A pleasant little incident that shows a bright side to the tramway strike was witnessed by a friend of mine the other day. It will, I am sure, bring joy to the hearts of motorists whose efforts to do good deeds by giving a lift to stranded wayfarers have been haughtily rebuffed by women who misunderstand motoring chivalry.
At a bridge on the outskirts of the city a motorist pulled up his car and offered to drive an elderly woman into town. She was a frail-looking, silver-haired, grandmotherly person, grave in manner, but obviously preserving all the graces of old-time womanhood. She carried a bouquet of flowers, which lent quite an air of the country to the city-bound car. On reaching town she alighted, curtsied to the motorist, thanked him politely, and, with a charming smile, presented him with a beautiful moss ross, the prettiest of the flowers in her bouquet. The motorist was somewhat embarrassed, but, from his flush of pleasure, my friend could see that his heart was stirred by the way this old lady took to acknowledge his chivalrous service. I agree with my friend when he says that this touching little episode might be a lesson in manners to many who could be the old woman's granddaughters.
The Irish Times, September 3rd, 1929.