A DISGRACE TO WALK.
v There are a. number of /.eople who think a man eccentric if Ite walks when ho might be carried; 'lf any one doubts this', let' him try the experiment of refusing the offer ef a lift on. a country road on a hot day, and note the surprise with which the reply is received. An American clergyman of noto ; after tramping the country for some weeks, and mixing with all classes of people, .says there is in America a distinct prejudice, and even, suspicion, against the mnn who I walks for long distances. "The man who walks is considered either an idiot or a pauper. If Fie lias not the money to ricfo he is a vagabond, and if he lias the money to ride and does not do it lie is looked upon as a fool. That one would walk for the mere pleasure of walking seems no longer I comprehensive to the average mnn or woman."
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10716, 10 September 1912, Page 4
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163A DISGRACE TO WALK. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10716, 10 September 1912, Page 4
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