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Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20471, 15 February 1932, Page 14

A lady iiL London, recently, was,a brave pioneer, being the first woman to ■ use the new carnage on the metropolitan railway labelled "Ladies only —smoking." With a look of determination the'; woman booked a ticket on a late train to Aylesbury, bought a packet of cigarettes, and' settled in a corner of the new carriage. Three men were grimly turned away by a wave of her small gloved hand at the notice—"Ladies only—-smoking." Finally the train left Baker street, the brave -lady alone in her stronghold, and the writer —a mere male—next door. At Aylesbury the mere man leaped v from the train and prepared to tell the brave lady that she was famous. But it was a subdued heroine who greeted him, in a smokeless, ashless carriage, and told the sad story •—she had forgotten her matches.