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Show HIKING DOWN THE . ; LONG BROWN PATH Vacationists With Shelter Tents and Tin Cow Learning to Walk All Over Again. Oh! It' not th pack that you carry on I your back Nor the rifle on your shoulder. Nor tho nvo Inch crust of khakl-colored dust That makes you feci your llmba ar . erowlne olilerj . Ami It's not tho hike on the hard turnpike That drives away your smllo, , Nor the socks of sinters that raise the . . blooming blisters-It's blisters-It's the Inst Ion mile. l'lattsburgh Marching Song-. Stringing out from tho suburban transit terminals of New York every Sunday and holiday goes tho array cr khakl-clad hikers. Thcro may be an automobile tor every twenty of the country's population, but a host of city folks dlsprovo tho theory of a future leg-enfeebled citizenry and aro learning to walk all over again. To the more casual minded, tho hlko Is Just exercise, but t those who catch Us real significance tho hike means a great deal more. It Is tho cheapest form of recreation and therefore appeals to those- living In crowded districts and unablo to avail themselves of the moro expensive amusements. And theso people, be It noted, aro just thoso the country Is so nnxlous to have spread out and settled In the farming sections. Tho hlko, Indeed, has possibilities ns n movement. Doughboy and Boy Scout Lead Way Just a brief survey of tho rollicking , groups which move off from the outlying out-lying terminals on holidays establishes estab-lishes a few general types. There Is the ex-service man and his friends who will hear from him the story of more serious excursions on the muddy roads Of France. Ho tightens tight-ens a strap here and another thero on the blanket roll adjustment or tho "shelter half," In which tho commissary commis-sary Is packed for the mid-day feast by the roudslde. Expert directions co mo from him on tho method of slinging the pack so It will not feel so heavy or lntcrfero with the frco body movement, no will pass along rtho Information gained In his army days, of how that same pack was ovolved after numerous experiments to find tho easiest way of carrying tho heaviest load. With results ho now compliments, but which ho char acterlzed when a doughboy as a "blankcty-blank total failure." Then thero are the boy scout parties, par-ties, adept at everything pertaining to "shanks maro" traveling and woodcraft. wood-craft. The cx-scrvlce man and the boy scout are pioneers In tbo hiking game. Listen to one of them right off the train and making ready for a twelve mile Jaunt: "Get that canteen can-teen over to tho side, Jlmmle, and It won't keep bouncing off your leg overy step. Is It Mlod7 Well, then, wo drink, now about the cajs? Let's check 'cm off. You got the spuds, 1)111; the bacon Jlmmle. Who has the coffee and the Borden tin eow7" I "Itlght here," announces a freckled comrado of the road, patting his knapsack. knap-sack. "Snitched the mocha and the can of milk when Sis wasn't looking." "Well, then, let's go I" snaps the commander of the expedition. This party Is traveling light for real distance. Another must expect t make a shorter hitch or else bo counting count-ing greatly on Its power of endur-nnce. endur-nnce. Perhaps the camp Is not far off because the group Is equipped for an over-night stay with heavy blanket rolls, hatches, lanterns, canvas wa-terpalls, wa-terpalls, rubber ponchos, kettles, pots, new fancied flrestand, etc., etc. Tho blankets are laid out for a better packing of tho bags and cans of food. When tho party commences to load i up the members brlstlo all over with camp tools and equipment. Back to the Farm Tho veteran from the crowded city tenement has found a new territory to roam and one almost unknown to his associates. lie is introducing them to this newly discovered land and teaching them how to be Independent of any transportation but their own good legs and of any subsistence but what they can carry and prepare. "Walk, and cook you own," Is his motto. Who will say the leaven thus fermenting fer-menting In the city crowds will not bear fruit In a keener appreciation of country delights, especially as theso are added to by Increased comforts on tho farm. With his radio hitched up, the farmer listens In on the best entertainment the country has to offer. Modern homo devices wipe out many hardships formerly Imposed upon Isolated dwellers. There Is, In short, a rapid cutting down of the differential between farm and city life. In tho meantime, knowledge must precedo a true appreciation of what the country holds, and this Is what the hlko supplies. There Is more appeal ap-peal In one apple tree in blossom than In reams of printed matter put out to Induce the. citizen of tho city to change his abode to the country. Tho hikers constitute a growing army, equipped with bacon, spuds, coffee and tin cow for merely a day's outing but nevertheless seeing sights that make them yearn to be among them all the time. It Is not too much to I assume that the army may one dsy recruit tbe open placet, |