Mrs. J. H. Wallace lived in Princeton, the pretty college town in Mercer County of west-central New Jersey.
The first European community dates to the end of the 17th century when land was cultivated by settlers from the Swedish colony in Wilmington, Delaware.
Although widely-associated with Princeton University, Princeton today boasts numerous think tanks, advanced study centers, research laboratories, and educational companies.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princeton,_New_Jersey
We met several members of the extended Wallace family in earlier postcard stories:
“Aunt Ruth Is at the Races”, “Taking the Waters”, and “The Bear Will Eat You”.
In August of 1939, Mrs. Wallace received a postcard from “N” (possibly, “M” or “W”).
The postcard was mailed from Hawley, a borough on the Lackawaxen River in Wayne County of northeast Pennsylvania.
Named for the first President of the Pennsylvania Coal Company, Hawley had already evolved into a resort town at the time the postcard was mailed.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawley,_Pennsylvania
Several grand hotels, clubs, and golf courses attracted summer visitors to this area near Lake Wallenpaupack in the Pocono Mountains.
Today, an historic theater and other structures are preserved in Hawley.
(The earlier postcard story, “The Bear Will Eat You” was sent to Jack Wallace, Jr from Hawley, PA.)
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The face of the postcard shows a daily schedule entitled, “My Daily Programme”.
Each item on a list of daily activities is accompanied by a small illustration.
A person following the regimen would enjoy swimming sun-bathing, cocktails, an evening of theater or movies, and a moment of romantic togetherness.
The dress and bathing costume of the model suggests the period of the late 1930’s, when the postcard was printed.
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On the reverse, the sender begins the message without a greeting.
Our writer reports, “Am busy as anything with the programme on the other side.”
The correspondent asks, “When are you off to the Cape?” and adds “How about one of your newsy letters?”
The last lines of the message discuss the weather: “Enjoying swell weather and hope you are the same.”
One hopes that the writer continued to enjoy the summer in Hawley, that Mrs., Wallace was able to send a “newsy letter”, and that many more postcards were exchanged.
