Rensselaer Journal, Volume 12, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 January 1903 — A DELUGE OF POST CARDS. [ARTICLE]

A DELUGE OF POST CARDS.

New Fad Keeps Clerks Busy on Summit of Mont Blanc. Scarcely any one ascends Mont Blanc now without taking a packet of postal cards with him, and the first thing he does after he has admired the scenery for a few minutes is to write on each card a few words expressing his admiration. Then he addresses the cards to friends, and, if he has more cards than friends, he addresses some to strangers. Moreover, if his circle of acquaintances is not large he writes his own name and address on several cards. He then mails all the cards and considers that one of his chief duties as a tourist has been done. That friends and even strangers will value the cards sent by him he is certain, since they were written on Mont Blanc, andthe is sure that he will be highly pleased to find on his return home the cards which he has addressed to himself. Thousands of such postal cards, it is said, are mailed daily, and as a result the postal clerks are not in the best humor., and are longing for the time when Mont Blanc will put on its winter raiment and tourists will be obliged to stay at home.