Bassett's Scrap Book, Vol 8, No 2
Articles in this issue
- An opening poem praising the loyal League of American Wheelmen member who pays his dues promptly each year and reads every word of the Scrap Book.
- The April 1910 editorial leader on spring's arrival, quoting Tennyson and noting that society is quietly taking to the bicycle again, with a well-patronized cycle livery at Palm Beach and other Florida winter resorts.
- A poem by Sam Walter Foss urging the reader to greet a man in woe with a hearty "Hullo!" and "How d'ye do?"
- A poem addressed to the writer's bicycle as guide and friend, reprinted from the London Chronicle and signed A. W.
- Obituary of Frederick Alcott Pratt, son of John Bridge and Anna Bronson Alcott Pratt, who died at Concord, Mass., on March 10, 1910; an early member of the Massachusetts Bicycle Club, he was the prototype for "Demi"/"Little John" in Louisa M. Alcott's "Little Men" and worked for years with publishers Roberts Bros.
- A humorous dialect poem by Joe Cone, from Century Magazine, about Jed Wheeler who keeps putting off buying a bicycle to save money as prices fall, only to die just before he can ride the wheel he finally orders.
- A letter from L.A.W. President Walter M. Meserole, dated Brooklyn, March 22, 1910, notifying Charles J. Obermayer, George L. Cooke and Alonzo D. Peck of their appointment as the committee to nominate national officers for the next annual election.
- A notice that most well-known magazines have raised their wholesale prices this season, explaining the class-number system for forming subscription clubs through the Scrap Book.