CARELESSNESS.

Hutt News, Volume 2, Issue 15, 5 September 1929, Page 3

CARELESSNESS.

Carelessness annually claims a toll of millions of, pounds in> property loss as well as thousands- of lives over t>=.e • whtole world. A carelessly tossed match seta fire to a great factory and it burns to tfee ground, entailing much property loss and throwing hundreds of persons out of employment. An automdbile driver fails to look both ways before crossing a railroad, track and a tram hits the inac-hinc killing or :|njuring the occupants. A trainman reads his orders carelessly, confusing them, ani a disastrous wreck occurs. Careless workmanship' can ruin the greafcost bviaiacss house or industrial plant. Oarelessness affects everything we do. A careless word, thoughtlessly spoken, can ruin a lifelong friendship, A careless t>hough]tj discarded, may mean ckwsing the doo,r to, opportunity for fame or. fortuiio.^ The most worthy cawee* if the peraons who are.;foster|ng it are carele3s/will be a: failure,. The carelessness ,of the criminal' is What eventually lanrls' him in the hands cf the law and convicts ibim in court. Carelessness in doing.any task usually results in much work afterwards to Correct .errors^ or in doing the work «..il over again, : ' ■To guard against carelessness requires constant watchfulness and careful thought. Yet the result, is worth th« effort involved, The man who is always careful will avoid accidents, will porba'bly live longer, and has a better cihance of advancement in life t-haai the slipshod-, careless person for whom anything "good enough" is1 sufficient. The lesson of carelessness is ono that every person shdtild strive to master. —Dayton Daily News. Biggs: "That old .chap over there seems very mean." Waggs: "Yes, The only thing he lias ever .spent is his youth, and he regrets spending that." "Darling, in the" moonlight your teeth, are lpce pearls." "Oh,"indeed— an 4 when were you in the mo'onlig'fc.t witk PeaTH?'" ■