A somber woman, hands pressed close to her chest, peers out from her door upon a rain-swept street, and in doing so, she tentatively extends one foot over the doorsill. A poster in the adjacent doorway of a shoe store draws a comparison to the figure of an exuberant model that appears to be dancing. While considerably smaller in scale, the dancer seems to be urging the staid woman at left to unclasp her hands and enjoy herself. The extent of that woman’s exertion seems to be extending a toe to take the measure of the rain; she remains incongruously oblivious to the comparison.