The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1923-04-25
THE JOYS OF WALKING.
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sued by the Heart of America Walk
ing club OF Kansas City, Mo-, established to pro-
mote and encourage daily recreational walking.
Branches of the club have been instituted in sew
eral American cities, and in addition to stimuat-
ing large number of persons to acquire the habit
of daily recreational walking, the club has held a
number of walking events such as walking con-
tests, hiking parties and roundups The club is
established primarily for the benefit of the aver
age person in need of regular wholesome exercise
1t aims to stimulate him to walk reasonable
distance each day for his mental and physical
well-being.
AS evidence of good faith, each applicant for
membership in the club, upon being accepted is
required to give some charity of his choice So and
notify the club that he has fulfilled this require
ment. He then pledges his honor to walk
at least two miles each day, in addition to his usu-
al activities, not counting the steps he takes
around his home, office, store or other place of
business. Sickness is the only valid excuse If
a persons usual activities require him to walk
more than two miles out of doors each day he
may apply the distance as fulfllment of this re-
quirement. The applicant pledges his honor
to encourage the heathful and delightful exercise
of walking among his friends and to use his in
fuence to induce others to become members Of
the club.
Many prominent men have endorsed the aims
of the club and have enrolled as members-Pres-
dent Harding, Chief Justice Taft, Marshal Foch,
Secretary of State Hughes, Gen. Wood, Assistant
Secretary Of the Navy Theodore Roosevelt, Viii
liam ]. Bryan, Sir Harry Lauder, Lady Astor and
Senator Hiram w. Johnson.
Homer, the greatest of the Creeks was not
ed pedestrian" the pamphlet tells US, land
Aristotle mean walker himself. Likewise
Raphael and Michael Angelo, Shakespeare and
Ben Johnson 1t continues
Lack of time is the old favorite excuse for
not walking, but like most excuses it usually
does not stand analysis. Forty-ive minutes
to an hour each day will comply with the re-
qurements of reasonable amount of recrea-
tional walking. The time one spends in his
daily walk will be more than made up for in
the added energy of mind and body produced
by the exercise
The benefits gained from walking depend
a great deal on our mental attitude We
should be cheerful, alert and observing as we
stroll along. A study of the beauties and
wonders of nature will afford great interest
and divert our minds from worry and dull
care
The way one walks is an index to charact-
1 err It reflects the subtle connection between
mind and body. You readily tell by a
persons walk and general bearing whether
he is alert, straightforward, earnest and pro-
gressve, or dull, vacillating, indolent and
purposeless. An erect, noble bearing with
firm, vigorous step denotes activity of mind
and force of character as well as bodily
strength. A slouching shutting, spiritless
style of walking indicates weakness and in
capacity.
a The four requisites Of good walker are