The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-09-08
WITH BARE FEET.
Disciples of Kn eipp, Including a Girl
Stroll in the Dew.

New York, Sept. s.-With the Kneipp
cure patients in Central park yesterday
it was a case of come early and avoid
the rush" About fifteen came early
and found no rush. They began to ap-
pear at the outskirts OF the north mead
ow at $50 a. m, and acted very much
like people who contemplated breaking
into a house. They came out of the
trees and through the shrubbery from
several directions. Occasionally a wo-
man would thrust her head through a
lilac bush, glance hurriedly over the
meadow and then disappear, only to
bob up in a moment or two from some
other point
1t looked for a time as though no one
could be found who cared to open the
BALI and walk forth in full view of the
spectators, who were scattered in diff
ferent directions waiting to see how the
game was played.
little before o'clock the form of
an elderly gentleman appeared over the
brow Of the eastern hill in the direction
of the Ninety-sixth street entrance. He
was smoking a cigar and reading a
copy of a paper. Under his arm he
carried a pair of low shoes and did not
seem to be at all alarmed when a news
paper man ran him down at the edge
of the southern path.
Certainly I like this grass walking
said he in answer to the question. Il
find it one of the most comforting exer-
What is your complaint2' he was
asked
"Oh, a little rheumatism and occa-
s1onal headaches, together with that So
am very much improved in health late
~. 1 don't know just what to attrib-
ute it to, but there must be something
in this cure or I could not sleep as
Soundly as I do since went into ito
The old gentleman then adjusted his
glasses and strolled off reading his pa
per
Presently there was a little furry
among the spectators. A young woman
in a gray cycling suit had dismounted
from her wheel and was shedding her
shoes and stockings like Kneipp vet
eran- She threw them over the han
dlebars of her machine and Waded forth
braveIy. AS soon as she saw Superin-
tendent Pressfreund, the vice president
of the Kneipp verein. and a newspaper
man heading in her direction she made
a shoot for the brush, hastily pulled on
her hosiery and, mounting her wheel,
pedaled away at scOrching pace.
A general shyness seems to be the or
der of things thus far, and it will not
wear away until the occupation or
grass walking becomes more general
Several men, at least ten. took to 1t
quite readily. and expressed Sat1Sfac-
ton at the result. The grass yester-
day was not as moist as it should be,
owing to the drynesS of the previous
night When the fall dew begins to
settle everyth hing will be propitious for
grass walking, and the results, 1t is
said, will be proportionRtely beneficial
The executive committee Of the
Kneipp verein met last night. 1t was
decided to petition the park commits
sion ers for an extension of time to IN
clude the months OF September, Octo-
Der and November, as 1t was argued
that a fair test of the limits of the cure
could not be made in one week, the time
allotted by the board at it's last meet
ing.
Resolved. That the American branch
of the Rneipp verein extend thanks to
the press of New York, and particularly
to the New York Journal and Morgen
journal for their persistent and sue
cessful efforts in demanding that the
parks of New York be less restricted to
the people of this city.