Show HIKING DOWN THE E LONG PATH I 1 with ith shelter tents and tin co cow learning to walk all aver ver again ohl oh its not the P pack k th that a t you carry on your b back a c k you s nor the rifle tie on our r shoulder nor the ive five inch crust of khaki colored dust 1 that thai makes oldell you feel eel your limbs art are growing A ana na it a 8 not the n the hard turnpike that drives awaa hakl our smile nor the bocks pocks of 0 rigis that raise the blooming bloomin bile t Vs its it the I 1 last asti loner ong n alie ile pitta PIt tb u h handline Hard line song stringing out atom f om the suburban transit terminals of new york every sunday and holiday goes the army of khaki clad hikers thare may be an automobile tor for every twenty of the count rys population but a host of city folks disprove the theory ot of a future leg citizenry and are learning to w walk ilk an all over again to the more casull minded the hike Is just exercise nut but to those who bo catch its real significance the hike means a great dea dea more it Is the cheapest form 0 ot recreation anil and therefore appeals to those living in crowded districts ad unable to aval avail I 1 themselves of thes more expensive amusements and these people he fie it noted tire are just eliose the country Is so anxious to h hae ie spread out and settled in the farming sections the hike indeed has possibilities as a real starter for the th eback back to the farm movement doughboy and so boy YA scout lead way just a brief sury of the rolli allig groups which move joff off from the outlying lying terminals on holidays establishes a few general types there Is tile the ex service mag and his friends who will hear tram frim him the story 4 of more serious excursions on the muddy roads of trance ranee he tightens a strap screand here jand another there on the blanket roll roll adjustment or the shelter half the commissary Is packed fo for the midday mid day feast by the roadside expert directions come from him on the method of slinging the pac so it will not feel so heavy or interfere with the free body movement cyile will pass alon along the information in his arm army days of how that same pack was evolved after numerous numerous experiments to find the way of carrying the heaviest lold lod with results lie he now compliment compliments but which he characterized when whenn a doughboy as a blank total ful failure lure then ll 11 there lore are th the boy scout parties adept a le very everything thIng pertaining to shanks ma mare traveling and woodcraft the eJ es ervice Service man and the boy scout are in the hiking biking game ame listen jao one of them right off the train abd making ready for a twelve mile junt get that canteen on over er to the he side jimmie and 1 it wont keep pouncing Aoun cing off your leg JA every step isitt it filled well then we e drink ilow how about the eats cats lets aleck check ern cm ofaf you got the spuds dill the baconI Jimmie who has the coffee and the tin cow right here 0 O rinn announces ounces a freckled con comrade of the theroan boad road patting his knapsack snitched snatched Snit ched the mocha and the can of milk ab ihen ta SIs looking well then plots lets go snaps the commander of the expedition this party Is traveling light for real distance another another must expect to make a or else be counting greatly on its power of endurance perhaps the camp Is not far oft off because the 1 group Is equipped for an overnight over night stay with heavy blanket rolls hatchets hatchet sl lanterns canvas wa cerpa ter palls rubber honchos kettles pots new tangled III stand etc etc the blankets are laid out for a better packing of the tags and cans of food when the party commences to load up the members bristle all over with camp tools ands anar equipment jacklo mackto the farm I 1 the veteran rom the crowded city tenements has found a new territory to roam and one one almost unknown to his associates ue he la Is introducing them to this newly discovered land and teaching them fow ow to be independent of any transportation but their own good legs and sf f any subsistence but v can carry and prepare walk and cook your own Is his motto 41 ji 4 who will say sa the leaven thus fermenting in the alty ty crowds will not bear fruit in a keener teener appreciation of country delights especially as these are added to lr iii increased comforts on the farm with his radio hitched up the farmer listens in on the be best st entertainment the country has ts offer modern ame devices wipe out mane many hardships formerly imposed upon isolated dwellers there Is in short a rapid jutting cutting down of the differential abbt between en farm and city life T in the we antrIne knowledge must precede a true ip appreciation of what the country holds and this Is what the hike bike supplee supplier there Is more appeal in one appletree appl tree to in blossom than in reams of printed matter put out to induce the of the city to change his abod 0 to the country the hikers constitute a growing army equipped with 1 abacon con spuds coffee and tin cow forOe rely a days outing but nevertheless never theles seeing sights that immke them x arn to be imon them ill in ill will it il not r diio jo to a alii aio ie a mv one day rec ait the oem places |