Evening star., 1932-10-04
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES z. TRACEWELL.

One good point to Autumn is that
1t adds zest to walking, which through
the ages has been the best strictly
constitutional exercise, and Is today
more desirable than ever on account OF
the almost universal motorization OF
mankind.
If . person Is in what is known as
reasonably good health, which phrase
perhaps does not mean very much. after
ALL he is In condition to take good
walk, and to enjoy 1t.
Now, as every one knows, Q walk may
be slow. stodgy affair, and, as SUCH
usually Is not enjoyed.
To get real pleasure out OF walking
1t must be taken with some approach
so much about.
This will not mean, however, that a
walk must be rushed through as though
,ne were going to fire." Far from
1t. Every walker must set his own
pace.
In this sort Of good walking. now at
its very best owing to the crisp air OF
the season, every pedestrian Is his own
law and order.
He must throw out of his mind any
memory of Army requirements, with
their demands of so many steps pei
minute, each step so many inches long
Fifteen miles may be good marching
day." but the chances are that he will
not walk SO far unless he has to.
Indeed, II he wants to enjoy himself
the most, he will take 1t easy, on the
theory that ease is more pleasurable
than hardship. 1t is simply too bad
that harshness and its attributes are
ankI v,IA Mo.
kind would be better OF ii they were
All Of us might be Marcus Aurelius
Antoninus, and enjoy sleeping on a
very hard floor, il We we're not spoiled
by modern beds, with their super
springs and mattresses.
And many of us might benefit from q
10 or is mile walk, but the honest truth
is that not many of us are going to take
it unless We have to.
What the most lethargic person car
do is to indulge in a short walk to suit
himself. A certain amount Of pamper-
ing is necessary here. There is nj
particular point, in the everyday life
to holding ones self to voluntary sterr
requirements. especially when these re.
quirements may not fit into the work.
ing day.
The working day. willy -nilly, is tn.
criterion Of most of us. How We go u
the essential task is everything, and i
one is able to fit walk into it, thai
is one way Of doing it. is 1t not?.
Many government employees walk Il
work every day.
Some of them make point OF taking
their exercise this way. There is one
elderly man, no doubt known to hun.
dreds Of persons, who often walks a.
much as eight miles every morning or
his way to ONCE.
Many who pass him will feel inclined
| to disagree with his dosage, but 1t mus
never be forgotten that this is purely al
individual matter.
He likes his eight miles, but because
he does is no reason why the next per-
son should set up such walk as Z
| standard
One mile, or even half mile, may b,
better.
Happily there are no laws on thi
subject, and every pedestrian makes
! his own regulations, subject to hi
mood. his digestion, his personal phys
ical idiosyncrasies and his feet.
Perhaps the feet ought to come first
No human being can enjoy walking
even on crisp Fall morning, II hi
| feet hurt him.
One might think, with all the shoe
| manufactured today, after these cen
turies of shoe wearing. that no ont
would have any difficulty in gettini
| just the right last" to insure foo
comfort
Such Is not the case, however. Ever,
| one knows Of the great trouble thou
| sands Of men and women experience II
! finding shoes at once easy on the fee
and eyes.
Indeed, the hundreds OF differen
brands, and styles, show that foot At.
ting is no easy matter And any chi.
| ropodist can tell story of deformed
| unhealthy feet
There are all sorts OF shoes for al
sorts Of feet. Because feet commonl,
are covered up, most of their ills are
unknown except to their victims.
The essentials Of good shoe fitting
90 back to common sense, in the las