New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-03-18
TWO GERMANS AND 4 GREEN FLAG.
FUN IN HACKENsACK on SATURDAY NIGHT-THE
ENGIISHMAN KEPT STILL.

FUN IN IACKENsACK on SATURDAY NIGIfT-THE
ENGLIsHMAN KEPT STILL.
An attempt OF one German business man TO play
a Joke on another OF the same nationality has given
rise to complications in Hackensack. An irish
flag figures i'm the affair John I.ange runs
barber shop in what Is locally known as the
Block" Next door to him J. J. Fink has a sta
tonery store The mon are good friends. Lange
owns the building in which his store is. He ana
his wife occupy the floor above the store me
top story is rented John Masters Masters Is
Englishman and glories in the fact. lie sell
DOM it is said. loses an opportunity to tel OF the
greatness Of his land. and her powers on land and
sea. He is saying nothing over the latest sensation
Of THE Block" but IT is on his account there Is
sensation.
Some time ago Fink played some kind of joke
Lange who has been trying TO get even. lie
planned TO have an irish flag placed over flhks
store Saturday night. The plans reached FINK
ears and it would appear he enlisted those 10
whom LANCE told of the plan on his side Fink
says he bought some green cloth ana had Sh'm-
rocks painted on it. He did this because he couid
not buy an Irish flag large enough for his purpose
Then with the flag in readiness he waiie' II
was late when the plan was executed Lanse hdi
been in and out OF his store all the evening watch
ing for the appearance Of the flag above RINK
door. and wondered much why 1t dld not appeal
Finally he found n small crowd standing IN 'front.'
of his store laughing He thought they were
laughing at a green flag over Finks door, anu
hurried out to Join in the laugh. There was II"
flag over FinKs door, hut directly over ms own
was an immense green flag, and in F1nKs doorway
stood Fink laughing heartily I.ange was NOT long
I'm realizing what had taken place, and laughed as
heartily as any one else. Some OF l-anses GUS
toners Joined in the laugh and dlers ana passers-
by sweed the crowd Lange admitted that inc
drinks we're on him, and was about to start BACK
into the shop resume mis- lathcrng anu shaEt"3
when there was a diversion from an uneNpected
source ..-.. A.
The flag was fastened to a cord stretehel rom the
too of T.anges house the top o. an electric Sht
pole i'm front of il. Whoever rugged the nag. th'tc
must have climbed through a network 'ot eitctrlc
wires TO fasten the pole end OF the cord. II was
impossible TO bring the flag down In 'front.' OF
Langes windows, so II came that inc nag naun'SSu
defantly in front OF those OF Masters. the thShSh
man. If Masters knew Of 1t, he said nothing ana
did nothing Not Mrs. Lange. She thought the
flag was nut there an insult to her tenant VAS
ters and flew into a rage. she denounced every
one about and accused George I. Davidson anu
James Brockman. of the electrtc-nght company
with putting the flag where II was. bail OF tWlne
was obtained at last and with a piece o. Wood AT
tachcd 1t was thrown over the flag ana the cora
supporting the flag broken. FINK has the nag ana
intends to keep it a memento OF one OF the most
interesting Saturday nights The BLOCK mas ever
seen Davidson and Brockman deny completely ~
the affair and Fink says he alone is responsible Tor
the nag-raisng. Masters docs not seem to be Wor-
ryng much. but Mrs. LANCE fears he may move.