The walking stick.(Parting Thoughts)(Column)

USA Today (Magazine) | March 1, 2005| | Copyright

THE ONCE POPULAR WALKING STICK is out of style. Some say it is anachronism, as dead as the dodo bird. It certainly is true that we no longer see it on the Silver Screen--diamond-knobbed, accompanied by a flowing scarf and shiny silk top hat, a la Fred Astaire. However, I have hopes that, like a phoenix, it may rise again from its own ashes to delight once more in the glories of its halcyon days. One reason for this optimism is the increasing number of senior citizens gracing our population.

I am not advocating that the elderly regard the walking stick as a crutch. ...

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