A TRAMCAR TALE.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 465, 25 March 1909, Page 3

A TRAMCAR TALE.

. Carrying on a conversation in a ] olu i voico in public conveyancea is an.absurd practco .indulged m by many women, and nevor l>v even tho most foolish and vain of n cn (savs an Australian who has bocn happier in her experience than many Wellington people Hero it scorns to bo tho men who talk loudly and for the benefit of tbo car). It is decidedly a breach of good taste. Talkinc for other people's benefit is n silly thine l\ !o \l otl \ cr op K' t,on,t k »">w you, and after they have heard what yon havo to say, and tho way you say it, tneyaro exceedingly glad they don't. Women try to impress folks by talking of their 'frocks, their servants, tho functions thoy aro going to and the places they havo seen. "How hot it is! Positively Red Sea weather!" exclaimed a lady in penetrating tones in a St. Kilria tram to an acquaintance tho other day It was obvious from tho blank look in tho acquaintance's faco that the Rod Sea was to her a dead sea, but that didn't matter in the least to tho much-travelled Australian who was speaking for tbo wholo tram. Two girls in a suburban train last week confided to ono another in tho loudest tonos that! they had just washed their hair, and could do nothing with it." Of course, everyone turned immediately and riveted their eyes upon the hair of tho two damsels. This was just what they wanted. Rolls and puffs innumerable, beautifully arranged, decorated both heads. Not a hair was out of place. I must seo tho hairdresser about it," said ono, and the other agreed sho must go, too. lho passengers soon afterwards enjoyed a good laugh at tlio girls' expense. A man got up at a station to leavo tho train, and accidentally trod on the foot of another man. Ho apologised. "Oh, don't troublo, old man," replied tho other, gazing round with a fcwinkio in his eye, "I've just washed it, an'* l can't do anything with it."