Vintage Halloween Greeting Card with Black Cat and Witch, Early 1900s

The cat appears to have appointed itself spokesperson for a witch who couldn't be bothered to show up — leaving only her broom and pointy hat leaning against the fence as evidence of her existence. Perched atop a white picket fence like a tiny furry landlord, this wide-eyed black cat dominates the scene while the poem scrawled across the fence boards reads less like a Halloween greeting and more like a politely worded restraining order violation: 'Tonight, she and I shall not pass YOU by' is doing a lot of threatening work for something written in whimsical cursive. The cat's enormous, vacant eyes suggest either profound spiritual wisdom or a creature that has absolutely seen some things, and the abandoned witch accessories — broom and hat just... left there — imply the witch herself is somewhere nearby, invisible, watching, waiting, which is frankly not the energy anyone needs on a greeting card.