MRS. BROWN. Oh, they usually are weighted down with a family.
MRS. TILSBURY. Mr. Becker is a bachelor and George says he is making a very good income.
MRS. BROWN. Well, that is satisfactory. There is the door-bell now.
MRS. TILSBURY. So you see, Imogene, both of these men are exceptions to your remarks.
KATY. (Announcing.) Mr. Van Tousel!
MRS. TILSBURY. Oh, Mr. Van Tousel! I was just thinking of you and saying to Mrs. Brown that there are some men who are exceptions to the common run of selfish, self-centred New York men and that you were one of these exceptions. Mr. Van Tousel is so broad-minded. He believes in “the cause.”
MRS. BROWN. Indeed!
MR. VAN TOUSEL. I think it is a disgrace, madam, to ask women to pay taxes, to contribute their share to the maintenance of the government, and then to refuse them a single vote in the management of that same government.
MRS. TILSBURY. Isn’t he generous!