Book excerpt: Excerpt from Official Bulletin, Vol. 12: And Scrap Book of the League of American Wheelmen, January, 1914 At the beginning of a New Year we should take account of stock and lay plans for the future. What of the L. A. W.? The recent experience in calling upon members to provide ways and means for another half decade has been most gratifying. The response to our appeal has been most generous. Later we may go into the detail of the giving, but just now we want to tell you about what one man has done. Theodore F. Merseles, a member since 1887, and long time ago an active worker in the New Jersey Division, read the report of the Secretary, which was presented at the annual meeting, and decided that it was time something should be done. lie took off his coat, called his efficient stenographer to his aid and began writing letters to the old friends who were active in cycling circles when he was in the saddle of League work. We don't know what he wrote but it must have been language such as can emanate from a pen of gold pointed with a diamond. The effect was magical. Twenty-seven good fellows, nearly all of them former members, sent in applications for membership, and accompanied their applications with messages of confidence and promises of loyalty in the future. We haven't garnered such a crop in many years previous. Among the comebacks are Robert D. Garden, James E. Sullivan, Sidney Bowman, Robert Bruce, Frank Eveland. Theo F. and Fred J. Keer, Dr. E. W. Johnson, John Van Benschoten and many more. Isn't that a thing quite worth while? And wouldn't you like to command the magnetism to bring about results like that? About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.