Connecticut western news., 1922-07-27

Best Walkers Make Best Citizens"
 Says Mayor of New York. today there are no less than 5000 hiking clubs in Greater New York, with a total membership of more than quarter of a million men and wom- en, who are keeping themselves Tn the pink of condition and experiencing the real joy of living by getting regularly out into the open country with no oth- CT means of locomotion than their God given legs.
 The city of New York has taken ofi- cial notice of the movement. On three occasions recently Mayor Hylan hasI congratulated the boys and girls of the public schools upon their enthusiasmI 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 Hylan 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 vacationa and utilize their holidays than by the excursions into field and forest of theiI walking clubs. He gave the samd message to the Amateur Athletic Un ion of Brooklyn a few days later, and when a club of East Side boys and 9irl visited him at city hall preparatory t, a hike to the tomb of Roosevelt a Oyster Bay he assured them that th best walkers among them would mak the best citizens
 B. Walk and Be We'll
 No less enthusiastic a champion q the walking game is pr. Royal Copeland. city health commissioned 'The benefit to health and the safe guard to morals to be found in lon walks" said pr. Copeland in an i1 terview. are too apparent to spea of them. If one takes long walks alon 1t is well for he walks the road health, but If he takes long walks company if Is better for he adds th tonic of companionship to his exercls Walking Is the one form of exercise which there Is the minimum risk | overriding 1t. Tn short, I considd walking the most beneficial of all exc cises and it Is never out of seasnn."
 "Never in my lifetime" said E ward R. Wilbur, manager of a natio ally known sporting goods store, "haI known such a demand as now for GU door garments and shoes and stoc ings and appliances for the tourist luncheon box. The rapid spread aI tremendous popularity of the walkin club idea has no parallel in our perience.
 "The hiker can make his requisi just what he feels like spending. Rei ly, there are only two or three articl indispensable to hiking-thlck wnlki shoes that allow lots of room, thi wooden socks and clothing that W give freedom of limb. He should ha a canvas or leather musette bag su as the soldiers used in France.
 The Cow In the knapsack
 '"To get the real benefit and joy of hiking luncheon should be carr and prepared and eaten in the op Bread and cheese, a few slices bacon, some coffee, a can of conden milk. and a cake of chocolate nish high-powered fuel for the hi and are readily and happily asst lated even by those who In their D hiking days were afflicted with gestive appara HIS so feeble as to b at crackers and milk. Fortunately the hiker, he can replenish his sim larder at any crossroads store provide himself with the most nu tious and appetizing food In fd that can be conveniently carried.
 "No single development in the pI lem of food transportation for hunter, fisherman, hiker and all los of the out-of-doors cnn compare the gift bestowed by the man first found the way to make densed milk, thereby putting a d in every mans knapsuck. Before there will be a national associatio mixers, and Gal Porden will be it's tron saint. Such an association coul much to encourage the spread Of most benefcinl and universal of outdoor pNstimes, map out interes routes. secure the establishment shelters, rest'stnt!Ons, and camp at suitable locations, and insure rights of pedestrians on cou roRda"