KATE. I don't see why boys have to be so mean.
SUSAN. And you, too, you poor creature. Have you not felt the heel of the oppressor?
PAULINE. Heel of the oppressor? Mercy sakes! That reminds me. Grandma Gregg sent me for to get the Ideal Husband and take him down cellar and black his shoes for him.
SUSAN, (triumphantly) You see! Man makes slaves of us all!
PAULINE. Has any of you seen the Ideal Husband? Grandma Gregg said he was in the Classroom conversin' with the new Professor.
SUSAN. (carelessly) Oh, he's gone to his club. I mean, look behind the screen.
(PAULINE gets the dummy, and carries it out, its feet dragging behind her on the floor. Exit PAULINE.)
SUSAN. My child, the time for the great revolution is at hand. Woman is about to take her rightfully supreme place in the world. In me you see one of the leaders of the Militant Suffragettes. Can I count on you?
KATE. I don't know. I think John Mason treated me just too mean—Oh! here Comes Grandma Gregg.
SUSAN. Hush. Not a word of this! (in a changed tone). Yes, my dear, when his head aches take a handful of chopped ice, and fold it in a bandage—