Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1922-08-31

1sest Walkers Make Best Citizens"
Says Mayer Of New York.
today there are no less than 5000
aiking clubs In Greater New York,
with total membership of more than
s 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
cut into the open country with no 9th
err means OF locomotlon than their Cod
given legs.
The city of New York has taken Off
eial 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
tic 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 vacations
and utilize their holidays than by the
excursions into field and forest of their
walking clubs. He gave the same
message to the Amateur Athletic I'm
ION of Brooklyn a few days later, and
when a club Of East Side boys and girls
visited him at city hall preparatory to
"a hike to the tomb Of Roosevelt at
Oyster Bay he assured them that the
best walkers among them would make
the best citizens.
Walk and Be Well
No less enthusiastic a champion OF
the walking game is DR.. Royal S.
Copeland, city health commissioner,
THE benefit to health and the safe
guard to morals to be found in long
walks" said DR.. Copeland in an in,
!erview,' ARE too apparent TO speak
Of them If one takes long walks alone
Il is well, for he walks the road of
health, but II he takes long walks in
EOt4lIhilJ ~ 10 OCllGl 1Ol llG duub Tie
s0nic Of companionship to his exercise
Walking is the one form of exercise in
which there is the minimum risk of
qverdolng 1t. In short, / consider
Talking the most beneficial of all exer-
rises and it is never out Of season"
Never In my lifetime" said Ed
ward r. Wilbur, manager of nation
ally known sporting goods store shave
known such a demand as now for out
door garments and shoes and stock
ngs and appliances for the tourists
luncheon box. The rapid spread and
tremendous popularity of the walking
cub idea has no parallel in our ex-
perlence.
~The hiker can make his requisite
Just what he feels like spending. Real
h, there are only two or three articles
Indispensable to hiking-thick walking
shoes that allow lots of room, thick
wooden socks and clothing that will
give freedom Of limb. He should have
n canvas or leather musette bag, suNh
as the soldiers used In France.
ne Cow IN the NnapSack
ITO get the real benefit and Joy out
Of hiking luncheon should be carried
and prepared and eaten in the open.
Bread and cheese, few slices of
bacon, some coffee, a can of condensed
milk, and a cake Of chocolate fur
nfsh high,powered fuel for the hiker
and are readily and happily assiml-
lated even by those who in their pre-.
hiking days were afflicted with d.
gestive apparatus so feeble as to balls
ut crackers and milk. Fortunately for
the hiker, he can repIenish his simple
harder at any crossroads store and
provide himself with the most nutri-
tiOus and appetizing food in a form
that can be conveniently carried.
-No single development in the prob
EN- Of food transportation for the
hunter, fisherman, hlker and all lovers
Of the out-of-dOors can compare with
the gift bestowed by the man WIN
arst found the way to make con
densed milk, thereby putting a dairy
I'm every mans knapsack. Before long.
there will be a national association n
Mixers, and Gail Borden will be It's p0
iron saint. Such an association could Do
much 70 encourage the spread Of the
most beneficial and universal Of aIl
outdoor pastimes. map out interesting
routes, secure re establishment o.
sheltars. rest-sfntions. and camp sites
~ suitable locations, and insure the
rights Il esdeS's.aAs o. eoantry
Eeads"