Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-05-28
THE 1919 LUCKY BAG
OUT AHEAD OF TIME
The Annual Is Dedicated "To
Those Who Speak The
Language"
PICToRIALLY HANDSOME
High Tribute BY Midshipmen In
Their Annual Paid To Ad-
miral E. w. Eberle
And Captain Mutton.

The Lucky Bag of 1919" resembles
the class at the U. S. Naval Academy
from which il takes its title in that il
comes out ahead of time. In fact, the
editorial staff of the annual have
beaten the class by nearly a month,
for the 1919 Lucky Bag was issued on
May II and the class itself will not
be graduated until June g. The annual
is dedicated ITO Those Who Speak
the Language" and has half a dozen
Illustrations, including several in color
reproduction of a photograph OF
Midshipman Kenneth Richards Fail
ing, who died Feb. 81, 1918, and full
page photographs of Rear Admiral
Edward w Eberle and Capt Louis NJ
Mutton, both u. S. N, before it arrives
at the body of the letterpress
The first part of the Lucky Bag is
devoted TO the regiment of midship-
men, each of the four battalions hav-
ing a page TO itself with roster of
the cadet officers in ecah command.
Twelve full-page reproductions III
tint, of scenes in and around the Acad-
emy follow, and then comes the real
reason for the being of this annual in
the estimation of the families, friends
and relatives of the midshipmen, abe
PIT pages devoted to personal sketches
and photographs of the class men,
bers. THE Ballad of the Bilged' is a
very melancholy poem devoted to
those unfortunates who met this fate
and whose names are spread forth be-
meath the verses. Some anonymous
midshipman has contributed a bur
lesque on the romantic novel entitled
Nineteen Chronicles of Ye Goode Olde
Dayes" devoted to the daily life of a
midshipman. A page each is given to
photographs of the heads of the var
ious departments, each page having a
drawing illustrating the subject
taught by the officer in charge of the
department indicated. 1t is to be OBJ
served that Comdr. Joseph l.. Hileman
who succeeded COmdr Wat T. Cluver-
ius as the head of steam" did not
get in his photograph.
The activities of the "Masquerad-
ers," the mandolin and glee clubs are
described none too seriously, a page
is given to The Log and its staff, an
other to the choir, the Y NJ. c. A and
the Athletic Council. A novelty in the
book comes next, double page photo
graph of the members of the Third
Glass with reproductions of the MEM
ders' autographs aroud the border
The Fourth Glass also gets a double
m a
names added Thirty-one pages are
devoted to the athletic activities of
the midshipmen the football pictures
being unusually fine. The last
eighty pages are devoted to Sea Serv-
ice," pictures and tales of the cruises
of the class.
The Lucky Bag of 1919 is pictorially
the handsomest of the twenty-six vol
umes of this annual which have ap-
peared and this is partly the work of
The Roycrofters, of East Aurora, N.
Y, who printed the book and attend
ed to ali its other mechanical details.
1t is also due to all the artists who
contributed pictures and photographs
and, as the staff of the book write, "to
Rear Admiral Eberle who has never
failed to grant our requests" The
staff also compliments Captain Null
ton, Commandant of Midshipmen, for
his constructive criticism and friend
ly aid" which would seem to give
Captain Mutton the rare distinction OF
constructive critic" of the present
hour who was praised for his work