We are in 2014 & The Vegan Society is now 70 years old! Today, we want to remember Kathleen & Jack Jannaway & jump back 35 years to 1979. Kathleen ran the The Vegan Society effectively for many years with Jack. The catalyst which had turned Kathleen & Jack vegan, was a two page review of Ruth Harrison’s book ‘Animal Machines’ in ‘The Observer’ (in 1964). It revealed how veal calves were separated…
London Vegetarian Society – pin – true color THOMAS FATTORINI LIMITED – 22 mm in diameter To understand the actual size We now have this little pin in our archives at The Ernest Bell Library. It looks to be from about the 1920s or 1930s. The original pins are very uncommon. Nature, Science, Humanity – no mention of religiosity, cults or gurus! …… Vegetarian – equalled – Vegan to many…
Deo Gratias = thanks be to god (any god). Grace = a short prayer at a meal asking a blessing or giving thanks From 129 years ago – here we have Henry S. Salt ‘spoofing’ a prayer – 6 verses attempting to make meat-munchers think / reflect. Verse 1 – refers to ‘meat’. Verse 2 – Oxen – over-driven, bruised, and sore – stumbling to the shambles’ door. (shambles = private slaughterhouse) Verse 3 –…
The article, the images & the quotes are all from books & magazines in The Ernest Bell Library. If anyone would like to help by either ‘Adopting’ or ‘Sponsoring’ items in the library, please be in touch. Photo – Ernest Bell – freeing a lark from a London market – perhaps in 1902 Ernest Bell – writing in the magazine – The Animals’ Friend – August 1921 ~ What we…
Mohandas K. Gandhi in 1894 – aged 25. Seated – Center. Working as a lawyer for an Indian firm in Durban, South Africa. – more ~ Such are our Vegetarians in Natal. Though they do not make of Vegetarianism a creed, though they base it simply on the ground that a Vegetarian diet helps them crucify the flesh better, and though perhaps they are not even aware of the existence of…
More Etymology – Early Vegans (and Not) Josiah Oldfield & M K Gandhi – Milk & Egg Addiction Dugald Semple & Henry S. Salt Our predecessor humanitarians, vegans (and almost-vegans), anti-vivisectionists, animal rights activists, etc. have included some of the greatest minds of the 19th & 20th centuries. Here I reflect on a few of my favorite individuals – delightful mavericks. All of the printed items quoted / illustrated here are…
“I felt like I was waking up from a long sleepwalk. I believe we are all sleepwalking off a cliff if we don’t do this.” James Cameron – on switching to Vegan Living. James and Suzy Amis Cameron want Americans to adopt a vegan diet. They say it is vital for the future of the planet. James Cameron – ….also went public and lashed out in a recent interview with…
These were produced in London. The London Vegetarian Society was the ‘most vegan’ group in the UK at this time. Henry S. Salt & Ernest Bell were writing about 100% vegetable diets. A ‘vegan’ recipe book was published in London in 1910 – No Animal Food And Nutrition And Diet With Vegetable Recipes by Rupert H. Wheldon A battered & bruised little item in our Ernest Bell Library. Almost as rare…
Very funny (silly) indeed! Postmarked 1934. Père “Judognon” understood the importance of self-promotion for restaurant owners & business owners. There was no HappyCow in the 1930s to help restaurateurs to get ‘bums on seats’. We cannot trace the restaurant now – if anyone has any information about it, please share it with us. We are sure that some folk had ‘uplifting meals’ there in the 1930s! Très drôle en effet!…
“Vegetative” – an adjective – meaning – “relating to vegetation or plant life” Here we share, for the first time on the Internet, an 1849 letter. From the Reverend William Metcalfe to Joel Shew. Writing to propose that there be an American Vegetarian Society. The original of the letter is in our Ernest Bell Library. ~ And now, Mr. Editor, may I be permitted to ask you, and the friends…
Dr. Ellsworth Wareham ~ As a middle-aged man, Wareham spent a lot of time in the operating room cutting into one patient after another who had heart problems. There, he noticed something: patients who were vegetarian mostly had much cleaner and smoother arteries than those who ate meat. The arteries of meat-eaters tended to be full of calcium and plaque. So he made a choice. He decided to become a…
“I look crazy but I’m not. And the funny thing is that other people don’t look crazy but they are.” – eden ahbez Postcards of Gustaf Nagel – circa 1915 A taster of some of our Ernest Bell Library items – celebrating mavericks – many were raw vegans. Wandervogel – or Naturmenschen were a group of late 19th and early 20th century Germany and Swiss “Natural Men”, who wore…
Here is an article from 1896 – unattributed – but written very much in the style of Edith Carrington – proposing ‘networking’ for better-financing humanitarian projects. The author reflects specifically on the challenges of funding a humanitarian monthly magazine / journal. Building audiences – attracting paying advertisers – carefully managing & expanding your projects – the advice can be adjusted slightly & applied to many different great projects today, it is…