Logan Republican | 1908-06-17 | Page 6 | An Overvaunted Virtue

An Overvaunted Virtue. S. I. Kimball, general superintendent of tho llfo saving service, said of nn applicant for a certain post: "Tho man was recommended for his steadiness. Now steadiness is n virtue, especially In life saving, that goes none too far. Whenever I think of It I think of an old lady I used to know. " 'Mrs. Madden.' a gentleman once said to this old lady, 'your neighbor, Herbert Blsblng, has applied to me for work. Is ho steady?" ' "Mrs. Madden tluew up her hands. " 'Steady, Is It?' she said. 'Suro, If he was nny steadier he'd bo dead.' "