Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-06
KRAMER IS ON HIS
WAYTOLOS ANGELES
is FAMOUS CEREAL FlEND AND
LoNe-DIsTANcE WALKER
Started from Duluth June 20, Passed
Through st. Louis Yesterday,
Expects to Arrive Here
by January Fl

Special to The Herald.
ST. LOUIS. Nov. 5.-Charles A. Kramer,
who is walking to Los Angeles and San
Francisco across the continent, subsist-
ing meanwhile on entirely vegetarian
diet, passed through this city today, as
hard as nails.
Kramer expects to arrive in Los Ange-
les by January 81. 1908, and he hopes to
make San Francisco by February Is.
He started from Duluth, June 20, as the
representative of the Chicago Vegetarian
society trained vegetarian Of eight
years experience. the society engaged
him to prove the virtues Of cereal muscle
making by record tramp.
The vegetarian athlete is a fine live
exhibit He is twenty-five years Of age,
five feet three inches in height, spare to
the degree of sinewy toughness. His skin
Is swarthy from constant exposure to the
vagaries of nature. His brown eyes are
clear and unfllnching and his nerves are
all asleep with amiability.
"I am spreading the propaganda of veg
etarianlsm as I walk" said Kramer 'I
some good dog to the only diet, but thus
far 1 have failed to find one that has
forgotten the carniverous instincts of his
species
''When left Duluth in June I took a
zigzag course across Minnesota, covering
800 miles between that point to Chicago.
where arrived about September IA. was
sent off from the city hall at Chicago
with brass band on September q.
Here am in st. Louis getting my
third wind so to speak. L have worn
out two pairs Of shoes thus far on the
Journey. Remember that some days l
irtx of a
tramp. Feel the tendons of my legs and
the muscles of my arms. Hard enough?
All developed on a vegetable diet.
Takes No Stlmulants
ION my route partake Of no tea, cof-
fee, tobacco or liquors. The longer I walk
the harder get and the clearer car
think. My mental faculties are keer
enough to enable me to make my way
without relying upon the society fol
funds 1 started without cent, but have
accumulated money by selling photo
graphs of myself.
81 give lectures in schools, lyceums and
churches. I sleep as comfortably and
peacefully in farm house by the wayside
as do In a city hotel 1 have zest for
everything I encounter
"I find that my interest in the most
trifling things, so-called by the average
person, is keener than when as boy
the world was full of novelty to my un-
tutored eyes. Living outdoors and eating
what the outdoors produces have given me
| more heartfelt interest in my fellow
man and less selfishness."
When Kramer leaves st. Louis he will
follow the line of the Frisco railway
south, through Oklahoma and north
ern Texas, to Ell Paso. Thence he
will pursue the line Of the Southern Pa
cific to Los Angeles and San Francisco.
His outfit is canvas golf cap, a era
vanette coat, covering a serviceable out
ing suit Two knapsacks are carried, one
over each shoulder. A canteen filled with
water serves to slake his thirst on the
road. When he turns his back on this
city he will wear shoes furnished by one
of the largest manufacturers in St
| Louis.
'Tf I hit the mountains and find snow
between here and San Francisco, will
get pair of skis and cover the distance
faster than by walking" said Kramer
''I know the skis as well as 1 do thai
vegetarian diet is mans food"