Bassett's Scrap Book, Vol 2, No 1
Articles in this issue
- Editor Abbot Bassett's opening leader for the second volume, setting out the mission of The Scrap Book as the official organ of the League of American Wheelmen and a repository of history, fact and humor that preaches the gospel of cycling, fresh air and good roads.
- A poem by Francis James Macbeath celebrating the bicycle as 'the Wheel of Mystic Birth,' toasting the joys and freedom of riding.
- A comic narrative poem about a traveller confused by a ticket agent over a trip to the town of Morrow, Ohio, playing on the pun of Morrow and tomorrow.
- A poem by Quincy Kilby urging former wheelmen who have abandoned cycling for the trolley car or automobile to return to the bicycle and its health and pleasures.
- The magazine's question-and-answer department, fielding historical and miscellaneous queries on subjects such as Gibraltar, the term 'civil war,' the free cities of Germany, the battle of Culloden Moor, and the origin of the word 'gumption.'
- The L.A.W. official section listing the League's objects and officers (President Geo. L. Cooke, Secretary-Treasurer Abbot Bassett), dues and membership rules, committee appointments, and divisional reports from the Massachusetts, New York and Rhode Island Divisions, including notice of the Massachusetts Division Spring Dinner in Boston on April 30.
- The full text of the League of American Wheelmen's constitution and by-laws as adopted February 10, 1904, covering membership, the national assembly, officers, committees, the official organ, and the League badge and seal.