1909 Modern Woodmen Lodge Trick Chair Camera Fraternal

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MODERN WOODMEN OF AMERICA 1909 WHEN SOMEONE NEW WAS ADOPTED INTO THE MODERN WOODMEN OF AMERICA, HE MUST UNDERGO SEVERAL TESTS TO SHOW HIS ABILITY TO BE A MODERN WOODMAN OF AMERICA. ONE TEST IS THE ITEMS THAT ARE UP FOR BID IN THIS AUCTION. YOU WILL SEE A COMBINATION OF TWO TEST. THE CONSUL INSTRUCTS THE NEW CANDIDATE THAT WANTS TO JOIN, THAT IT WILL BE NECESSARY TO TAKE HIS PHOTOGRAPH IN ORDER THAT IT MAY BE SENT TO THE OFFICE OF THE HEAD CLERK AND PLACED AMONG THE RECORDS OF THAT OFFICE TO PROVIDE A CHECK AGAINST FRAUDULENT DEATH CLAIMS. THEY INSTRUCTED THE CANDIDATE TO BE SEATED IN THE CHAIR OF HONOR, ( THIS IS THE TRICK CHAIR UP FOR AUCTION BELOW THAT WAS USED FOR THIS PURPOSE) THE CHIEF FORESTER WILL PLACE AN IMITATION CAMERA COVERED WITH ORDINARY BLACK CLOTH ON A PEDESTAL, THE CANDIDATE WOULD BE SEATED ON THE TRICK CHAIR, AND SOME OTHER WOODSMEN WOULD STAND AROUND HIM. THE TRICK CAMERA HAD SOME FLOUR IN A TUBE AND WHEN ALL WAS READY, THE CAMERA MAN WOULD BLOW INTO THE TUBE AND FLOUR WOULD BLOW OUT OF THE CAMERA ONTO THE NEW CANDIDATE, AND AT THE SAME TIME, ONE OF THE MEN STANDING BESIDE HIM WOULD TRIP THE LEVER ON THE TRICK CHAIR AND THE CANDIDATE WOULD FALL THROUGH THE CHAIR. OUCH!!!! THEY WOULD THEN TELL THE NEW CANDIDATE THAT HIS EXPERIENCE WITH THE CHAIR OF HONOR RECALLS THE MANY UNCERTAINTIES OF LIFE. MOST POSITION OF HONOR ARE FRAUGHT WITH SERIOUS POSSIBLITIES AND THROUGH THE TRICKERY OF OTHERS YOU MAY FALL T FROM. I GOT THIS INFORMATION FROM THE MODERN WOODMEN OF AMERICA BOOK AND FROM THE MAN WE GOT THIS FROM, IT HAD BELONGED TO HIS GREAT-GRAND FATHER. WOODEN TRICK CHAIR ::: THIS REALLY LOOKS LIKE A STEP STOOD, IT IS 28 INCHES LONG, 19 INCHES WIDE & 12 INCHES TALL. THIS IS VERY STURDY AND CAN BE SAT ON OR STOOD ON, BUT WHEN THE LEVER ON THE SIDE IS PUSHED DOWN THE TOP SET FALLS THROUGH, (SEE PICTURE BELOW) T IS A PAPER LABEL UNDER THE SEAT SAYING "DeMOULIN BROS. & CO. Mfrs. OF LODGE SUPPLIES, BURLESQUE & SIDE DEGRESS, PARAPHERNALIA, UNIFORMS, BANNERS, BADGES, ECT. GREENVILLE, ILLINOIS" ALSO UNDER IT SAY THE DATE 1909 (SEE PICTURES FOR ALL THIS) THE TRICK CHAIR IS IN VERY GOOD WORKING ORDER. TRICK CAMERA :::: THIS IS A MADE UP CAMERA, JUST FOR THE WOODMEN OF AMERICA, BUT IT HAD TO KIND OF LOOK REAL TO PULL OFF THIS TRICKERY. THE CAMERS IS 7 X 7 INCHES & 13 INCHES LONG. INSIDE IS WOOD COVERED BY BLACK CANVAS CLOTH. T IS A COPPER SMALL TUBE INSIDE TO POUR FLOUR INTO AND FOR THE CAMERA MAN TO BLOW ON, THE FLOUR WOULD COME OUT THE FRONT OF THE CAMERA JUST BELOW THE LENS. I REALLY DO NOT KNOW HOW WELL THIS WORKS, I DID NOT TRY IT WITH FLOUR, BUT I HAVE BLOWN THROUGH THE TUBE AND THE AIR COMES OUT UNDER THE LENS. ALSO T IS A PLACE TO SCREW ON A TRI POD UNDER THE CAMERA. THE TRICK CAMERA LOOKS GOOD BUT THIS IS JUST A MADE UP CAMERA. HARDCOVER BOOK :::OFFICIAL RITUAL OF THE MODERN WOODMEN OF AMERICA, 1915. THIS BOOK IS 5 X 7.5 INCHES WITH 96 PAGES. BOOK ALL INTACT, PAGES PRETTY CLEAN WITH SOME FOXING, BUT BOOK IS WORN SOME ON THE OUTSIDE AND SPINE, LAST PAGE HAS SOME HOLES. THIS BOOKS TELLS OF OPENING AND CLOSING CEREMONY AND CEREMONY OF ADOPTION. IT ALSO HAS SOME OF THE TEST THE NEW CANDIDATES HAD TO DO, LIKE THE ONE ABOVE, OR LIKE SAWING A LOG WITH A DULL SAW, THE BOXING TEST, TRICK GUNS, ECT. IN THE BACK ARE ABOUT 10 SONGS WITH MUSIC. ALL THIS CAME FROM THE VERY TIP OF NORTHWEST OF MISSOURI, CRAIG MISSOURI. SHIPPING IN USA ONLY PLEASE. SHIPPING WILL BE FED-EX, THIS IS HEAVY, THE TRICK CHAIR IS WOOD AND HEAVY. $35.00 read more

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