The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1922-09-01

today there are no less than 5000
hiking clubs in Greater New York,
with a total membership Of more than
a quarter Of a 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.
er means Of locomotion than their Cod
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
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 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 IN
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
terview, "are too apparent to speak
Of them. If one takes long walks alone
it IL we'll, for he walks the road Of
health, but If he takes long walks in
company It 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 it. In short, I consider
walking the most beneficial Of all exer-
cises and it is never out Of season."
"Never in my lifetime" said Ed
ward R. Wilbur, manager Of a nation
ally known sporting goods store, "have
I known such a 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 N parallel in our ex'
perience.
'The hiker can make his requisite
just what he feels like spending. Real
", 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
a canvas or leather musette bag, such
as the soldiers used in France.
The Cow In the knapsack
ITO get the real benefit and Joy GU
Of hiking luncheon should be carried
and prepared and eaten in the open
Bread and cheese, a few slices O.
bacon, some coffee, a can Of condensed
milk. and a cake Of chocolate fur
nish high-powered fuel for the hike
and are readily and happily assimi
} lated even by those who in their pre-
hiking days were afflicted with di
gestive apparatus 30 feeble a. to ball
at crackers and milk. Fortunately TO
the hiker, he car replenish his simpl
!, larder at any crossroads store an
provide himself with the most nutrl
tious and appetizing food in a forr
that can be conveniently carried.
mo single development in the prot
lem Of food transportation for III
hunter, fisherman, hiker and all lover
Of the o~ut-of-doors can compare wit
the gift bestowed BY the mar VIII
arst found the way to make col
densed milk, thereby putting a dair
in every mans k~napsack. Before Ion
there will be q national association
mixers, and Gail Borden will be its p,
tron saint. Such an association could d
much to encourage the spread Of th
, most beneficial and universal Of a
! outdoor pastimes. map out interestin
routes, secure the establishment {
= shelters, registrations, and camp site
= at suitable locations, and insure tn
!, rights of pedestrians on countr
\ roadA."