Miss Ruth Hoppes lived in Mulberry, a small city in southeast Kansas.
Founded as a mining town on the site of an Indian camping site, the city peaked in population in 1920.
Today, Mulberry has about 20% of the population it experienced in 1920.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mulberry,_Kansas
We met Ruth Hoppes in other postcard stories; she was a schoolteacher.
In May of 1916, Ruth received a postcard greeting from a friend.
The friend, who lacks the skills in spelling and grammar that one expects from a schoolteacher, posted the greeting from Hot Springs, Arkansas.
Hot Springs, the resort city in central Arkansas, was a popular resort for travelers and vacationers across the Midwest.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_Springs,_Arkansas
The face of the postcard is a drawing of a young couple in a hammock.
The pair are engaged in reading a book together, or sharing some picture or story.
The young man is wearing a light suit; the young woman sports a long dress.
Above the drawing, a printed legend suggests that the two are finding their way in a romantic relationship: “Teach Me How to Love You”.
The publisher is not indicated, but the postcard was from the “Hammocks” series.
On the reverse, the sender acknowledges receipt of a postcard from Ruth.
The friend was “glad to here (sic) from the uper (sic) world.”
Ruth learns that her friend plans to return “in a week or so”.
Miss Hoppes preserved this greeting within her large collection of postcards throughout her life.
