“WANDER-BIRD CLUBS”
GERMANS IN OPEN AIR POPULARISING WEEK-ENDS By Cable. —Press Association.—Copyright LONDON, Monday. The Berlin correspondent of “The Times” says that, with characteristic thoroughness, Germany is endeavouring to popularise the British week-end outdoor habits. The promoters believe that this is preferable to beertable habits. This is an outcome of the spread of outdoor games and sports, and is also copied from Britain. In the past the only approach to the British week-end has been excursions of the so-called “Wanderbird Clubs.” Even these have been excessively disciplined, and lacked that spontaneity which i 3 the secret of British outdoor habits. The “wander-birds” have been regarded as cranks in the past. The new campaign aims at impressing the public with the national importance of living in the open air. But such habits never seem to grow naturally in Germany. They must he solemnly organised. This accounts for Berlin’s huge organised effort to educate mi bile.—A. ard N.Z.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 24, 20 April 1927, Page 1
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