Mrs. Ella Overman lived in Wichita, the prosperous city that began as a trading post on the Chisholm Trail and a destination of cattle drives in the 19th century.
In the 20th century, railroads brought diversified industry to this part of south-central Kansas.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wichita,_Kansas
Sometime near Christmas, in a year near 1910, Ella received a postcard from Alice and Clarence.
I believe that the postcard was mailed within an envelope as the postcard is not stamped, and because the Post Office had banned glitter postcards by 1910.
The postcard seems to have been sent from Wichita, and the message suggests that the senders lived somewhere outside of “town”.
The face of the postcard is a drawing of two large blossoms, the images are lightly-embossed.
Above the flowers are the words, “Merry Xmas”, applied with silvery glitter.
I believe the postcard can be viewed vertically, but it would be harder to apply the glitter message in that position.
On the reverse, Alice reports, “Clarence and I are in town today”.
Despite their nearby presence, it appears that the visitors will not be able to visit Mrs. Overman.
Alice continues, “Wish you could come eat dinner with us tomorrow.”
One hopes that Alice and Clarence enjoyed their visit to Wichita, that they and Ella had a splendid Christmas dinner, and that the friends maintained a postcard correspondence (sans glitter) for many years.
