Bassett's Scrap Book, Vol 4, No 2
Articles in this issue
- The opening editorial leader for the April 1906 number, headed with Thomas Tusser's 1557 line "Sweet April showers do spring May flowers," launching the month's running stream of jokes, aphorisms and short notes.
- A light verse by Nixon Waterman about teasing a young woman in the next pew, followed by an editorial quip on the latest decision crediting men with the angelic title.
- A consolatory poem by Susan Coolidge declaring every day a fresh beginning and urging the reader to let yesterday's errors and wounds go and take heart with the new day.
- A moral poem by Bettie Day advising that before repeating a tale about another one should pass it through three gates: is it true, is it needful, and is it kind.
- A question-and-answer feature explaining denaturized alcohol, "box" calf, Caesar's "Veni, vidi, vici," Washington's "Put none but Americans on guard," Henry Clay's "rather be right than be President," telepathy and the naming of the days of the week; it also revisits the disputed authorship of "Casey at the Bat," weighing claims for Ernest L. Thayer, Joseph Quinlan Murphy and Will Valentine.
- A day-by-day almanac of notable historical events occurring in April, from the marriage of Napoleon and Maria Louisa to Washington's inauguration.
- The League of American Wheelmen's official department, stating the association's objects and listing its officers, including President Wm. B. Everett, Secretary-Treasurer Abbot Bassett of Boston, and Foreign Council Joseph Pennell of London.
- L.A.W. notes for the renewal season reporting club activity, including the Newton Bicycle Club's 182nd meeting, the Massachusetts Bicycle Club's quarterly meetings, the Associated Cycling Clubs of Philadelphia's annual meeting, and the new New York "Nylaw" association whose Albany banquet honored State Engineer Van Alstyne and endorsed a state appropriation for good roads.