Loy described this play to Carl Van Vechten, writing: “I wrote a play called ‘The Pamperers’—which is simultaneously a parody of the “Genius”—& the society that takes him up—it’s a good deal longer than the ones in Rogue—the hero is a man who picks up cigar ends” [c. 1915]. She mentions it again in a 1919 letter, expressing her hopes that it will be produced, “I think it would do well for the Bandbox Theatre.”  Although the play was never produced in Loy’s lifetime, it was published in The Dial* in July 1920 (vol. 69, no. 1, pp. 65-78).

Mina Loy. Letters to Carl Van Vechten. Carl Van Vechten Papers, Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library. Loy, Mina: Yale University Library Digital Collections.

The first quotation comes from images 104-105; the second quotation comes from image 44 in this digital exhibit.