Miss Elsia Hyde was living in Lowell, a small city on the Grand River – about 15 miles east of Grand Rapids.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lowell,_Michigan
Elsia resided in the household of Will Condon.
We have seen other postcards related to members of the Hyde family and to the household of Will Condon.
In February of 1913, Elsia received a comic postcard from her sister, Zilpha.
The postcard was mailed from Lowell, so we may assume that Zilpha lived near her sister.
The face of the postcard shows a young man and a young woman attempting to perform some action on the top of a small table.
I cannot determine what is occurring – one can see clearly a teacup, and the large object in the center could be a tea pot.
The legend has two parts:
“The Newlyweds” and “The Day the Cook Left”.
The humor is found in the helplessness of the two setting up their household -they seem unable to prepare a cup of tea.
There is a publisher’s insignia of a horseshoe, but I have not identified the company.
At a time when many households had servants, cooks, or general “help”, the postcard may be a wry commentary on the need for basic skills of self-sufficiency.
On the reverse, we learn that the comic postcard does not seem to have any specific objective or target.
Zilpha writes, “I han’t (sic) got any thing to say, so good by…”.
Elsia preserved this, and a vast quantity of other postcards, throughout her life.
One hopes that she was amused by the predicament of the newlyweds.
