The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1922-08-03


Says Mayor CT New York.
today there are no less than 5000
hiking clubs In 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 living by getting regularly
out into the open country with no 9TH
err 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 llylan has
congratulated the boys and girls ofthe
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 ard
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 Il club Of East Side boys and girls
visited him at city hall preparatory to
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 Il champion Of
/ the walking game Is Dr. Royal s.
Copeland. city health commissioner
1.-THE benefit to health and the safe
guard to morals ta he found in long
walks said Or. Copeland in an in
terview, care too apparent to speak
Of them. If one takes long walks alone
It Is well for he walks the road IL
health. but If he takes long walks In
company 1t is better for he adds the
tonic of companionship to his exercise.
Walking Is the ore form of exercise In
which there is the minimum risk Of
OVERRIDING 1t. In short, I consider
walking the most beneficial of all exer-
cises and 1t Is never out of seasnn."
"Never in my lifetime" said Ed
ward X. Wilbur, manager Of nation
ally known sporting goods store have
I known such a demand rs 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.
"Tbe hlker can make his requlsite
Just what he feels ike spending. Real
ly, there are only two or three articles
Indispensable to hlklng-thick walking
shoes that allow lots of room, thick
wooden 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 Cow In the Knapsack
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, can Of condensed
milk, and cake of chocolate fur
nish high powered fuel for the hIker
and are readily and happily asslml-
lated even by those who In their pre-
hiking days were afflicted with d..
gestive apparatus so feeble as. to balk
at crackers and milk. Fortunately for
the hlker, he can replenish his simple
larder at any crossroads store and
provide himself with the most nutrI.
tious and appetlaing food in form
that can be conveniently carried.
mo single development In the prob
lem Of food transportation for tba
hunter, fisherman, ilker and all loyers
of the out-of-doors can compare with
the gift bestowed by the man wba
first found the way to make ron.
densed milk, thereby putting n dairy
In every mans anapsack. Before lonc
there will be national association ~
mixers, and Gail Borden will be It's M.
iron saint Such an association could a.,
much to encourage the spread of tba
most benz helal and universal Of All
outdoor pastimes, map ost interesting
routes. secure the establishment *
shelters, reststations. and cump site,
at suitable locations, and in,surp ~.
rights of pedestrians on c,unt,.s
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