St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-10-31
WOMEN GOOD PEDESTRIANS. o
Those of Norway Make Long TOura
In Parties of from Two
to Forty.

00xOky 0AN VAIN AA0AS VIVA IVY .
honesty and hospitality than in Nor
way" declared a woman who has ira
veled much and who claims as her birth
place the land Of the midnight sun" re-
lates the Brooklyn Eagle. This will
account for the fact, 80 surprising to
strangers, of the long pedestrian tours
undertaken by parties of from two to 40
young women during the summer
months. This is a customary proceed
ing ever among the wealthiest families.
l count some Of these tours among the
happiest memories of my youth.
"On one occasion I made a three weeks
trip afoot in the mountains in company
with q friend-a girl of 10. 1t was two
o'clock in the morning before we
reached our first stopping place, but we
felt no fear, and there was not the
slightest danger. Another night-warm
and glorious with moonlight-we
emerged from a noble forest after mid
night and came upon a small house
perched on the mountain side. After
continuous knocking we succeeded in
arousing the inmates. They received
us kindly, but a%pologized for the poor
room they had to offer us. explaining
that las customary in the country)they
had four shoemakers stopping in the
house to make all the shoes needed in
the household for a year. We were a
little disconnected to find that we must
pass through the where the shoe
makers were sleeping, in order to reach
the one allotted to us. which was just
beyond and wholly guiltless of anything
in the shape of a lock. Nevertheless, we
slept peacefully enough and undis-.
turbed.
Sometimes the tramping parties in
clude members Of the other sex, in which
case it is lot considered necessary to
have a chaperon, and. there is never the
slightest hint of Improperly. l was
one of q party of several dozen young
men and women making q pedestrian
tour one summer, when two nights of
the outing were spent in a large barn.
There happened to be no unoccupied
rooms in the adjoining farm house, SO
the young women Of our party took pos.
session OF the upper floor of the barn
and the men the lower floor, hay form
ing the beds.
Eyes, the Norwegian women are ex-
cellent pedestrians-quite equal to the
men. This is due partly to the absence
until quite recently OF street cars, which
naturally necessitated walking, and
partly to their healthful %nourishing
food, sensible dress, early rising and
exercise. Gymnastics form a
large part of school life and coasting,
skating and snowshoe' Walking are
practiced alike by young and old during
the long winter season."
Future of the Trolley.
Under this head the Lancaster New
Era sketches a vision of the immediate
future, when trolley lines shall stretcn
for hundreds Of miles without a break,
and when they shall not only carry
freight, but be equipped with buffet
cars and ever %sleepers. Why not? This
would seem to be the logical develop
ment of this new system of travelling,
and the only opposition to 1t that
would amount to anything would prob
ably come from the railroads with
whose business it might be supposed
to interfere. But the railroads are al
ready changing their views On the SUBJ
ject- They now regard the trolley
as a feeder than a rival. It
brings them patrons for long-distance
travel, while relieving them from much
Of the local patronage which interferes
so seriously with their train move
ments in the vicinity Of large cities.
and trolleys should help each
other. There is oom for both, and
the public demands the fullest accom-
OF both.-Philadelphia Led
ger.