And, yet, I PITY them, too. I'm thinking quite seriously of starting a little Mission of my own for the purpose of appealing to and reforming the Parasite Women among my acquaintances. Of course it will take organization, and that means I will have money to start it and keep it going. But Papa will give me the money all right. That is one thing about poor, dear Papa -- he doesn't understand the new movements at all, but he WILL give me money. And he never asks what I do with it. Now and then, of course, he scolds me a little -- he told me the other day that I cost him nearly as much as a war. But I can always jolly him, you know, when he gets that way. Men are so easily managed and flattered. I suppose my Mission will take quite a LOT of money, too. But it is my DUTY, and I am willing to make ANY sacrifice -- we modern thinkers are used to making sacrifices for our Cause! And it is worth a lot of sacrifice to make the Parasite Woman over into an Awakened and Enlightened Member of Society, independent of the Man-Made System that has shackled her for so long. What is nobler than Emancipation? Of course, I'll have to have a Secretary, And to get one especially training in organizing the Mission will cost quite a bit, probably. But Papa will never miss it. And I think I'll have a MAN for a Secretary. One that is quite presentable socially, you know. For the Secretary will have to attend to a lot of the details. I will give some teas and entertainments and things, just to get the Parasite Women I know interested. And there's nothing like the right sort of a man to get women to cooperate in some Cause that aims for Woman's Liberty. And I suppose, really, TWO Secretaries would be better. And they will have to be men who can dance the new dances well, too. That counts a lot nowadays in getting girls to come to places. I feel that I have Found my Work! One's work lies at one's hand, if one could but see it, always. And mine is to Save the Parasite Women I know from Themselves and their Frivolity. I will coax the first cheque out of Papa this very evening! It may take some management and jollying, but--well, Papa is EASY! THE HOUSE BEAUTIFUL WE'RE taking up the House Beautiful -- our Little Group of Serious Thinkers, you know -- for we've decided that Environment has more effect on personality than Heredity. Interior decoration is the greatest of the arts -- don't you think? -- because it furnishes the proper setting for the spirit. The loveliest woman gave us a talk on interior decoration the other night -- she wears these slinky, Greek things, you know, with straw sandals, when the weather permits -- and I engaged her to do the house over. But right away a problem presented itself -- whether to have the house done to fit my personality or whether to have the house done to fit the thing I want my personality to evolve into, and trust the environment to help in the evolution.