A postcard from a friend visiting in Rome to William Mary Schifferli at Innsbruck.

William at this time was sick with tuberculosis, and would soon return from school in early June 1908 to the family home in Buffalo NY to convalesce, but would pass away on 27-Jul-1908, a few months after this card was written.

Rome, April 11th 08.

Hello Cat!-

Is you’se up - here’s a prosit. Kupp is a D.D now unless he fell through - at any rate we celebrate it this eve. Rome is great - you ought to see the Dutch race around - they are killing themselves, and still they don’t see more than we. [Gigi] is our guide. Regards from […] Prince […] etc etc Joe.