Mrs. Arlie Childs lived in West Clarksville, a hamlet within the town of Clarksville in Allegany County of southwest New York State.
The small community, not far from the northern border of Pennsylvania, has had a post office since 1837.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Clarksville,_New_York
In October of 1914, Arlie was celebrating a birthday.
For the occasion, she received a postcard from her aunt, Louise Williams.
Aunt Louise mailed the postcard from Indianapolis, the largest city, and the State Capital of Indiana.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indianapolis
The written message suggests that the sender was visiting this place in central Indiana, and did not reside there.
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The face of the postcard is dominated by a large medallion drawing of a rural meadow.
Here, a rustic bridge spans a brook, beneath an over-spreading tree.
The blue of the sky, and the green of the grass, are quite vivid.
An array of wild roses frames the placid scene
A printed legend expresses, “Birthday Greetings”.
The pleasing image was “Printed in Saxony”.
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On the reverse, Aunt Louise greets “Dear Arlie”.
Louise reports, “we are better and expect to start for home Monday.”
Aunt Louise then acknowledges that the Birthday greeting is late, but asks, “please except (sic) Birthday greetings and kind wishes of Aunt Louise Williams.”
The message ends with the news, “it has been quite cold for a few days.”
We observe that Aunt Louise has a very legible hand, and that she (correctly) notes her location and the date.
Arlie preserved the postcard in very good condition.
One hopes that Arlie enjoyed a wonderful birthday, that Aunt Louise returned safely and that she enjoyed continued good health, and that the relatives exchanged many more postcards.
