REPORT OF MOCK TRIAL, HELD AT ODD FELLOWS HALL, KEYSTONE LODGE NO. 78, I.O.O.F., BETHLEHEM...PA, MARCH 18, 1926 de Odd Fellows - 1926

Bethlehem, PA Keystone Lodge 78, IOOF 1926., 1926. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Minor marks on paper covers, else in very good condition. 9" x 6" 58pp This is a heavy-handed satire of the Scopes "Monkey Trial" held July 10-25, 1925. Actual names are used for the judge, attorneys, witnesses and jurymen. The case is designated, "Commonwealth of Pennsylvania vs. `Scopes' Lymons. The first scene opens: "O-yea, o-yea, o-yea--all ye good and lawful apes, and all ye who know and understand the language of the dumb and near dumb, come unto this Court and ye will be heard. And may God save the tail, the scratch and the smell." The lengthy proceedings end with the judge's charge to the jury, in part: ".the mayor does not have the right.to pass a Monkey Bill Zoning Ordinance, or any ordinance in which they undertake to determine anything about Adam's apple or a green pear (or even a green pair), or that Adam and Eve were `egged on by some snake in the grass' as stated in the contents of this ordinance.," &c., &c. Shades of Groucho and S.J. Perelman. Illustrated by drawing of ape as Exhibit A. First Edition. Binding is original wraps.