Show 1 1 Courtesy on the Cars I JOMEN WOMEN have not only fought for equal t i rights but have ave attained them if we gauge our opinions by the things we see on 1 the th streetcars But seriously there is little t sa satisfaction t ia b be gleaned from the lack of courtesy daily dally displayed on the he oars oas We Ve remember remember a time when the the aged and the infirm in- in firm were the first to receive consideration on the cars The women n came next while the men men were the last to take seats on crowded 4 4 cars ars 4 t N Nearly arly every crowded str streetcar etcar now furBishes fur- fur Bishes hes a striking cont contrast ast Some men crow crowd Vinto into the cars cars cars' ahead ahe-ad of the women to avail i r themselves of seating accommodations and nothing short of a small bomb would prompt u J i them hem to give up their seats to women g t gers rs The apparent nt discourtesies however ire are i not confined to the men since the selfishness selfishness selfishness' selfish selfish- f q ness ness ness' ss' ss displayed by some women merits the very treatment accorded other women passengers 1 t by some of our men The other night on a crowded car cr we saw sav more women standing than men We Ve S. sal sar more men seated than women And among n ong those standing was a woman carrying l a baby and anc anca a mans man's load of packages and andI j I parcels Neither man nor nr woman offered her vu 1 seat w We vVe blame the men first and the v women Omen men after In mixed crowds when men fail ail ai to show the stamp of gentility it would jeeni seem eem c to be up to the women to remind them Of f their rudeness The woman with the baby back and arid forth over two younger women women who occupied seats She may have haves haveT T escaped s aped the notice of of the men who were seated seated ted b but t it it was impossible for the women 1 i. i to fo fail to see her Such incidents are re a J. disgrace to self-re- self i people The stigma attaches to the I women as well as the men When a young tl y woman will not give her seat to one of her herr r own b sex more in need of it it justifies more i or less the selfish attitude displayed by some of our men because it reflects a lack of consideration consideration consideration con con- which invites and merits similar treatment A little old-fashioned old courtesy might be practised in in the age ge with i 4 benefits to all all' concerned |