The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-10-19
SONGSTERS SPEND
SATURDAY IN CITY
With Songs, Ford and a Hand
Organ, They Sell as They .
Sing.
ALL ARE FORMER SOLDIERS
Make Friends With Cops Here
When One of Boys Meets
an Old Friend.

From coast to coast in less
than six months. to visiting
every state in the union and
make a living with the help
of their voices, a Ford road
ster and a hand organ, is the
task three New Workers set
out to accomplish last July.
To travel from coast 10 coast IN
less than six months.
They earn every penny OF expense
money necessary and not 10 accept
q cent other than in payment for
the songs they sell
To reach san Francisco. Califor-
MIA. on Christmas day
Those are tho stringent terms Of
nm aerrement made with the Har-
mon, singing club OF New York city
ny Charles Coleman, q 4. kolb and
charles Mason, three New Workers
who Nurcrcd the Harmony nrGhni-
gauon $1,000 they can complete he
.-,Hasi 10 ctast trip In the time set
ana under provisions OF the agree
uenl as eprriNed,
Yesterday morning n strange look
ing Ford pulled INTO Tulsa. Cole
man Eoi1 and Mason are visiting
every state IN the union and attempt
ing ia reach san Francisco on
Christmas day.
on July Is the trio set out from
Ncw York city with nothing but
hand organ mounted on two wheels,
which they pushed, and small sup
xFtE
tied several towns and soon found
jhc.r plan would go"
Where Is Ny Mamma" and
Your Mother Is Your, Rost Friend
After All" are the two songs, the
sale NJ which Is the income OF Cole
man Kolb and Mason.
Coleman plays tho hcavies. He
hps A pleasing tenor voice and
demonstrates" his songs from the
running board OF the Ford. holding
q megnphone In one hand and turn
ihr crank OF his hand organ with
another
Fat Turkey in Frisco.
While coleman sings kOlb circn-
'atcs about he crowd the travellers
say hey always draw. and sells the
s1rgs
last July we decided 20 sec some
OF The world and attempt to make
some money said Coleman We
lrf' New York July II and have
determined to pull inth San Fran
cisco on Christmas morning, but
noi nrul we have made every state
So he union.
when we started ont all we had
wa' The hand organ mat we pushed
along. W" carried our supply OF
songs and our equipment and visited
q number ~ towns In that manner
4 wns touch sleddin' for time,
nut r'H k1ow a,l Il takes 20 nut n
thing Ike that over Is plenty of pep
Vol we hadn't gone very far
un'i We had made enough money 10
huy That Ford To toll the truth a
fsliow wanted to give. II 10 us but
~ course we couldn't accept Then
n" made the price diri-cheap and we
took Il,
Manage to Get Along.
We fixed up the organ on the
year had compartment built on
Ior our supplies and things have
hHen going hettc~ since then We
nave boon IN every state east ~
mere and we're going TO make 'em
AL before we finish NJ Frisco.
wouldn't say how much profit
We average. because there is no way
0f telling YOU see we do pretty
good IN some towns while we dom,
90 go we'll IN others nut we man
Afg 20 got along all right"
The rio stopped ihsir Ford IN
i'on' 0' 'hc postoff'ce Yesterday
noon ana dli a land office business
coleman wears his army uniform
.l'F 'w0 overseas service stripes
- Immediately made friends with
LN.2 policemen for u hapnened
'na' W \ nonahue. Tulsa traffic
man served IN France IN Tho same
oHl.' with Coleman.
coleman estimated that hA 70.
llse' ia accept NJ lc3st $40 IN cash
n,i..N members uf hig audiences IN
lAH1 mad Offered. I'VE couldn't do
he said
coleman, Rrlb and Mason don't
sn'W where a7hey 80 from Tulsa.
.l. are determined 20 land In Frisco
ON Christmas day