Halloween postcard mailed to the Bronx in 1909

At some point I should make a directory of all the vintage Halloween postcards I've featured on Papergreat over the years. It's a pretty groovy list. For now you could plug Halloween postcard into the search bar and get most of them (plus some other stuff, too).

This is one of the oldest ones, I suspect. It was printed in Germany. What I presume to be the publisher's logo, with the words "TRADE MARK," is not one that I recognize. The card was postmarked on the morning of November 1, 1909, in New York City and delivered to an address on Westchester Avenue in the Bronx.

The card's text states "With Best Wishes for Hallowe'en" and the illustration is curious. It looks like something out of Versailles-era France, with a couple of lavishly dressed rich people wearing white wigs. She's sitting on an ornate couch, wearing a bluish dress that's twice her body length. He's standing on the other side of the couch, dangling something in front of her. My best guess was that it's supposed to be an apple or an orange. But, looking at it more, I wonder if it's some sort of medallion and he's trying to hypnotize her as part of a parlor game. Also, her head and neck are turned at a bizarre and unnatural angle. Any thoughts?

At the bottom are some green pumpkins and a clock set to midnight. 

For a fun read about vintage Halloween postcards, check out this article by Anthony Cavo on Kovels Antique Trader.