The Great Western Railway, as part of a "Safety First
campaign, has recently distributed to its employees a metal token, about the size of a penny, which bears on its obverse the legend, "Is it safe ? " The reverse of the " charm " dis- plays the exhortation :—
"In every action ask yourself : Is it safe V This will, disclose unseen dangers, inspire forethought, induce care and prevent accidents."
The employees are to carry these about in their pockets with their loose change. In this way they will be constant:y re. minded of the necessity for caution. Already, it is said, the number of personal injuries to the company's staff has decreased 50 per cent. Here we have another demonstration of the tremendous power of suggestion and habit. Just as the use of facts and discoveries in medical science is constantly being
extended for the prophylactic protection of our bodies, so the use of psychological knowledge in everyday affairs is contri- buting more and more to the mental sanitation of our lives. Perhaps some day, by these means, we shall make men Bahl for the world.
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