Judge (William B.) Green: reciter and story teller

              Judge (William B.) Green, RECITER 
AND
 STORY TELLER Humor, Pathos, Sentiment



OUT OF SIGHT




NEBUCHADNEZZAR WHOA SAH! WHAR YOU TRYIN TO GO SAH
?




AND HE WENT UP. AND UP
.




TALKIN ABOUT MANE MIN






Some men are born witty, others have good memories.—
 Judge Green.




HE WAS SIX FOOT O'MAN AI
.




VAT KIND OF PIE YOU LIKE.  MR. DUSENBERRY
?




WATCH THE SWALLOWS SCOOTIN  JUST AS PEERT AS YOU COULD AST
.




CATCH A SHADOW DOWN BELOW AND LOOK UP TO FIND A CROW
.





Praise from the Papers



Manchester, (N. H.) Daily Union.


—
Judge
 
GREEN
 was far ahead of any humorist who has been here lately.




San Francisco (California) Chronicle.


—
Judge
 
WILLIAM B. GREEN
, the wonderful story teller, from Brooklyn, N. Y.




New York Herald.


—
Judge
 
GREEN
 is making reputation and ducats fast.  Much of his humor lies in his dry manner of recital.




Jamestown, (N. Y.) Journal.


—An evening with 
JUDGE
 Green would certainly prove an antidote to dyspepsia.




New York Press.


—
Judge
 
GREEN'S
 recitations alone were enough to repay an audience for a trip from the Battery to Harlem.




Brooklyn (N. Y.) Daily Citizen.


—
Judge
 
WILLIAM B. GREEN
 is unquestionably the foremost of America's entertainers.




New York Sun.


—
Judge
 
WILLIAM B. GREEN
 (at the Lotus Club) scored a hit.  He originates his humor and renders it intelligently.




McKeesport (Pa.) Morning Herald.


—His anecdotes were original, witty and well told.  His Southern negro stories were gems of impersonation.




Troy (N. Y.) Times.


—The Commercial Travelers' Association gave an enjoyable 
smoker
 last night.  A feature of the evening was the story telling by 
Judge
 
GREEN
 of Brooklyn.  
MR. GREEN
 was elected an honorary member of the organization.




Pawtucket (R. I.) Gazette and Chronicle.


—It is safe to say that he is one of the best entertainers in his line that has been heard here.  His best numbers were 
An Old Sweetheart
 and 
The Deestrict School.




Quincy (Mass.) Daily Ledger.


—
Judge
 
GREEN'S
 humor cannot be excelled.  The most of his selections are from his own writings, and he tells them in such a natural manner that one forgets he is a professional humorist.




Chautauqua (N. Y.) Assembly Herald.


—
Judge
 
WILLIAM B. GREEN
 captured the audience by his excellent reading of Riley's 
Knee Deep in June
 and Russell's 
Nebuchadnezzar.
  He has a most natural and artless manner.




Yonkers (N. Y.) Gazette.


—But the bright particular star of the evening was 
Judge
 
GREEN
, who has few equals and no superior as an entertainer.  Whether reciting a sentimental poem or a dialect piece, or telling a good story, he is equally at home.




Rockland (Mass.) Independent.


—
Judge
 
GREEN
 is a departure from the conventional reader.  His naturalness is something phenomenal.  He makes you feel as if he were talking to you.  He is something not stereotyped, and exceedingly attractive in his individuality.




Brooklyn (N. Y.) Daily Eagle.


—The expectations he fails to justify must be very far out of reach.  It revels in the sunshine of life, it ripples in pleasant places.  There is a charm about it which comes pretty near having everything its own way, which when it goes is not altogether gone, but leaves a souvenir of fragrance to still tell a story that is told.




New York World.


—
Judge
 
WILLIAM B. GREEN'S
 
Knee Deep in June
 is a deliciously realistic bit of word painting of the lazy, languorous, ennui days of the beetle, the butterfly, sweet clover and joy.  It captured the house, as 
Judge
 
GREEN'S
 unique entertainment always does, and 
Whoa, Nebuchadnezzar!
 only added another laurel to his wreath.





W. H. 
MORRIS
, 
General Secretary, Y. M. C. A., Baltimore.
—
He is the best man in the line of dialect recitation we have ever heard.




J. E. 
SIMPSON
, 
Manager Old Residents' Star Course, Lawrence, Mass.
—
How do we like 
GREEN
?  
GREEN
 is absolutely the best man in his line that I have ever heard.




C. E. 
ODELL
, 
Principal Odell's Business College, Sing Sing, N. Y.
—
The boys were well pleased with your efforts to entertain them, and I assure you that you have a strong hold on their friendship.




WALTER B. GUNNISON
, 
Principal Erasmus Hall High School, Borough of Brooklyn, New York City.
—
I have listened to many readers but no one always says just the right thing to just the right people so universally as 
Judge
 
GREEN
.




W. T. 
FORRESTER
, 
Genl. Sec. Y. M. C. A., McKeesport, Pa.
—
It is a pleasure to recommend 
Judge
 
GREEN
.  His humor is clean and wholesome, his manner irresistibly droll and funny.  Our people are still 
Talkin' about Mane Min.




EDWIN F. SEE
, 
General Secretary Y. M. C. A., Brooklyn, L. I
—
Judge
 
WILLIAM B. GREEN
 is a most successful entertainer.  His spontaneity is remarkable and his wit irresistible.  
Judge,
 you do us good every time.




DR. ST. CLAIR MCKELWAY
, 
Editor Brooklyn Daily Eagle and Regent New York State University.
—
WILLIAM B. GREEN
 has that gift from nature and that grace from art which enable him to make language leap with laughter and anon to enforce words wet with tears.




REV. ALMON GUNNISON
, 
President St. Lawrence University.
—
Judge
 
GREEN
 is first and foremost a gentleman, with an instinctive appreciation of all that is refined in art and humor.  Some of his best things are original, and his extemporaneous introductions and settings are unique and delightful.




WM. H. MAXWELL, PH.D.
, 
Superintendent of Public Instruction, Greater New York.
—
As a teller of stories, I have never heard anyone who surpasses 
Judge
 
GREEN
.  He is forcible, direct and dramatic.  As a public entertainer—not merely as a reader—he may easily take rank with the best.




JAMES L. HUGHES
, 
Public School Inspector, Toronto, Canada.
—
Judge
 
GREEN
 is an able reciter and a most interesting story teller, but his most striking and attractive characteristic on the platform is his own keen, clean humor and his definite way of expressing it.  He gave great satisfaction to the teachers of Toronto.




HENRY C. WRIGHT
, 
President Long Island Business College, Brooklyn, L. I.
—
My dear 
Judge
:  Enclosed please find check for Monday evening.  Your success was immense.  I do not know how to use language strong enough to show my appreciation of your efforts.  I was delighted, and so were about 3,000 people.  Come again.




RALPH C. GOODWIN
, 
Genl. Secy. Y. M. C. A., Newburyport, Mass.
—
Judge
 
GREEN
 gave the best entertainment ever given at the hall.  To say that he is good does not express it.  He is the best.




COLONEL WILLIAM HEMSTREET
, 
Official Stenographer, Kings County Court, Brooklyn, N. Y.
—
My dear 
Judge
:  I had the extreme gratification to hear you at the Chautauqua amphitheatre yesterday, and I must say, as the encouragement of a neighbor, that you suit the action to the word in a splendid manner, better than I have known among elocutionists.  There, I think, you make a hit, and that it is original genius with you.






Introductory Announcement



I
N announcing his fifteenth season (1904-5) as a platform entertainer, Judge 
GREEN
 is naturally proud of his constantly increasing success and the annual widening of his field, so that by this season he has entertained audiences in most of the States of the Union and throughout Canada and Nova Scotia.




Since the past successful season he has added many new and original selections to his already large list, embracing the humorous, pathetic, sentimental and dramatic.  Many of these he has grouped, so as to afford a full evening's entertainment if desired.




THE VERDICT OF HIS NEIGHBORS.




In fifteen seasons he has had eight hundred and eighty-five engagements in Brooklyn alone.





THE HIGHEST PRAISE IS 
COME AGAIN.



BROOKLYN RE-ENGAGEMENTS.




All Souls Church, eleven times; DeWitt Clinton Council, R. A., three times; Fulton Council, R. A. fifteen times; Hanson Place Baptist Church, four times; Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church, three times; Janes M. E. Church, three times; St. John's R. C. College, five times; Long Island Council, R. A., eighteen times; Sixth Avenue Baptist Church, three times; Twenty-third Regiment, twenty-seven times; Kings County Penitentiary, three times; Hanover Club, twelve times; twice each for thirty-three other societies.




RE-ENGAGEMENTS ELSEWHERE.




Congregational Church, Bay Shore, L. I, three times; First Baptist Church, Jersey City, six times; Lawrence, Mass., three times; Manhattan Athletic Club, N. Y. City, seven times; Seventh Regiment, N. Y. City, five times; Harlem Club, N. Y. City, three times; Orange Club, Brick Church, N. J., three times; VanHouten Post, G. A. R., Jersey City, five times; Magnetic Club, N. Y. City, three times; Newark, six times.  Twice each at Palma Club, Jersey City; Mount Tabor, N. J., Camp Meeting Association; Y. M. C. A., New York City; Belvidere, N. J.; Bridgeton, N. J.; Sing Sing, N. Y.; Haverstraw, N. Y.




His methods are original and his repertory includes 
An Evening with the Wits;
 
American Humor and Humorists;
 
Readings from Riley, with Comments by Green;
 and Miscellaneous Programmes of Humorous, Pathetic and Sentimental Selections, including original Stories.




An evening's miscellaneous programme is usually divided by Judge 
GREEN
 into three parts, each occupying half an hour or more.  The first part consists of 
A Personal Explanation, and a Commentary on Humor, with Anecdotes;
 the second part is made up mainly of 
Dialect Humor and Sentiment, in Prose and Poetry,
 and the third part usually comprises an original monologue.  It is so arranged that it may be continuous or interspersed with musical selections by others if desired.




Judge 
GREEN'S
 position as the writer of 
JUDGE GREEN'S STORIES
,
 in the 
Brooklyn Daily Eagle,
 guarantees a degree of originality in his selections.






For Terms and Dates, Address

STAR LYCEUM BUREAU, TRIBUNE BUILDING, NEW YORK CITY.




ALONZO FOSTER, 
MANAGER
.




EAGLE PRESS, BROOKLYN NEW YORK