THE PARLIAMENT OF WOMEN. 215

Prax, “Why should he? °’Tis only poverty that
makes men forswear themselves, and there will be no
poverty here. Every man will have whatever he
wants for the asking.”

Slep. “ But who is to cultivate the land?” .

Prax. “The slaves, of course. All that you will
have to do will be to go nicely dressed to dinner
when the dial shows the hour.”

Blep. “And how shall we get new acest 2”

Prax. “What there are now will serve for the
present, and then we women will spin you new
ones.”

Blep. “Suppose there is a judgment against a
man for a sum of money, how is he to pay it? Not
out of the common stock, I suppose?”

Prax. “But there will be no suits or judgments.”

Blep. “No suits! If any man owes money and
denies the debt, how then?”

Prax. “ How did the creditor get the money to
lend when everything is common?”

Blep. “Good! But tell me this: If a man is
fined for assault, how then? This will puzzle you, I
take it.”

Prax. “Not at all. He'll pay in pudding. Starve
him a bit, and he’ll learn not to be insolent.”

Blep. “Then no one will steal?”

Prax. “Why should he? He’ll be stealing his
own property.”

Slep, “Then there'll be no footpads?”