The September issue carried a memorial to Anna Kingsford, who had been born 100 years earlier. Anna Kingsford was also an opponent of vivisection, and had become a vegetarian following the influence of her eldest brother. She decided that the best way to combat vivisection was to study medicine - this was in the 1870s when it was difficult for women to have any kind of professional career! Anna also felt that she had a spiritual mission to spread the word about vegetarianism, anti-vivisection and esoteric Christianity. She went to Paris to study and passed all her medical exams. In 1880 she wrote a thesis entitled "L'Alimentation Vegetale de l'Homme" which gained her a diploma. It was published in English under the title "the Perfect Way in Diet".

The Indian cricket team was touring England that year and the Vegetarian Messenger carried a photo of V M Merchant, the vice-captain who was "second only to Walter Hammond in that season's batting averages". Mr Merchant was a vegan and, it seems, the only member of the team who consistently maintained his vegetarian principles.

The Vegetarian News, organ of the London Vegetarian Society, was proud that it had increased it's circulation from 3,500 to 4,500 and was expecting to grow even more "as more paper becomes available" - not a problem we encounter today! It also had a competition with offering a prize of £5 for the best essay on "Will the new era of Socialism herald a growth of vegetarianism and a cessation of cruel sports?" Post war conditions continued to limit activities, the London Vegetarian Society was unable to arrange its usual holiday for members and they were reminded if booking holidays for themselves, to check on the availability of salads and vegetables.

The Summer issue of The Vegetarian News also devoted a considerable amount of space addressing a problem that never seems to go away - parents' concern that their children are having an adequate diet. C V Pink, MRCS, LRCP wrote reassuringly "My partner and I have had the experience, which must be unique in this country, of seeing nearly three thousand babies start on a vegetarian diet." Some of these babies had been followed up until they were in their twenties and the doctors' conclusions were that they were healthier than non-vegetarian babies, suffered less from childhood ailments and had a satisfactory rate of growth.