Develop The Safety Habit.

The development of the habit of safety in the individual depends on the readiness with which he applies the lessons of experience in the scrupulous avoidance of practices which imperil his and others’ safety. In the matter of safety the child, in some instances, is more careful than the man. Observe the child whose curiosity as to the meaning of fire has been gratified by the unpleasant experience of its burning properties; he never again puts his little fingers too close to the hot stove. So it should be with those whose life's work it is to engage in dangerous occupations. They should rule out all practices which their own experience and that of others has demonstrated to be dangerous and they should cultivate those practices only which experience has proved to be safe. Immunity from accident—a consummation so much desired—can be secured in no other way.