The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-09-11
But what is cross country walkinga'

But what is cross country walkingf"
sCross-country walking Is, as its name I'M
plies, the pastime Of walking across coun-
try. To do this correctly, and 80 as to get
the most benefit, you start Oh dressed In q
short skirt and wearing a comfortable
flannel blouse.
you take with you small shawl strap
containing one light change OF underwear
and a change Of shoes. Accompanied by
a friend you take trolley car into the
suburbs. Then you set out across country.
you climb hill and look around and
select a route. A compass Is absolutely
necessary or you will certainly walk In
circle. You can walk two hours In the
morning and tive IN pe the toe Sed
How long walk would you adviser
1T would do no harm to walk four hours
q day, every day for a month, stopping,
of course, when tired or when the weather
Is bad
+But the diet Of the cross-country walk
Il was going to mention their diet, which
will be Surprisingly plain. People who
start to walk across country get the IDEA
that they will be very hungry and they are
for taking a hamper of food with them
But this will not be necessary.
Half a dozen apples eaten under the
trees; luncheon OF milk and fresh bread
and eggs; dinner Of good vegetables and
bacon will satisfy the most fastidious oil
epicures"
But surely one cannot walk on this diet
@On the contrary, 1t Is just the food Tor
the hard worker or the walker. And the
walker will find that she rises IN the morn
ing feeling as light as feather and as
hungry as bear.
4She will take her cup Of farmhouse coffee
and her glass Of milk; and she will eat her
slice Of bread and her eggs with a relish.
And, when she travels on she will find tda that
harvest apple until the noon meal
How about the complexion?'
%, that Is another story. The skin
will be ruined. That much is certain. But
there are cosmetics and cold creams to
| patch Of freckles will yield before the good
/ agencies of cucumber and lettuce creams
and the persuasive fingers OF the masseuse
| on ones return"
But how does this oross-country walk
ing make one more gracefulf'
1T makes q woman more graceful just
as It makes her healthier and less self
conscious. After she has walked the sti1-
ness out Of her limbs; after she has swung
the angles out Of her arms after she has
| moved her hips without the cruel tug Of
the corset strings-for she will walk with
| her corsets loosened, Of oourse-she will
end that she has gained great deal In nat
What do you mean by natural poise9'
BY natural poise / mean the exquisite
, grace of the Indian woman; the wonder
, ful free swing of the working girl; the
beautiful manner OF the Irish lassie as
! abe losses hay and of the German girl
as she works beside the stream. There is
/ something that is delightfully."- youthful In
| the gestures OF the woman who has learned
her grace by working out Of DOORS
@But how about deep breathing and
| health?"
-That is a point to be considered care
| fully. The cross country walker must not
choose lowlands and a malarial district.
! 1t Is not a good plan to walk through a
! region OF ponds. II one can strike the
aims and the lakes that lie high, all
well and good. But it's worse than nothing
at all to walk through low, i'll smelling
| district"
But, suppose one can not 60 cross country
walking and suppose It Is not possible to
poor girl dof'
1.-THE condition is impossible, She can
always get out into the open. There lie
! no girl who cannot throw open the win
! dows and do her cross country walking
| in her own room at least
u do not understand
.She can loosen her clothing, put on
easy shoes and she can dance a hop, a
skip and jump, II nothing more. She
can, at least, get exercise and take the
air both at once. That Is not a difficult
thing to do.
But II Is tiresome.'
sNot II you have pleasant company.
| know two girls who could not get away
to walk across country, so they tried the
walking feat in their own rooms.
| sThey put on loose suits. One dressed In
q little gymnasium suit and the other wore