Laughing eyes, a long chestnut braid, and an extravagant floral hat piled high with leaves and blooms — Marie George fairly radiates the buoyant charm that made her one of Chicago's most beloved comic stage actresses at the turn of the twentieth century. This halftone photo postcard, numbered 1408 and credited to Morrison of Chicago, captures her in theatrical costume with a vivacity that leaps off the card more than a century later. On the back, in a bold looping hand, an anonymous admirer dashed off a brief message to a young woman named Hattie: "Sure I will accept your apology—" — signed simply "A.D." and addressed locally as "City," with a 1-cent Franklin green stamp and an illegible city cancel, circa 1906. Marie George (1879–1955) was a celebrated American actress known for her comic roles in Broadway and Chicago productions including Babes in Toyland; celebrity postcards of working theater performers like her are a cherished corner of the Edwardian postcard world, and examples with their original postal use intact are particularly appealing to collectors of theatrical Americana.