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PLOCAL, A large audience eomposed of the Da- nish elzinent and others, representing the respectatiiity of the Island, was present at tha sereening of the Danish film at the theatre last night. The ocecasion was opaned with an appropriate address by the Chairman of the Danish Club, M:. E. - Gedde, and musie, Danish airs, was fur- nished throughout the esurse of the eve ning bv piano and clarion-t, Miss 1. Stev- ens and Mr. Juan Rivera performers. The pieture showed Kingz Caristian’s visits to Sreenland, iceland and the Faroe Isiands, aboard ship, ete., ete., ait fino, interest- ing and also instructive to see. Correspondence Editor of the St. Croix Av:s. : Dear Sir:— ‘ We allo ved a week to pass since our article so that all the likely steam that micht have arisen, a chance o blow off, and as it is n>t likely any internal cormnbustion wiil take piace now, we will m2ake our final remarks. The Editor of the Herald took up oac of our pvints, and made some remarks on it, viz :-*‘Lawful authority’’, He made expression of opinicn as to what is “law- ful authority’’ and what was not. We!l, we have nnt tiie leisure or the timne toen- ter into a controveisial dispuiation on the subjeect, otherwise, we couid give the latest opinions on that subject, which would prove our point correct. We will content ourselves nevertheless, believing that we are right, and say to the Editor of the Herald’’ he is welecome to his opin- ion for we have no personal animosity again®t him for a different opinion. What we wanted to make clear, was that his statement, ‘*All of the people”’ .did no’ endorse, what he had written. The Editor of the Herald, made another statement about our article. He said we wrote for the Governor to see. Now, that was another conclusion of his with- out being sure of the facts. For, if we wanted the Governor only, to know our opinion, we could have called upon him and told him so privately. We had not that, as our sole object: we wanted it seen elsewhere, and by others as well, and to let it be known that ‘‘Allof the people’” did not look upon the Governor or the Government with ‘'SUSPICION’’ as said by the Editor of the Herald. One more person cldims our attention in this matter, and that is Mr. Brow. We will say to him that we admire his adroitness in passing the “‘Buck’ upto us ag2in. He asked us to answer a very pertinent question of ours. We ecannct answer his question at present, except - ~ that ‘‘time will tell’””and if we are wrong and he right, he will get his answer with- out our having to make It. The manly letter of Mr. Brow is commendable and shows a fair spirit towards a differcace ol. C L O A Y IS of opinion, which is the only standard of ethics knowan t» men’ of som2 ocdinary intelligence. The Elitor of the Hozrald also held himself in hand this tdne, and invited discussion, but as we hate stated above, we hava no intention to ‘enter into a dis- cussion in tnis matter: we must therefore daciine thesz offers. . Having expressed our exeeptions to the Editorial notes™nf the Horald of 22th April a. ¢., w 2 ar2 fiaish:d with the sud jeet for this tize, Wit -l remain to th> end of the chapiers, ¥~ 3 instancs, and in all instances, whet. ececlesiastieal, politizal,- governmental, or otherwise, always whare the exigency of the occasion demands ‘‘Anti{Tumbuz’’. Thankinz vou for space, Mr. Editor, we are, as said aboyve Respectfully, “ANTI-HUMBUG” St. Croix, My Ist. 1922, TELEGRAMS. ST. SROIX STATION. London, April 28:h. —Major W.T. Blake of the Royual Air feuce, has been invited to take the place of the late Sir Ross Smith in th= proposed around the world flight, the ‘'Evening Star’’ announces, a lding that it has been informed by Ma- Jor Biake that he iz taking Captain Nor- man McMillap with him, but bas not yei decided on the typeof flying machine 9 be used. The route wiil be throuush ¥rance, Italy, Greece, Egzypt, Mesopoia- mia, India, Eastern China, Japan, thence via the Aleutian istands across Alaska, through the United Siates to New York, thene2 to Newioundland and then aeross the Atiantic via Greenignd and Iceland to Scotland. The Major expeets to start about the end of May and plaus to com- plete the trip in twn months. Paris, April 29th.--Queen Victoria of Spain and her two daughters, the infan- tas Christina and Beatrice, arrived hure yesterday. They will remain uuntil tomor- row, when they wiil leave for Lond:n to attend the funeral of the Queen’s brother Lord Mounthaten. _—-————-——————-———r—-?———-——-——————————-—- 7 \ . POSTAL IMPROVEMENT WEEK, May Ito 6 LOST MOTION IS WEARING AND PROFITS NOBODY. Today I want to meet the rural patrons of the island; those falks who'live in the country but wnose mail arrives addressed to the town post offices, and very often to n» posi office at all, - although not only the rural population is responsible for the needless labar wnich bad addressing of mail gives the local postal service, but mmany town residents as well, wheirefore the time seems propitious Yor again point- ing out the irregularity, the hardship it works on the postal service here, the way to correet it, anl the benefit to the od- dressees themsoelves that must surely fol- low appropriace atteniion to this matter. First of ail let us consider the rmanner in which delivery of this mail is to be made. In St. Croix all mail, except Speeial e- livery mail, is called for at post offices, hence the important point is for the mail to get to the post office at which it will be called for, and how is this to be ac- complished if it is addressed to Chirisiing- sted when it is going to be called for at Kingshili? How is it possible to hand out this mail when called for at Freder- iksted if it is uddressed merely *'St. Croix”’, or at best with the name of some estate or private residence, and in fact in an\ other than the right way, and is therefore at Christiansted where the post office staff having more than enough of its owa to handle must nevertheless readdress it, postm 'rk it, stamp it to bring to notice ths it was impreperly addressed, ete.? 1 can hardly believe that a resident of the Estate Wkheel of Fortune, for example, in sending to Fred- eriksted for something would be satisfied if his messenger went to Christiansted first and then back to i"rederiksted. Yet that is prec:sely the roundabout way the rural population of Frederiksted distriet get their mail. When mail is landed at Frederiksted, through bad addressing the folks in that quarter get most their letters and papers the next dav beczuse these were in the Christiansted bags where they will be put so long*‘Frederik- sted’’ is omitted in the address. Lots of letters pass through this office addressed *o names,of estates with or without Christiansted being included, the most of such letters being intended for patrons of the Kingshill and Frederiksted post offices. Addresses of many nf these let- ters include gthe names of houses, and private residences. Doubtless the names of houses may be pretty and eddifying, but they are absolutely valueless from a poatzl veint of view in this island where everybody is more or less known, and mail must be fetched anyway. Some peo- ple tell me that it is a waste of time to urge cooperation that does not extend some premise of gain to the other side. The gain is obvious here; it comprises earlier receipt of mail by addresseces in rural districts and Frederiksted, inciden- tally a iess bruised and more efficient pos- tal service, and last but not least, a more satisfied publiec. Do your part along these lines for “"Postal Improvement Week’’: Have your correspondents and publishers advised to address your mail to the post office at which you look forit. Let the name of the post office be written in bold letters, more conspicuous than the rest of the address; you who are getting news- papers addressed improperly, take the matter up right now with your publishers and have them add '‘Frederiksted’’ or “Kingshill’’as the case may require, and watch for the result. Thank you. B. R. LARSEN, Postmaster.