The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-09-26
GIRLS BACK AFTER
$4,000 MILE HIKE
Tanned Quartette Found Jobs All
Over Country-Liked Cali.
fornia Best.

bed hair and stepping high, with
peaks slung over shoulders, four
girls arrived in New York yester-
day leaving the dust of $4,000
miles of travel behind them. The
foursome left here May 20 last year,
and bring back the message that
there are no dangers to women who
are not looking for trouble.
The four are Beatrice Cohen,
Hannah Davis, Anna Gingsberg and
Bertha Rogovin. They went from
New York out to the Pacific coast by
a northern rout skirted up and down
the. Western coast, hiking homeward
by a southern trail, seeing nearly
everything there is to be seen in
these United States. They rode by
rail only go miles and that only
when they were headed off by a
blizzard in California. Every other
mile they hiked, or asked rides from
friendly motorists. =.
Dangers" said Miss Davis, when
the four girls were interviewed yes
trday at Miss Cohen's home, 2711
Creston Avenue, 't'why, there are
none. They are fairy tales which
city girls are brought up to believe
lurk just on the other side of the 10
cal mountain. All one needs to do is
to keer her head and not look for
trouble. There is no danger from
men, and least Of all from the cow
punchers and rangers. We were
never annoyed or approached in any
other. than friendly manner. If we
had picked out our trail only through
the pink tea districts this would not
be significant. But we went through
the oil fields of Texas, the black belt
of the South, and the mining dis
tricts of Mexico, which people warn
ed us against. We advise all girls to
take trip like ours. Don't go by
motor or rail. An aytonrDile tour
never woud have brought us the real
Joy of our journey, never have en-
able us to have the sensation of the
road. . -.
eve never knew how far we
could make in a day or where we
would be twenty-four hours ahead;
but we always made town by
nightfall, where we put up usually
at hotel. People everywhere arc
good about picking you up and CIV
ing you lift. We never separated,
but stuck together from the day we
left until today. When an automo-
bile would stop which had not room
for all, we would give our thanks
and say we preferred to walk"
The four hikers. were well fitted
for their journey. They have all at.
tended Cornell University and have
taken special courses at Columbia.
They all had stenographic as well
as clerical experience, and each of
them gave up a position in this city
when they started on their like last
summer. - '.
When they reached the Pacific
they took a side cut up into Canada
and British Columbia. Then they
retraced their steps to San Francis
co, which they liked so much that
they remained there for six months
Then they headed south. They dip
ped into Mexico, crossed the .Mojave
Desert, came through Arizona,
northward to- Colorado, back to Tex
as, on to New Orleans. through the
Gulf States and northward,, crossing
Alabama, Georgia and the Caro-
hnas, to Washington. And. then
through Philadelphia on their last
stretch home.
Miss Cohen had this to say re-
garding the trip and how best to Sc
cure jobs. eff a girl knows how to
get along in New York she can get
along in any other village or city of
the country. We took the trip mere
ly because we thought it would be
good fun and we wanted to see all
of our country. We didn't have
money enough to see it il the de
luxe fashion. We knew we would
have to work; and how glad we are
now that we did travel under these
conditions.