Bassetts Scrap Book, Vol 11, No 10
Articles in this issue
- p. 1
The December 1913 seasonal editorial, covering the history of Christmas dates from early Christianity through Julius I's decision to fix 25 December, alongside notes on holiday gift-giving and a humorous Christmas tree that 'should look spruce'.
- p. 6
Accounts of two L.A.W. members, President Quincy Kilby and George Cooke, who attribute their rapid surgical recoveries to the excellent physical condition maintained by years of bicycle riding.
- p. 4
Captain Kendall of the Boston Bicycle Club corrects the record on who has ridden an ordinary (penny-farthing) bicycle over the Wheel About the Hub route since the original 1879 run.
- p. 7
A retrospective noting that in 1903 the L.A.W. had 5,830 members and no Meet, and in 1893 had 36,076 members and a turbulent Chicago Assembly where Southern members tried unsuccessfully to exclude Black members.
- p. 5
A humorous list of suggested Christmas presents tailored to specific recipients, including a bicycle for an ex-wheelman now driving a car, with a quotation from Plutarch about the value of slow, careful work.
- p. 8
An announcement that several improvements to the publication are planned for the coming year, without yet specifying what they will be.
- p. 11
A quotation from Harold Spender's 'The Call of the Siren' comparing the bicycle's role in modern urban youth to that of the horse for young Plains Indians, praising it as a companion available to poor and rich alike.