The Archive · 1938

Reparations

In Hollywood not long ago a lady divorced her husband so she could marry a rich man and the rich man gave the husband $100,000 to mend his broken heart.

It reminds me of the time my cousin Archie met a married lady and they fell in love. She told Archie that if he could get her husband to divorce her, shed marry him. So Archie went like a man and spoke to her husband about it.

When he came back to her, she says, "Well, did my husband carry on much?" and Archie says, "Yes—he said he was genua feel the loss terribly, but I squared it with a good cigar."—Bob burns.

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