<p>A postcard sent to Ted Claxton. Showing a cartoon titled: "Final scene: Shy lady and silent worshipper."
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There are two jokes here. The first is the obvious one about the bride misreading the advertisement to mean that she can be provided with children although her husband is too old to help produce them. The second is about the unseen person throwing a shoe at the elderly bridegroom. There was a tradition of bringing shoes (gently!) to weddings because, some say, shoes at weddings carried a sexual meaning. In this case, however, the shoe thrown at the old and impotent bridegroom is used as an insult. (This is not the same tradition or meaning as the throwing of shoes in Arab culture). If we look at these two jokes together with the title, it would appear that the bride is going to be tempted to take another lover, who is present but so far unseen.
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1905-02-11
Scan of original postcard in my possession