Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-02-02
PAINTED HIM GREEN.
amusing Result of a Painters Quarrel
With an Awning Hanger.

with an Awning Hanger.
The local color in the Jefferson Mar
ket Police court was mostly green
when the case of the People VS.. Max
Stoloff and David Fitzpatrick was
called. No physiognomies ever beamed
more effulgently than did those OF
the two prisoners arraigned before Ma
gistrate Brann. David Fitzpatrick,
whose face would have caused a glow
of appreciation to burn within the ar
tistic soul of the late Aubrey Boards
ley, was most artistically daubed with
green paint, from the roots of his hair
to the tip Of his chin. His appearance
bore testimony to the fact that Max
Stolloff is a painter. The parts OF
Fitzpatricks face which the brush OF
Stolloff had neglected stood out in
pale relief, sand contrast to the YER
dure surrounding them. An erstwhile
black moustach dropped greenly over
his mouth Underneath the paint
Fitzpatricks face was sad. 1t was
plain that he felt the indignity OF his
position.
Stolloff, who literally stood in the
reflected glory of Fitzpatrick's face,
was prevented from smiling as content
edly as he might at sight of his handi-
work by an aching void, which filled
the space formerly occupied by two OF
his front teeth. In his impressionlst
work on Fitzpatrick he had himself
been bit splashed with green. In the
greenness which irradiated from the
two Magistrate Brann looked pale.
'It was this way" said Stolloff, in
voice thickened and impeded by swol-,
len lips: L was in his way, and he told
me, and then l told him l wanted to
paint the front of the house, only he
wanted to hang the awning, and
moved away to give him room, and
told him he had no right to do so, but
he hitsme in the mouth and broke two
teeth for me-" Here Stolloff opened
his mouth and showed the aching void.
With the solemnity of Solomon, Ma
gistrate Brann asked the injured paint
er if the teeth were false which was
Indignantly denied, Stolloff adding,
but suppose the next ones will be-
The magistrate would not go into
that, however, and turning an unused
eye upon the toothless man, continued
his catechizing:
"Then. when he struck you, you
turned about and painted him?"
"Yes, sir; that's all can do. That's
my trade" answered Stolloff.
Magistrate Brann turneI to Fitzpat-
rick. There was a long contemplation
before the judicial lips opened.
Kirkpatrick. can tell by your face
that you're Irish,' he said.
The awning hanger had to admit
that the magistrates acumen was not
at fault.
''But, man, dear" continued Tie
court in rich brogue, "'tis beastly
shame to give you French goatee.'
Fitzpatrick again admitted that
them were his sentiments"
"You are not as green as you are
painted, however" resumed the court.
Tell me how you came to be deco
rated"
Fitzpatrick declared that he was en-
gagged in putting up an awning in 'FRONT.'
of Hudson street house when StolloH
appeared on the scene with paint and
brushes and peremptorily ordered him
to desist from hanging his awning, as
he (otolloff) had another coat of paint
to apply to the building.
"The paint was green, your honor"
said Fitzpatrick.
YES" replied Magistrate Brann.
otis evident on the face of it."