MRS. BROWN. What shall I do with Cochon? Do you suppose I could take him in with me at Sherry’s or had I better leave him here?
MRS. TILSBURY. I don’t know whether it would be wise to leave him here. The Irish are so sensitive on the subject of pigs. Suppose we leave him at your apartment as we go by. Come and put on your wrap again.
(MRS. TILSBURY and MRS. BROWN go out.)
MR. BECKER. Well, this is a fine example of what the enfranchisement of woman will lead to; to be driven out of one’s home by political dissension in the kitchen.
MILDRED. We believe in freedom for all women, Mr. Becker. One must be willing to put up with a little inconvenience for the sake of our convictions.
MR. BECKER. And go to a restaurant while your own dinner at home is going to waste?
MILDRED. All food will be cooked in a central kitchen soon and sent around to different homes. Cooking will be done outside of the homes, just as dressmaking, baking, laundering, and lots of other things have been transferred into independent industries. Women can no longer be slaves in the house.
MR. VAN TOUSEL. (Clapping his hands.) Splendid, splendid, Miss Mildred. I have often thought the same thing.
(Re-enter MRS. TILSBURY and MRS. BROWN.)