The Holbrook news., 1922-08-11

Best 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 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 our into the opeI country with no oth- CT means of locomcriou 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 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 Un- ion of Brooklyn few days later, ana when a club of East Side boys and girls visited him at city hall preparatory ts 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 We'll
 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 pr. Copeland in an in- terview, "are too apparent to speak of them. If one takes long walks alone It is well, for he walks the road of 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 one form of exercise in which there Is the minimum risk O. overriding 1t. In short, I consider walking the most beneficial of all exer- cises and 1t Is never out of season"
 "Never in my lifetime" said Ed ward R. Wilbur, manager of a nation ally known sporting goods store have 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 DO 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 Q canvas or leather musette bag, such as the soldiers used in France.
 The Cow in the knapsaek
 'To 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 aisn hish-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- gestive apparatus so feeble as to balk at crackers and milk. Fortunately for the hiker, he can replenish his simple larder at any crossroads store and provide himself with the most nutri- tious and appetizing food in form that can be conveniently carried.
 No single development in the prob lem of food transportation for the hunter, fisherman, hiker 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 national association of hikers, and Gail 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, rest-stations, and camp sites | at suitable locations, and insure the | rights of pedestrians on country noads-"