A mustachioed man sits helplessly draped in a barber's cape — decorated with stars and stripes — while a young woman yanks a lock of his hair at the dressing table, the mischief reflected in the mirror behind them. This delightfully staged Edwardian comic real-photo postcard plays on the double meaning of "parting," a hair-parting pun that would have drawn a knowing chuckle in 1906. Published by W.G. MacFarlane of Buffalo and Toronto, the card was mailed from Middletown, New York, addressed to a W.H. at 33 Beacon Street — a brief but breezy message scrawled on the back reads simply "Will be home Monday." The photographic staging, with its lace curtains, patterned wallpaper, and props, is characteristic of the era's popular comic theatrical-style postcards.