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Thingi to Know and Do 155 record. Record breakers generally come to grief in the end. Take a few girls, not more than a dozen, and set out determined to be mcKlerate. Flan a nKxlerate trip of which noi more than half the time must be consumed in going and ct)ming. For example, if it is Saturday afternoon and you must be home by six o'clock, having thus four hours, divide the time into two hours' travel, going and coming, and two hours' exploration or sight-seeing. Three miles is a moderate walk for one hour, so that should be the limit of distance that ordinarily you tramp from your starling point. At five o'clock all hands should be ready to face homeward. In a large city it may be that the hike will be taken to a park, to a museum, or to a pkce or point of historical interest. In this connection it might l)e well for some member of the tribe to make a list of the interesting historical places, of the museums of vari- ous kinds, of interesting buildings, including any manufacturing plants; and have this list ready when it is decided to take a hike. The following are some of the rules which have been found goc*d in hiking: Do not go in new sht>cs. Make sure that your feet are comfortable. (A comfortable shoe is not too tight nor too loose.) Do not wep.r high-heeled shoes. See that your stockings are without holes and ordinarily with- out k ^ dams. (When going on a long hike it is wdl to take an extra pair of sKKkings with you.) In walking keep >our toes practically straight ahead of you. Walking with your feet turned out is tiring and results in foot trouble. Try to have the members of the group of similar age and physical ability. If going in the country it is well to take a ti^ line, knife, some string and some matches. A ccmipaM and a pocket level and a map, also ue oi value in many cases. A notebook and pencil are of great a!ue. Remember that th« value of the hike is in doing things which you cannot do ;it home and last and most im[)ortant it is wise to set out with a detmite object. Here are some of the objects for a short hike: To determine that hard maple or any otlier timber does or does not grow in such woods or such a park. To see how many kinds of trees can be ditcovered in a giv» place, or how many kinds ol wikl flowers.