A Courteous Conductor the Edttor of the "Nonm-Cinxa Dany News"
Sim—So much has been said and written concerning the outrageous behaviour of the French Tramwey conductors nnd motormen int utter disregard of the rights of pas" sengers and the general public (a situation" which has considerably worsened since the recent formation of their now Inbour union) that it would probably be a source of sucprise and relief to the man in the street if one were to relate a case tending to point to the reverse of the very ugly picture, On Saturday last 1 boarded a Route 21 bus at the corner of Rue Lafayette and Route Pere Robert at 705 pam, 1 was surprised and T may say dumbfounded when T saw the conductor put out his hand to. assist foreign lady in getting into the said bus. While pondering over this very unusual happening, the came to a stop at the' corner of Avenue Dubail, nnd here again. the conductor reached out to help an: elderly Chinese Tady board the, bus. 'Once "again, when" we arrived Avenue Joffre the same. thing happened,' this time the parties boarding the bus being two Chinese women of the working class, Throughout the trip this conductor struck me as the acme. of court-oonsness and consideration for the safety and comfort of the passengers. At two different turnings he even took the trouble to lean out of the window In order to shout a friendly warning to rickshaw pullers to pull up to the side near the kerb to avoid their being struck by the bus. which was. being driven in a somewhat Feckless manner.
The number of the bus in question was 850 and that of this very Unusual conductor 312, And what seemed to me very puzzling was the fact that the said conductor was wearing on his service cap the ubiquitous blue enamel badge of the Tramway Workers Union, What a blessing would it be to us, members of the long-suffering public, {f other conductors and. motormen of the French Tramways should decide to mend their ways taking a Teaf out of No. 312's book. Courtes and consideration, as shown by this very unusual, servant of the public, even though 'a member of his union, would go a very long way indeed toward gaining for the said tunfon the respect and sympathy of the users of the French trams and buses, in their ght to attain an amelioration of. their present living conditions.
Shanghai, Mar. 10.
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