If you were rural folk or back woods people in a much older time you might still know about the Chivaree. It was a custom apparently brought over that still survived in some parts of America long after it died out among the English and Irish back home. When a couple married, their neighbors congregated outside the honeymoon house and made a bloody racket. Presumably this aided their nuptials, though to be frank I don't see how. No wonder the custom died out. It was never popular among immigrant populations in the cities.

Of course, I wanted to suggest a festive brawl, a near riot of violent actions and rambunctious individuals. But like any good artist, I was lazy. One of the devices I most admired about many of the best newspaper cartoonists is the strategic use of silhouettes, and this seemed to be the perfect occasion for it. The black cut-out like shapes give all the detail necessary, but yet leave almost everything to the imagination.