Dick: Why, that, wouldn’t be very nice—to take an ax to her.
Tom: I would, only she began to sing “O, Woodman, Spare that Tree.”
Dick: O, behave!
Tom: You know my wife used to be a “summer girl.”
Dick: And what is a “summer girl?”
Tom: A “summer girl” is a rack to stretch shirt-waists on; inside is a compartment for lobster salad, chop suey and ice cream; while outside is an attachment for diamond rings.
Dick: A very good definition, my boy. I suppose you hung a diamond ring on the outside?
Tom: No; I hung up my watch on the inside of a pawnshop.
Dick: Well, don’t worry—a man should be satisfied with what he has.
Tom: O, I’m satisfied with what I have. It’s what I haven’t got that causes most of my dissatisfaction.