Bassett's Scrap Book, Vol 6, No 2
Articles in this issue
- The opening leader for the April 1908 issue muses on Easter and Patriots' Day falling together, recites Longfellow's line on the midnight ride of Paul Revere, and rhymes about springtime.
- A tongue-in-cheek editorial announces Bassett's candidacy for President on a platform of free trade, abolishing battleships and forts to melt the metal into bicycles and automobiles, and making men collectively as peaceful as they are individually.
- A poem by Theodosia Garrison about a weary soldier who takes his place amid the march of men without ever seeing his captain's face or knowing why they strive.
- A poem by Ernest H. Crosby in which a captain repeatedly answers 'I do not think—I obey,' rebuked by the questioner who declares 'I do not obey—I think!'
- A puzzle feature of brain-teasers, including an age problem, an 'Elements of a Bicycle' word riddle, and a verse puzzle by William Mackworth Praed, followed by answers to the March problems.
- Lists the League of American Wheelmen officers for 1908-09—President Marriott C. Morris of Philadelphia, 1st Vice President Frank W. Weston of Boston, Vice President Edward F. Hill of Peekskill, and Secretary-Treasurer and Editor Abbot Bassett—and notes April dues, veteran and pioneer rolls, and the C.T.C.'s 1907 membership of 27,617.
- Cycling-and-automobile notes reporting motor cycles but no bicycles at the Boston Auto Show, old cycling celebrities such as Geo. M. Hendee, Wm. A. Rowe and A. H. Overman who have drifted into automobiling, and annual dinners of the Massachusetts and Newton Bicycle Clubs.