The Discontented Woman
A woman who was dissatisfied with her husband loudly petitioned Jove to send her another. The god listened favorably to her petition and sent her a demigod.
In less than a week the woman was bewailing her lot again, saying she never cared for mixed goods anyhow, and that while the god-half of her present husband might be all right, the man-half snored and chewed tobacco. Jove, wearied by her ill-humored persistency, took back the demi-god and sent her a man out of the Yellow Book for husband, instead.
Up to the present writing the lady in question hasn’t discovered where she is at.
IMMORAL:
Hysterics and Art are only relations by marriage.
Notes
1 (editorial note) This was corrected from the original, which read: “Well, where’s your art now, snarled the lion?”