Word: mencken
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...little scene on Boston Common had been most elaborately led up to. First Dr. Chase ? offended by an article called "Hatrack" which dealt with copulation in a cemetery ? had ordered newsdealers to remove the American Mercury from their stands. Editor Mencken, on advice of counsel, determined to test the validity of the order...
...Mencken went to Boston and applied for a peddler's license. He was offered his choice of two licenses. The first permitted him to sell bones, grease and refuse matter. The second gave him leave to hawk anything he chose except fish, fruit or vegetables. Mr. Mencken promised not to violate these provisions, received his license. Arthur Garfield Hays telephoned Dr. Chase and asked him if he would buy an American Mercury if Mr. Mencken offered one for sale. It was Dr. Chase's silver coin that Editor Mencken popped into his mouth...
...court, Editor Mencken was arraigned on a charge of " selling literature tending to corrupt the morals of the young," released on a $1,000 surety bond that he would appear next morning. True to his bond, he stepped into court and sat down to listen to the decision of Justice James Parmentier...
...Jubilant, Editor Mencken picked up his hat and went out to luncheon. He was having lunch that day at the Harvard Union. Now, long before he had committed his offense on the common, long before the trial, the loyal students of Harvard had planned this luncheon in honor of one whom they regarded as a martyr of prudery. They were sure that he would be convicted. When Judge Parmentier's decision reached them, the campus took on the electric glory that thrills it on days when the Harvard football eleven has won a match. The huge hall at the Union...
...assembled to condole with a martyr. We did not hope to greet the martyr vindicated. Mr. Mencken has done a dreadful and a brave thing...