Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1906-11-27
TO MIDSH|PMEN.
A New Author Gains Favor In
Annapolis.
A CLEVER WORK BY A VERY
WITTY ARTIST.
The Mint Julep association ImmOr-
talizsd In Verse Along
With Others.

There is just out OF print, The Lord
Baltimore Press, Baltimore, Nd, n
pleasing little book, the author OF
which is William q. stevens, of An
napolis. The title of the lite book
is An Annapolis Alphabet, pub
lished at ''Crap-Town-On-T The Bay,
MDCCCCETC." f"
1t is illustrated with pictures and
limericks. The illustrations are
done by the author who is an artist of
some talent. The illustrations, which
are caricatures on people and places,
not TO say things in Annapolis, are
verify clever and display the artists
keen sense of humor as well as his
skill. Apropos of a. isl the fol-
low ing:
"A is for Ancestry; we
Are wonders for Pure Pedigree,
But could we cash in
That blue blood in Tin
How happy some people would be )!
Illustrative of this is caricature
of a Southern gentlemanone ofthe maid
en- ladies of Annapolis whose ancestry
is beneath the ground 10 these many
years, and a typical darkey about
town. The trio are standing in front
of the city postofiice near the South
gate memorial fountain.
The next picture represents n mid
die, or two of them, being kicked out
of the United States Naval Academy
back door No. 23. The Tree over
shadows the door, and the aforesaid
middies are sliding down a plank
labeed "Academic Board. They
plunge into a pool that may be the
waters of Oblivion, Spa creek, the
Severn or Chesapeake Bay. ID is as
follows:
''B is for Bilgers, they say
They weren't treated fair, anyway;
They only went in
Just to say they had been,
They never intended to stay.
To see this little book is to appre-
ciate il. There isa grind at every
thing in town. The ID. A. r., with
their museum of relics, including a
piece of the Peggy Stewart, an old
boot worn by John Randolph, jug
of cider from the estate of Charles
Carroll, is too funny, and can be
fully appreciated. With Sc to rep
resent Enterprise, drawing by the
author is of Main street on Busy
Day." which shows one drunk asleep
at the curb and just two cows stand
ing in front of Flood S ice, coal and
wood Office.
Even the Mint Julep Association
has been immortalized in one of the
artists drawings. Around table en-
ioying the fragrant mint juleps are
three prominent members of the
quill. Above their heads are "Regu-
lations of the Mint Julep Associa-
tom and at their feet several copies
of the Evening Capital The au-
thor asks if we can drink two with
out tangling our feet?' Mr.. Stevens
hits the trolley line thus:
CT is the Trolley line; well,
Till it comes, there is not much to
tell,
When the work is all done
And the first ear is run,
There'll be pretty good skating in
Hell /"
The old hacks in town are not for
gotten, neither is John Paul Jones,
who every month has fresh funeral,
and the author shows his doubt as
to whether its Jones' bones or some
other fellow S bones, for. he says is
he the Right corpse after all!
The last picture is a cartoon of Pro-
fessor Zimmerman, and the alphabet
closes with
IN is for Zimmerman band,
The girls say its music is Grand;
For when it plays "Dearie"
So love-sick and leary-
Each midshipman squeezes a Hand
The author, Prof. w. o. Stevens,
is of the Department of English and
/ Law at the Naval Academy, he is botf
witty and clever. The little book il
| great. It's pictures grow on one, foi
| one sees more and more in them th'
longer and oftener he looks. Comint
| out at this time the little book is I
/ charming Christmas present. Th'
| author is to be congratulated on hii
| work, which reveals his talent witt
both his pen and pencil. He hal
hit the nail on the head; hit hard an'
driven it into the right place -througl
and through-without the hamme
flying off and hurting anybody.
| lAs.. - t1o Gar1i4al