Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-07-29

Best Walkers Make Best Citizen5,
Says Mayor CT New York.
today there are no less than 5000
hiking clubs in Greater New FORK,
with q total membership Of more than
a quarter Of million men and wom-
en-, who are keeping themselves in the
pink of condition and experiencing the
real Joy Of living by getting regularly
out into the open country with no 9th
err means of locOmOtiOn than their Cod
given legs
The city OF New York has taken ott-
cial notice of the movement. On three
occasions recently Mayor Hylan has
congratulated the boys and girls of the
public schools upon their enthusiasm
in taking up the new sport of hiking.
In his dedication Of the great new pub
lie playground in the Bronx the other
day Mayor IIylan extolled the athletic
tendencies OF the boys and girls and
impressed upon them that there was
no better or more profitable way in
which they could pass their vacations
and utilize their holidays than by the
excursions into field and forest of their
walking clubs He gave the same
message 10 the Amateur Athletic I'm
ion of Brooklyn a few days later, ana
when a club of East Side boys and girls
visited him at city hall preparatory to
II. 90 Ipn n
Oyster Bay he assured them that the
best walkers among them would maho
the best citizens.
Walk and Be Well
No less enthusiastic a champion OF
the walking game IS DR.. Royal 5.
Copeland. city health commissioner.
"The benefit 10 health and the safe
guard to morals to be found in long
walks" said DR.. Copeland in an in
tervlew, "are too apparent TO speak
of them. If one takes long walks alone
IL IS well. for he walks the road OF
health, but IL he takes long walks in
company II is better for he adds the
tonic OF companlonship to his exercise.
Walking is the one form of exercise in
which there IS the minimum risk or
OVERRIDING IL. In short, l consider
walking the most beneficial of all exer-
cises and it is never out Of season.
Never In my lifetime said Ed
ward II. Wilbur. manager Of nation
ollv known sporting goods store, have
known such a demand rs now for out
door garments and shoes and stock
ings and appliances for the tourists
luncheon box. The rapid spread and
tremendous popularity of the walking
club idea has no parallel in our ex-
perience.
"The hiLer can make his requisite
Iust what he feels like spending. Real
IL. there are only two or three articles
Indispensable to hjking-thick walking
shoes that allow lots Ot room, thick
wooden socks ana clothing that will
give freedom OF limb. lie should have
= canvas or leather muSctte bag, such
rs the soldiers used in France.
o The Cow In the Knapsaok
''To get the real benefit and JOY out
90, hiking luncheon should be carried
and prepared and eaten in the open.
Bread and cheese, 4 few slices OF
bacon. some coffee. q can of condensed
milk. and cake of chocolate fur
nish hlCh-powercd fuel for the hiker
md are readily and happily uSSimi-
lated even BY those who in their pre-
hiking days were afflicted with d.
geStive apparatus 50 feeble as to balk
at crackers and milk. Fortunately for
the hiker. he can replcoiSh his simple
harder NJ any crossroads store and
provide himself with the most nutri-
tious and appetjziu- food in torc2
that can be conveniently C0rr.edS
NO single development in the prob
lem OF food transportation for the
hunter. fisherman. hiker and all lovers
OF the out-of-doorS can compare with
the Gift bestowed by the man who
first found the way 70 make con
densed milk, thereby putting a dairy
in every mans kn0pSack. Before lone
there will be a national association OF
mixers. and Gail Borden will be its pa
iron saint. Such On association could d
much 10 encourage The spread Of the
most beneficial and universal Of al
outdoor paStimeS. map out interesting
roptes. secure the establishment o.
shelters rest-stationS. and camp sites
AZ suitable locations, and insure The
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