The herald., 1894-01-27
SOME REFORMERS IN DIETS.
They Will Eschew Flesh in All
Styles as Food.
An Outline of the Greed of the Vege.
tartan Club.
People who Think 1t Physical Sin to
Eat Meat-some Simple Menus
Which Are Strictly
Vegetarian.

On Thursday evening steps we're taken
to form an organization which, ii sue
cessful, will be the 10y OF the farmers
heart and will promote great activity in
vegetable garden circles. 1t was not a
meeting of the owners OF prize stock,
determined to thereafter feed only vege-
tables to their animals, but number of
people from various lines OF business,
met to bind themselves to sbstsin in the
future from eating meat and to restrict
their diet to vegetables.
The meeting was held at the Office of
DR.. L. Gossman, at $50 South Broadway,
and was we'll attended. Officers were
elected and the preliminsries OF organ
ization completed. About 80 persons,
both from the city and vicinity. enrolled
their names. The name of the society
has not vet been determined, but will
be either the Los Angeles Vegetarian or
the Therapeutical society. Meetings
will be held every Thursday evening at
DR.. Gossman's, on South Broadway.
DR.. Gossman is the prime mover in
the organization OF the new club. He
came to this city about three years ago
from Hesse Cassel. He had been a
vegetarian before leaving Germany, and
INFESTED that patients should undergo a
course of dieting while under his treat
ment. They were denied all meats and
were restricted to vegetables, fruits and
cereals.
DIR. Gossman early conceived the de-
sire OF starting vegetarian society in
Los Angeles, but owing to limited &C.
quaintance sSw no opportunity until
recently. However, he proselyted with
his patients, who prosely ted among their
friends, until few months ago he found
that there were fully So converts in this
vicinity.
Mr.. III. Wallersten of Paris, who rep
resented the French government at the
international vegetarian congress, held
at Chicago during the worlds fair,
reached this city recently and visited
DR.. Gossman. The two then began to
take active steps towards organizing a
vegetarian society in Los Angeles with
the result OF last Thursday night. This
following is an average days menu pre-
sented to the patients by DR.. Gossman.
Breakfast-0ranges and bananas, cruel or
cream soup, cocoa Shells brcs d ana butter.
Dinner-Green corn soup, bread aud butter,
oyster plant, cream potatoes With parsley,
white and green beans, farina bulbs, lettuce
salad, bread and butter rice pudding, fruit and
nuts.
supper-Coeoa, potato cakes, apple rice,
whole wheat bread.
1t was with diet of this nature that
DR.. Gossman treated his patients. The
principles of vegetarians OF course allow
greater variety of articles than those
recommended by DR.. Gossman. The
true vegetarian believes in eating all
that is good in that kingdom but denies
himself meat, and moreover recommends
abstinence from alcoholic drinks. The
members of the local society. propose to
live up to these principles, eat what
they please of vegetables, cereals, fruits
and nuts, but always with temperance,
and establish among themselves at least
that perfect health and contentment
which can be enjoyed only by those who
are converts to vegetable regimen.