MODERN MANNERS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXV, Issue 57, 8 March 1934, Page 14

MODERN MANNERS.

BEHAVIOUR ON TRAMS.

When" a man gives up his eeat in a tram, it is a courtesy that is, or slioula bo, much appreciated by a. woman. A smile and a murmured word of thanks for this courtesy ie a gesture too frequently forgotten, and tho offered seat is accepted as a matter of couise, with a complete lack of graciousness in lOta"1* - LI J. C Women, too, appear frequently to suffer from thoughtlessness when it comes to making room for others in crowded trams. So often a new passenger could find a place if those already seated moved closer, and so made more space available. Women have a habit of placing small parcels of shopping bags beside them on the seat, and, email though some of these may be, several here and there will occupy an extra scat. Young women have a habit of forgetting the small courtesies due to older people. Frequently they remain seated while women old enough to be their grandmothers hang on to supporting straps. In most cases bad "tramway j manners" are merely lack of thought— | a fault which can be overcome without piuch effort.