H. J. Gutshall lived in Carlisle, a borough and county seat of Cumberland County in south-central Pennsylvania.

This city, in the rich Cumberland Valley, was developed at the juncture of indigenous trails.

A center of Scotch-Irish immigration, the area provided armorers and soldiers to the American Revolution.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlisle,_Pennsylvania

In November of 1907, Mr. Gutshall received a comic postcard from a correspondent whose name seems to begin with the initials. “G.G.”

The postcard was mailed from Carlisle, which suggests that the writer lived nearby and was well-acquainted with the recipient.

Carlisle had a population of about ten thousand at this time.

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The face of the postcard is a staged photograph of a young woman sitting on the lap or knee of a man who is embracing her.

The man is seated at a chair that has been turned away from a cluttered desk.

Nearby is a neat table that may be the secretary’s place of ordinary labor.

The setting suggests that this is a workplace affair.

Beneath the scene is a printed title, “OUR BUSY DAY”.

The viewer knows that this is not the ordinary business of the office.

The humorous postcard was published by “Douglass Post-Card Co.” of Philadelphia.

Although this is a comic postcard, many who disapproved of women working in offices used the pretext of unwholesome influences and temptations to discourage the employment of women in the early 20th century.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women_in_the_workforce

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On the reverse, Mr. Gutshall is addressed as “Harry”.

The writer adopts a reproving tone, “I am surprised at you since I saw you last…”

I interpret this as a kind of mock seriousness, especially as the writer adds, “Just look at this picture.”

There is a subsequent reference to Harry’s upcoming birthday, but I am not sure of the significance of this.

Harry seems to have appreciated the comic scene as the postcard was preserved in very good condition throughout his life.

One hopes that he and his correspondent enjoyed the humor for some time afterwards.