Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1922-08-17

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"sest Walkers Make Best Citizens"
Says Mayor Of New York.
today there are no less than 5000
hiking clubs in Greater New York,
with total membership Of more than
a quarter Of n 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
er1 means of locomotion than their God
given legs.
The city OF New York has taken off,
ciar notice Of the movement. On three
occasions recently Mayor Hylan has
congratulated the boys and girls cfthe
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 Hylan extolled the athletic
tendencies Of the boys and girls ana
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 few days later, and
| when club Of East Side boys and girls
visited hina at city hall preparatory to
| a hike to the tomb It Roosevelt At
| Oyster Bay he assured them that the
best walkers aneng them would make
the best citizens.
Walk and Be Well
No less enthusiastic champion OF
the walking game Is DIR. Royal 8
1 Copeland, city health commissioner
s'The benefit to health and the safe
guard to morals TO be found In long
/ walks" said DIR. Copeland In an In
terview, "are too apparent to speah
Of them. If one takes long walks alont
1t Is well, for he walks the road OF
health, but If he takes long walks II
company 1t is better for he adds the
tonic of companionshlp to his exercise
walking is the one form of exercise II
which there Is the minimum risk o
OVERRIDING 1t. In short, conside1
walking the most beneficial OF all exer
eises ana It is never out OF season"
+ .sNever in my lifetime" said I'd
ward r. Wilbur. manager Of nation
ally known sporting goods store, "bav'
known such demand as now for out
door garments and shoes and stock
ings and appliances for the tourist
luncheon box. The rapid spread an
|, tremendous popularity OF the walking
club idea has no parallel in our eS
| perience.
1.-THE hiker can make his requisit
1 just what he feels like spending. Rea
~, there are only two " three article
indispensable to hiking-thick walkin
shoes that allow lots of room, THO
wooden socks and clothing that wi
: give freedom of limb. He should hav
a canvas or leather musette bag, sue
II as the soldiers used in France.
The Cow In the Knapsack
",ro get the real benefit and Joy OF
of hiking luncheon should be carrie
and prepared and eaten in the opeI
Bread and cheese, few slices
bacon, some coffee, a can Of condense
;. milk. and a cake of chocolate I'll
9 nish powered fuel for the hik'
: and are readily and happily assim
: lated even by those who in their pr
hiking days were afflicted with 3
: gestiye apparatus so feeble as to ba
!, at crackers and milk. Fortunately 4
I the hiker. he can replenish. his simp
L larder at any crossroads store al
y provide himself with the most mutt
e tious and appetIzing food In o for
s. that can be conveniently carried.
e "No single development in the pro
n lem of food transportation for q
" hunter, fisherman, hiker and all love
wi of the out-of-doors can compare WI
e the kift bestowed By the man vi
!. f,rst found the way to make go
d densed milk, thereby putting a dai
b. IN every mans knapsack. Before lol
= there viii be a national association
mixers, and Gail Borden WIN be its r
i. iron saint. Such an association could
a. much to encourage the spread Of {
II most beneficial ana universal of ,
re- outdoor pastimes, map out interests
ri routes, secure the establishment
Il shelters, REGISTRATIONS, and camp Sit
e. at suitable locations, and insure {
q rights Of pedestrians on count
IL roads"