He is interested in all things, M.L.E.F.W._) the Woman’s Movement included. BEN LAMB, M.P. As a student of woman, he admits to being in the infants’ class. SIGSBY An Election Agent. He thinks the modern woman suffers from over-indulgence. He would recommend to her the teachings of St. Paul. HAKE A butler. He does not see how to avoid his wife being practically a domestic servant without wages. A DEPUTATION It consists of two men and three women. Superior people would call them Cranks. But Cranks have been of some service to the world, and the use of superior people is still to be discovered. THE FIRST ACT SCENE:—_Drawing-room_, 91, _Russell Square_. TIME:—_Afternoon_. (MRS. ELIZABETH SPENDER _sits near the fire_, _reading a book_. _She is a tall_, _thin woman_, _with passionate eyes_, _set in an oval face of olive complexion_; _the features are regular and severe_; _her massive dark hair is almost primly arranged_. _She wears a tailor-made costume_, _surmounted by a plain black hat_. _The door opens and_ PHOEBE _enters_, _shown in by_ HAKE, _the butler_, _a thin_, _ascetic-looking man of about thirty_, _with prematurely grey hair_. PHOEBE MOGTON _is of the Fluffy Ruffles type_, _petite_, _with a retroussé nose_, _remarkably bright eyes_, _and a quantity of fluffy light hair_, _somewhat untidily arranged_. _She is fashionably dressed in the fussy_, _flyaway style_. ELIZABETH _looks up_; _the two young women shake hands_.) PHOEBE. Good woman. ’Tisn’t three o’clock yet, is it? ELIZABETH. About five minutes to. PHOEBE. Annys is on her way. I just caught her in time. (_To_ HAKE.) Put a table and six chairs. Give mamma a hammer and a cushion at her back. HAKE. A hammer, miss? PHOEBE. A chairman’s hammer. Haven’t you got one? HAKE. I’m afraid not, miss. Would a gravy spoon do? PHOEBE (_To_ ELIZABETH, _after expression of disgust_.) Fancy a house without a chairman’s hammer! (_To_ HAKE.) See that there’s something. Did your wife go to the meeting last night? HAKE (_He is arranging furniture according to instructions_.) I’m not quite sure, miss. I gave her the evening out. PHOEBE. “Gave her the evening out”! ELIZABETH. We are speaking of your wife, man, not your servant. HAKE. Yes, miss. You see, we don’t keep servants in our class. Somebody’s got to put the children to bed. ELIZABETH. Why not the man—occasionally?