry, rector; Arthur L Walker, clerk; Wal- ter M Lincoln, treas'
ST AIDAN'S CHURCH (Catholic), Pleasant cor Free- man-Rev John T Creagh, pastor
ST LAWRENCE CHURCH (Catholic), Boylston cor Heath-Rev Thomas F McManus, pastor; Rev James F Cassidy, asst
ST MARY'S CHURCH OF THE ASSUMPTION (Catholic), Linden place corner Harvard-Rev Michael T McManus, pastor; Rev Bernard S O'Kane, Rev John P Sheehan, Rev Michael J Coffey, assts
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MASONIC
BETH-HORON LODGE A F & A M; Chartered Sept 1871-Frederick B Richardson, W M; C A W Spencer, treas; Charles A Bowditch, sec; meet second Tuesday of each month except July and August at Masonic hall 1 Harvard
INDEPENDENT ORDER OF ODD FELLOWS
LOMIA LODGE NO 221; Instituted May 18, 1893- meet every Wednesday evening at 8 School
BETHEL REBEKAH LODGE, NO 179-meet first and third Fridays of each month at 8 School
ANCIENT ORDER OF HIBERNIANS
DIVISION NO 7-Patrick Tynan, pres; David Lynch, rec sec; John Brennan, fin sec; John Fitzpatrick, treas; meet first Tuesday and third Sunday of each month at Goddard Hall
LADIES AUXILIARY NO 22-meet second Thursday and fourth Wednesdays of each month at Lyceum hall at 8 pm
ANCIENT ORDER OF UNITED WORKMEN
ROBERT C WINTHROP LODGE NO 210; Instituted May 24, 1899-meet second and fourth Thursdays of each month at Odd Fellows' hall
BENEVOLENT PROTECTIVE ORDER OF ELKS
BROOKLINE LODGE NO 886-Joseph A S Gohl, E R; Albert P Briggs, sec; George W Delano, treas; meet first and third Mondays of each month at Gardner hall
MASS CATHOLIC ORDER OF FORESTERS
ST LAWRENCE COURT NO 61-P J Reagan, chief ranger; M J Kelley, treas; T M Daley, fin sec; Daniel Frawley, rec sec; meet first and third Mondays of each month at Lyceum hall
AVE MARIA COURT NO 160-R Mary E O'Day, CR; Mary G Freeley, fin sec; Margaret R Murphy, treas; meet first and third Tuesdays of each month at Lyceum hall
ORDER OF THE EASTERN STAR
BROOKLINE CHAPTER NO 112-Cecile E Harris, W M; Abbie M Dunbar, 81 Thorndike, sec; Mrs Emma L Palmer, treas; meet fourth Tuesday of each month at Masonic hall 1 Harvard
GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC
CHARLES L CHANDLER POST 143; Instituted 1871 -A W Bright, com; George F Dearborn, S V C; William B Webber, J V €; Philip A Nordell, Q M; William W O'Connell, adjt; Carl G Astrom, Q M S; meet first and third Tuesday evenings of each month at G A R hall at Town Hall
WOMEN'S RELIEF CORPS
CHARLES L CHANDLER CORPS 109; Auxiliary to the Grand Army of the Republic-Mrs Alice E Fuller, pres; Mrs Clara A Morrison, sec; Mrs Lucy L Turner, treas; meet first and third Tuesday afternoons of each month at G A R hall, Town Hall
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BROOKLINE COUNCIL NO 110-G Raymond Roberts, G K; A. John Halfenstine, rec sec; William H O'Neill, fin sec; meet second and fourth Mondays of each month at Lyceum Hall, Village sq
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS
ASPINWALL LODGE NO 168-Charles H Bagnall, C "C; Frederick Outram, K of R & S; George F Jacob, M of F; meet second and fourth Wednesdays of each month at Orange hall, Prospect st
NEW ENGLAND ORDER OF PROTECTION
ASPINWALL LODGE NO 554-meet first and third Thursdays of each month at Lyceum hall
BROOKLINE LODGE NO 445-Anne F Meehan, war- den; Katherine Schmitt, rec sec; Johanna F Russell, treas-meet second and fourth Thursdays of each month at Lyceum hall
ROYAL ARCANUM
SAGAMORE COUNCIL NO 181; Chartered Sept 1878 -K H Wade, regent; Milton Moore, sec; C A Bowditch, treas; meet second and fourth Wednesdays of each month at Lyceum Hall
CLUBS, SOCIETIES, ASSOCIATIONS, ETC.
BOURNEWOOD HOSPITAL, end South-Dr Henry R Stedman, supt
BROOKLINE ANTI-TUBERCULOSIS SOCIETY- meet at Union building
BROOKLINE BOARD OF TRADE-George W Kaan, M D, pres; Sturgis C Jarvis, sec; William F Foley, treas ; meet every month, except July and August, at G A R hall
BROOKLINE CARPENTERS' UNION LOCAL NO 438-Harland Gray, pres; William H Walsh, sec; James Gould, treas; meet every Monday evening at 178 Wash- ington
BROOKLINE DAY NURSERY, 10 Walter av-Mrs Frederic Higginson, pres; Mrs George D Burrage, sec ; Mrs Charles F Richardson, treas
BROOKLINE EQUAL SUFFRAGE ASSOCIATION, 1298 Beacon
BROOKLINE FIREMAN'S RELIEF ASS'N-meet third Monday of each month at Station A, 140 Washing- ton
BROOKLINE FRIENDLY SOCIETY, Union building, Walnut corner High; Organized 1886; Free reading room 8 am to 1 p m; Boys Club every evening except Sunday ; Mothers' Club Thursday, Girls' Club Monday-Mrs J M Codman, pres; Mrs F B Percy, vice pres; Harold C Has- kell, sec; Albert T Briggs, treas; Mrs Elizabeth H Taft, supt; meet monthly on call
BROOKLINE GYMNASIUM ATHLETIC ASSOCIA- TION-board meet second Thursday of each month at Brookline Gymnasium, Annual meeting third Tuesday in January
BROOKLINE HISTORICAL SOCIETY-meet third Thursday of each month, October to May, at Edward De- votion house
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BROOKLINE HOSPITAL, Newton near Grove; for patients with Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria, Measles and Smallpox-Martha W Meek, supt
BROOKLINE INDUSTRIAL WOOD YARD, 44 Pearl -Albert Arnold, supt, 560 Mass av Boston
BROOKLINE PAINTERS' UNION NO 709-meet first and third Wednesdays of each month at 178 Wash- ington
BROOKLINE POLICE MUTUAL AID ASSOCIA- TION-Henry M Fogerty, pres; Emery E Allen, vice pres; Charles C Watterson, sec; Charles B M Knowles, board of directors meet first Monday of each month at police station, Washington cor Prospect
BROOKLINE VILLAGE EMPLOYMENT & REFER- ENCE ASSOCIATION, 9 Boylston
BROOKLINE WOMEN'S EXCHANGE, 1351b Beacon and 5 Harvard sq-Mrs H P Briggs, pres; Mrs Franklin W Hobbs, vice pres; Mrs A H Bowditch, sec
BROOKLINE CATHOLIC CLUB-Michael J MeLaugh- lin, pres; James V Kelley, vice pres; Arthur E Furbey, fin sec; Stephen E Ryan, rec sec; meet third Thursday of each month at 31a Harvard
CHANNING SANITARIUM, 701 Boylston-Dr Wal- ter Channing, M D, supt
CHESTNUT HILL CLUB, 70 Middlesex rd
CHESTNUT HILL GOLF CLUB, Boylston st
COUNTRY CLUB, Clyde Park, Clyde-F M Ware, supt DELTA UPSILON FRATERNITY, 1069 Beacon
FREE HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN, Glen rd near Cum- berland av; Organized Oct 14 1875; Incorporated August 25 1879-George R Fearing Jr, pres; Nathaniel U Wal- ker, sec; Frederick J Bradlee, treas
HOLY NAME SOCIETY-Michael J Kelley, pres; Thomas B McCaffery, sec; Rev M J Coffey, spiritual director; meet first Sunday evening of each month in basement of St Mary's Catholic church
HOLYWOOD CEMETERY ASSOCIATION-James M Driscoll, supt; office 587 Heath; Cardinal William H O'- Connell pres
PHI BETA PI FRATERNITY, 97 Francis av
PHI RHO SIGMA FRATERNITY, 227 Aspinwall av
SIGMA ALPHA EPSILON FRATERNITY, 1004 Bea- con
SIGMA CHI FRATERNITY, 1067 Beacon
WALNUT HILLS CEMETERY, Grove near Newton- Myron D Fisher, supt
WARREN FARM GOLF CLUB, Heath between War- ren and Woodland rd; Organized 1893
POST OFFICES
BROOKLINE STATION, 1 Harvard-Joseph F Ei- chorn, supt; George H Conley, asst supt; William J Mc- Guire, John J Walsh, John E Fay, James J Condon, Carl J Youngren, John P Fleming, Stephen L O'Connor, Felix Johnson and James F Treanor, clerks; Michael J Gallag- her, Michael Duffy, John H Riley, George M Saunders, Michael J Nolan, James A Durning, Ashton E Butterfield, Patrick J Finan, William P Golden, Charles H Haggerty, John T Carey, Dennis F Donlan, Mortimer Sullivan Jr,
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Alfred A Hickey, Joseph A Doherty, Herbert R Sumner, Robert Barry, John J Harrington, Harry O Bernard, Max H Lieske, Peter C Werner, Owen Hillen Jr, William J Burke, Bert J Donovan, carriers
Letters delivered-7.30 and 10.45 a m and 1.50, 3.00 p m; Letters collected 8.00 and 11.00 a m; 3.00, 5.30, 9.30 p m; Sundays, 8.30 p m; Holidays, 6.30 and 9.30 p m
Office open week days 7 a m to 9 p m; Sundays 9.00 to 10.00 a m
Mails close Brookline for Boston-3.20, 6.00, 8.00, and 10.20 a m; 12.00 m; 1.30, 3.00, 4.00, 6.00, 7.20, 9.00, and 10.30 p m; Arrive 3.20, 6.10, 8.05, 9.50 and 11.50 a m; 12.50, 2.10, 4.20, 5.50, 7.10, 9.55 and 12 p m; Sunday mail closes for Boston 8.10 a m; 9.55 p m
Holidays-mails close 6.30 and 9.20 a m; 5.00 and 9.55 p m; Arrive 3.00, 6.10 and 8.40 a m; 4.55 and 9.55 p m
Open for Money Order and Registered Letters from 700 a m to 9.00 p m
P O SUB STATION NO 24, 135 Cypress-George H Hooper, clerk in charge
P O SUB STATION NO 110, 127 Washington-Thomas E Burns, clerk in charge
COOLIDGE CORNER STATION, 1354 Beacon-Gil- bert F Manson, supt; Joseph P Power, asst supt; Thomas J Kilduff, Joseph M Regan, Charles F W Thomas, Joseph B Feneno, John A Kelley, James Doyle, Edward L Boyce and James H Malcomes, clerks; Patrick J Timmins, Ro- bert W Finney, Michael J Healey, Thomas J O'Keefe, William H Parker, Daniel P Donovan, J L Marmaud, John J O'Keefe, James H Kelley, John J Finnerty, W H Carney, David Rockwood, Thomas B Clancy, Edmund J Farrell, Henry M Deeran, James S Curry, W H Wheeler, Timothy L O'Brien, Thomas Connelly, Cornelius B Con- nors, John J Sullivan, H J O'Kane, C W White, John J Shea, Dennis J Kiley, John C Larkin, Michael J Dunleavy, James E Murley, carriers
Letters delivered 7.30, 10.50 a m; 3 p m
Mails arrive-3.00, 6.15, 9.00, 10.05 a m; 12.05, 2.20, 4.00, 5.35, 7.50, 10.00 p m
Mails close-2.30, 6.30, 10.15 a m; 12.15, 2.30, 4.00, 5.40, 7.30, 9.45 p m
Office open week days 7.00 a m to 9.00 p m; Sundays 10.00 to 11.00 a m
Open for Money Orders and Registered Letters from 7.00 to 9.00 p m; Postal Savings 8.00 a m to 8 p m
Collections-Week days 8.00, 11.00 a m; 2.00, 6.30, 10.00 p m; Sundays 6.00, 9.00 p m
P O SUB STATION NO 134, 999 Beacon-Charles H Hitchcock, clerk in charge
P O SUB STATION NO 58, 1953 Beacon-Arthur C Morey, clerk in charge
CHESTNUT HILL STATION, 12 Middlesex rd (New- ton)-John C Brennan, supt; William H O'Neill, clerk: George W Little, M Aloysius Walsh, David J Gleason, Kieran T Kelley, Maurice F P Hickey, Rix Andrews, John J Morrsey, carriers; Office open week days 7.30 a m to 7.30 p m; Holidays 7.30 to 10.00 a m
P O SUB STATION NO 51, 807 Boylston-Mary A Brogan, clerk in charge
P O SUB STATION NO 67, 605 Hammond-Mary A Ward, clerk in charge
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RATES OF POSTAGE DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN
First class-Letters and all matter sealed so that it cannot be examined without breaking the seal. Postage 2 cents per ounce or fraction for United States (including Hawaii, Porto Rico, Guam, Philippine Archipelago, Tutui- la and Canal Zone) Mexico, Canada, Cuba and Republic of Panama, also Shanghai. At least one rate (2 cents) must be prepaid to insure forwarding except to Cuba and Republic of Pan- ama. Postal cards, United States, Cuba, Republic of Panama, Mexico and Canada, 1 cent.
Letters and postal cards are for- warded from one postoffice to another without additional postage. Other matter only on prepayment of addi- tional postage.
The use of hand stamps for per- sonal communications, as stamping a receipt or credit on a bill of accounts; price lists with prices in writing, and all matter produced by typewriting constitutes first class matter.
On Postal Cards the left third and on "Post Cards" the left half of the address side as well as the back may be written or printed on, and very thin sheets of paper may be attached to same if they completely adhere thereto.
Second Class-Newspapers and pe- riodicals issued as frequently as four times a year with a legitimate list of subscribers. Postage to other than subscribers, 1 cent for each four ounces.
Third class-Books (printed), cir- culars, labels, photographs, proof sheets, corrected proof sheets and M S copy accompanying the same, blank checks, drafts, insurance policies and other legal papers, handbills, posters, and all matter of the same general character. Postage 1 cent, for each two ounces or fraction; full prepay- ment of postage compulsory. Seeds, cuttings, roots, bulbs, etc., may be forwarded in the mails for the U S with postage prepaid at third class rate, but matter of this nature for Canada must be prepaid at fourth class rate. Date of issue, name of
addressee and name of sender may be written on a circular or typographical errors corrected without subjecting it to letter postage. Reproduction from Hectograph, Papyrograph, Electric Pen or other similar process may be sent as third class if mailed at post- office and in lots of not less than 20 identical copies. The limit of weight, 4 pounds, except single vol- umes of books to which there is nc limit of weight.
Fourth elass .- "Parcel Post"- Farm and factory products, patterns, address tags, bill heads, letter heads, playing cards, blotting paper un- printed, merchandise, metals, and all other matter not included in the first, second and third classes. Postage 1 cent for each ounce or fraction on parcels weighing 4 ounces or less; on parcels weighing more than 4 ounces the weight is by the pound and varies according to the weight and the dis- tance to be conveyed. Parcel post stamps must be used in either case. Full prepayment compulsory. The limit of weight is 11 pounds. Limit of size 72 inches in length and girth combined. Tags or labels may be at- tached. marked or numbered for the purpose of description. Parcels must bear the name and address of the sender preceded by the word "from."
All mail matter of the third and fourth classes should be securely wrapped but admit of easy inspection. When matter of a lower class is en- closed with matter of a higher class, the whole package is subject to post- age at the higher rate.
Liquids (not vinous, spirituous, ar- dent or malt) and oils, not exceeding 12 ounces liquid measure, salves, ointments, and articles easily liquefi- able and not liable to explode or ig- nite spontaneously or by shock or jar; also ink-powder, pepper and wooden or papier-machier block or other powder not explosive or poison- ous may be forwarded in the Domes- tic mails when put up in glass bottles or vials strong enough to stand the shock of handling enclosed in a metal tube, not less than three-sixteenths of an inch thick, impervious to liq-
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uids, including oils, line with a cush- ion of some absorbent material and fastened with a cover so adjusted to make the block or tube watertight or in tin or metal tubes fastened with a lid and placed securely in a wooden block or tube or tube open only on one end, of same thickness and strength as above. On all such pack- ages the sender may write or print his name and address preceded by the word "From" and also the name of the article enclosed.
Unmailable-All packages contain- ing poisons, explosives, substances ex- haling bad odor, liquors (vinous, spir- ituous, ardent or malt), obscene mat- ter of any description, dunning no- tices on postal cards, and all articles which from their nature are liable to damage the mails or any person han- dling them.
Canada-All packages of merchan- dise not exceeding 4 lbs. 6 oz. weight addressed to Canada, if presented for mailing in such form as to be capable of easy inspection, can be forwarded in the mails to the office of address if postage is fully prepaid at the rate applicable to the same in the Domestic mails. Sealed packages, other than letters in their usual and ordinary form, are notallowed to be despatched to Canada, even if postage is prepaid thereon at full letter rates.
Mexico-Matter addressed to Mex- ico is subject to same rules and con- ditions as if it were addressed for delivery in the United States, except that articles of merchandise not sent as bona fide trade samples, should be sent by parcels post. Sealed packages other than letters in their usual and ordinary form are not allowed to be despatched to Mexico even if postage is prepaid thereon at full letter rates.
Commercial papers for Canada and Mexico, 5 cents for first 10 oz. or less and 1 cent each additional 2 oz. or less. Limit of weight 4 pounds, 6 oz. and must be unsealed.
Special Delivery-A Special Stamp of the face value of 10 cents attached to an article of mailable matter, in addition to the lawful postage of such article, entitles it to immediate de-
livery within the carrier delivery limit of any Free Delivery Post Office and within one mile of any other Post Office in the United States. The law permits the delivery by mail of let- ters bearing only the Special Delivery Stamp, but the ordinary postage due will be collected of the addressee on delivery. Letters from foreign coun- tries bearing United States Special Delivery Stamps are entitled to Spe- cial Delivery. If Special Delivery fee is paid by means of ordinary postage stamps, article must be marked "Spe- cial Delivery."
The hours within which Special De- livery shall be made in Free Delivery Post Offices, are from 7 a m to 11 p m., unless in special cases otherwise ordered by the Postmaster General. At other post offices the hours are at least from 7 a m to 7 p m and to the arrival of the last mail, not later than 9 o'clock p m.
All letters containing money or val- uable articles should be registered to insure their safe delivery. The fee for registration is ten (10) cents ad- ditional to regular postage.
Domestic Money Orders-Not ex- ceeding $2.50, 3 cents; exceeding $2.50 and not exceeding $5, 5 cents; ex- ceeding $5 and not exceeding $10, 8 cents; exceeding $10 and not exceed- ing $20, 18 cents; exceeding $20 and not exceeding $30, 12 cents; exceed- ing $30 and not exceeding $40, 15 cents; exceeding $40 and not exceed- ing $50, 18 cents; exceeding $50 and not exceeding $60, 20 cents; exceeding $60 and not exceeding $75, 25 cents; exceeding $75 and not exceeding $100, 30 cents.
Orders payable in Antigua, Bahama Islands, Barbadoes, Bermuda, British Guiana, British Honduras, Canada, Canal Zone, Cuba, Domenica, Grena- da, Jamaica, Martinique, Mexico, Montserra, Nevis, Newfoundland, Philippine Islands, St Kitts, St Lu- cia, St Vincent, Trinidad and Virgin Islands, are domestic and the fees are the same as for domestic money or- ders.
International Money Orders-The fees for international money orders payable in Apia, Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Cape Colony, Costa Rica,
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Denmark, Egypt, Germany, Great Britain, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hun- gary, Italy, Japan, Liberia, Luxem- berg, New South Wales, New Zea- land, Orange River Colony, Peru, Por- tugal, Queensland, Russia, Salvador, South Australia, Switzerland, Tas- mania, the Transvaal, Uruguay and Victoria, are as follows: 1 cent to $2.50, 10 cents; $2.51 to $5.00, 15 cents; $5.01 to $7.50, 20 cents; $7.51 to $10.00, 25 cents; $10.01 to $15.00, 30 cents; $15.01 to $20.00, 35 cents; $20.01 to $30.00, 40 cents; $30.01 to $40.00, 45 cents; $40.01 to $50.00, 50 cents; $50.01 to $60.00, 60 cents; $60.01 to $70.00, 70 cents; $70.01 to $80.00, 80 cents; $80.01 to $90.00, 90 cents; $90.01 to $100.00, $1.00.
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