I hadn't read it, but I just read Dover Bitch. It's really quite good, but also kind of humorous to me as Hecht is guilty of the same crime he chides Arnold for:

Hecht imagines Arnold as using his actual fiance as a prop.

Hecht in actuality uses a simulacrum of Arnold's fiance as a prop.

It isn't clear if Arnold used her in this way (I assume she read his shit, liked it, and knew what she was getting before she said "yes"), but regardless, Arnold's piece was a reflection on the state of existence and the idea that happiness, security, and all those other goodies needed to be defined and nurtured together.

Hecht, however, did use her simulacrum, and was doing so to more or less say "I'm better at knowing what a woman really wants."

Arnold was forging a bond with his fiance, Hecht was whipping his dick out. I get that he was arguing that Arnold was really ignoring her needs, but he had to co-opt Arnold's fiance and make a huge assumption to do so.

It does not surprise me to learn that Hecht's piece was written in the 1920's.