McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1922-08-04

today there are M less than 5000
hiking clubs 10 Greater New York.
with a total membership of more than
quarter of million men and wom-
en-, who are keeping themselves in the
pink of condition and experiencing the
real Joy of llvingsby getting regularly
ont into the open5country with no 9th
er means of locomotion than their God
given legs.
The city of New York has taken Off
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.
He playground In the Bronx the other
day Mayor Hylan extolled the athletic
/ tendencies of the boys and girls and
impressed upefTsthsm thaty 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, ana
when club of East Side boys and girls
visited him at city hall preparatory to
q 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 champion Of
the walking game Is Dr. Royal 8.
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
terview, "are too apparent 10 speak
of them. II one takes long walks alone
II is well, for he walks the road of
health, but il he takes long walks in
company 1t is better for he adds the
tonic Of companionship to his exercise.
Walking Is the one form Of exercise In
which there Is the minimum risk Of
OVERRIDING 1t. In short, / consider
walking the most beneficial of all exer-
cises and 1t is never out Of season."
"Never in my lifetime said Ed
ward II. Wilbur, manager Of nation
ally known sporting goods store have
/ known such demand as 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 hiker can make his requisite
just what he feels like spending. Real
ly, there are only two or three articles
indispensable to hlking-thick walking
shoes that allow lots of room, thick
woolen socks and clothing that will
give freedom OF limb. He should have
canvas or leather musette bag, such
as the soldiers used in France,
The csw In the knapsack
'sro get the real benefit and Joy out
ef hiking lunchsoa shau!d be carried
and prepared and sateA In the epan,
nrssd and cheese, few slices af
bacan, snEas eehiee, = can Of eenaeRsed
milk, and q eabe af ehaeeiaie fun
Blsh hjsh,Rswersd fHsi fef the klkss
md are readily ana bafpIls assliBi.
lated even by thess whb In thsie pres
hiking days #sre afflicted With dll
gestive abpafatns so feeble DIS to baik
at CRACKERS and milk. Fortunately for
the hiker, he can repienish his sinipls
larder at any crossroads store Shd
provide himself with the most fiutri-
tious and appetizing food Id a form
that can be conveniently carried.
"No single development In the prob
lem of food transportation FOR the
hunter, fisherman. hlkef and all lovers
Of the out-of-doors can compare with
the gift bestowed by the man who
first found the way to make con-
densed milk, thereby putting a dairy
In every mans knapsack. Before long
there Will be a national association Of
mixers, and Gall Borden will be its pa
iron saint. Such an association could do
much to encourage the spread OF the
most beneficial and universal Of all
outdoor pastimes, map out interesting
routes, secure the establishment OF
shelters, registrations, and camp sites
nj su,tahle locations, and Insure the
rights Of pedestrians on eoualFF
roads"