SYDNEY’S MOST MODEST MAN.

Shannon News, 26 June 1928, Page 3

SYDNEY’S MOST MODEST MAN.

CALLS THE CONDUCTOR.

SYDNEY, June 14. Sydney’s most modest man was unearthed to-day. • . Just an ordinary citizen, aged about 45, bound for Bose Bay. Seated in a compartment of a tram engrossed in his newspaper and at peace with the world —until a young lady seated herself directly opposite him! The young lady, in quite a natural manner, crossed her legs. No one noticed the action until the citizen with the newspaper, plainly endeavouring to control his blushes, summoned the

guard. In a loud voice he drew attention to the “immodest” show of legs. In no uncertain terms he requested the guardto act iu the matter, but beyond a shy glance through the doorwwy the guard ignored the complaint. • Thereupon, taking out a pencil and paper, the citizen began to make innumerable notes, including the numbers of the tram and guard. He called for witnesses, but rustling newspapers and a few feminine giggles were the only response. The girl started unseemingly in front of her while the voice of the outraged citizen could still be heard mumbling. “What could I do,” said the guard plaintively to sympathetic listeners in he next, compartment. “Is there a regulation th&t says I have the power to dictate as to the way dresses should be worn? Have I to be dress censor as ivell as conductor?” And so the matter closed, at least for the time being, and Sydney’s most nmdest citizen went on his way, still ruffled, and ill at ease with the world.