The Little River news., 1922-08-16

M| "Best Walkers Make Best citixens,'
 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 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 oth- CT 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 lie playground in the Bronx the other| day Mayor Hylan extolled the athletic( tendencies of the boys and girls anal impressed upon them that there was| no better or more profitable way inl 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 Un- ion of Brooklyn a few days later, and when club of East Side boys and girls visited Him at city hall preparatory to hike to the tomb of Roosevelt att Oyster Bay he assured them that the best walkers among them would make the best citizens
 Walk and Be We'll
 No less enthusiastic a champion oil the walking game is pr. Royal S.| Copeland, city health commissioner. ''The benefit to health and the safe guard to morals to be found in longl walks" said Dr. Copeland in an in- terview, "are too apparent to speak of them. If one takes long walks alone 1t is well, 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 overdOing 1t. 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 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 hiking-thick walking shoes that allow lots of room, thick wOolen 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.
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 "To get the real benefit and joy out of hiking luncheon should be carried and prepared and eaten in the open. Bread and cheese, a few slices of bacon, some coffee, can of condensed milk, and cake of chocolate fur nish high-powered fuel for the hiker and are readily and happily assimi- lated even by those who in their pre- hiking days were afflicted with di- T gestive apparatus so feeble as to balkI | at crackers and milk. Fortunately fon the hiker, he can replenish his simple| larder at any crossroads store anal provide himself with the most nutri-| tious and appetizing food in a form| that can be conveniently carried.
 "No single development in the prob fem of food transportation for thel hunter, fisherman, hiker and all lovers of the out-of-doors can compare wtthI the gift bestowed by the man whd hrst round the way to make con densed milk, thereby putting dairyI m every mans knapsack. Before loncI there will be national association of hikers, and Gail Borden will be it's pa tron saint Such an association could dtI much to encourage the spread of theI most beneficial and universal of an| outdoor pastimes, map out interestine| routes, secure the establishment oil shelters, rest-stations, and camp sites at suitable locations, and insure the rights sf pedestrians on coupt~-