Adam and Eve

His name can be read above the caption on the front of this rather grubby postcard, telling us that Reg Maurice drew the woodland scene that we are looking at. A small boy with a prominent fig leaf gazes askance at the naked girl in front of him as a rabbit or hare peeps out from behind a tree trunk. The caption reads: ‘Eve: Why aren’t you in Khaki? / Adam: Cause when leaves turn khaki they fall.’. ‘Regent Series’ and ‘No. 2629’ is the only printed text on the reverse that remains legible. The postmark tells us that the postcard was mailed on 2 May 1917 in Ripon. It is addressed in black ink to ‘Mrs H Smith / 45 Dorset St / Nr [?] Broomspring Lane / Sheffield’. The message reads ‘Dear Mother, anything like this on our [mantelpiece?], just a few lines hopeing [sic] you are having fine wether [sic] at Sheffield as it his [sic] very hot hear [sic] & is nearly killing me i think i shall be in hospital before long & things don’t improve hope you are all in the best of health [?] at home. I will send the parcel at the end of the week. Well I think this is all this time so good night – I remain your loving son wright [sic] back soon xxx Harry’.