The Anglo-Saxon 'new woman' is the most ridiculous production of modern times, and destined to be the most ghastly failure of the century." Apart from the deprecation--perhaps well placed--which is contained in this presentment, it adds nothing but obscurity to the woman question.

The grievance of the new woman is made up of those things which this typical characterization of the movement urges as reasons why she should be content.

She is petted, and is permitted, or even required, to consume largely and conspicuously--vicariously for her husband or other natural guardian.

She is exempted, or debarred, from vulgarly useful employment--in order to perform leisure vicariously for the good repute of her natural (pecuniary) guardian.

These offices are the conventional marks of the un-free, at the same time that they are incompatible with the human impulse to purposeful activity.