Bassett's Scrap Book, Vol 7, No 11
Articles in this issue
- A New Year poem by T. A. Daly invoking Janus and dedicated to a loved one.
- The opening New Year editorial leader, musing on the two-faced god Janus and urging readers to reflect on the past year before resolving to do better in the new one.
- A poem describing the rush of sensations on a fast bicycle descent before facing another hill to climb.
- Light notes on the new year, including that those born on Feb. 29 have no birthday, that candidates to become centenarians must have been born by 1810, and the curiosity that David J. Post keeps number 108 in both the regular and life-member lists.
- An editorial report tracing the history of the League of American Wheelmen life-membership provision from 1886 and explaining why early life members' numbers have changed, since the last National Assembly voted to place the 39 surviving early members at the head of the list.
- Note that the Century Road Club has elected John Bailie of New York City president, with vice-presidents F. H. Watrous and Emil Leuly, treasurer Fred I. Perreault, and secretary Fred E. Mommer, and that the annual ball will be held in New York City on February 26th.
- A roster of League of American Wheelmen members who joined in 1895 and remain in good standing, listed with membership number, name, city and date of joining.
- A notice on magazine subscription clubbing, explaining how to form a club from class numbers, followed by a price list of popular periodicals including the Bicycling World.