Bassett's Scrap Book, Vol 3, No 10

Articles in this issue

• WARM WORK FOR US.

  Opening editorial leader explaining that the December number of the Scrap Book was destroyed by fire (part of a $100,000 total loss) before mailing, with no insurance, so the December and January numbers have been combined into this larger book.
• Silver Tone.

  A reader contribution from Virginia Baker about the "silver toned" bell in the Baptist Church at Warren, R.I., cast by Paul Revere, into whose molten metal Nicholas "Uncle Nick" Campbell threw silver dollars while it was being founded.
• THE CHRISTMAS TREE OF INFORMATION.

  A question-and-answer feature explaining the origins of phrases and customs such as "begging the question," the wassail bowl, Yiddish, "my country right or wrong" (Stephen Decatur), Scotland Yard, the Quids, and Putnam's encounter with the wolf.
• [Official Department of the League of American Wheelmen — objects and officers]

  The L.A.W. official department conducted by the Secretary-Treasurer, stating the association's objects and listing its officers, including President Geo. L. Cooke of Providence, R.I., Secretary-Treasurer Abbot Bassett of Boston, and Foreign Consul Joseph Pennell of London.
• ON THE RIM OF THE YEAR.

  A signed reflective essay by League President Geo. L. Cooke (Providence, R.I., Nov. 27, 1905) on late-autumn cycling and his recollections of the discomforts of winter bicycling in the early days of solid-tired safeties and tricycles.
• AMENDMENTS.

  Secretary-Treasurer Abbot Bassett gives notice of proposed amendments to the League Constitution (Articles III, IV, VI and VIII) for possible consideration at the National Assembly meeting in February.