The Vault at Pfaff's

An Archive of Art and Literature by the Bohemians of Antebellum New York

Aesop Altered to Suit the Times (The Man with Two Wives)

"Aesop Altered to Suit the Times (The Man with Two Wives)." New York Saturday Press, January 21, 1860, 2.
Electronic Source Available
Type
newspaper
Genre
poetry
Abstract

Poem about a man with two wives--one older and one younger. They pluck out his hair, because each has her own opinions about what his hair should look like, which infuriates the husband.