A letter from Albert Hafner to his fiancée Elizabeth Chandler in Massachusetts. After Chandler asked him if he designed a futuristic garment that could replace trousers, Hafner delivers his complaints about long pants again. He envisions a pair of pants that do not go below the knee and believes women could also benefit from bottoms/skirts that are knee-length. He reflects on his ability to sleep throughout his travels by train and boat in his youth. He enters a discussion about his high opinion of women; he believes women stand morally higher than men even though men are believed to be the stronger sex. Hafner says once women come together and refuse to marry "puppets" and the government pays them what they deserve, the male puppets will fall out of existence. He then expresses his gratitude that Chandler's letters to him are unlike those she sends to anyone else. Hafner updates her on the canoes; the white one needs repainting, and Chandler has no need to be jealous of the few girls who have been passengers in them. The managers of the hotel are well again.