STREET SINGING
LUCRATIVE LIVELIHOOD
EARNED.
One of the surest ways to make money appears to be to go out into the street and sing, declares a correspondent of the "Manchester Guardian." . This was the experience of a young Manchester man, (Joseph Stafford, who, when he and a companion were fined at Willesden (England), went into the street and sang for a few hours and- r earned enough to pay both fines. London is flooded with street singers, and many of them find it a very paying occupation. Recently a well-dressed man ma.de a round of the South Coast with a tin whistle. Afterwards he was seen to leave a good hotel and drive off in a motor-car with every appearance of prosperity. He has whistled himself into affluence. A street s'jnger in a ' London Police Court recently said he could earn £1 an hour by his gutter performances. He had refused an offer of £8 per week oh the music hall stage. In Nottingham street musicians refused comfortable situations in orchestras, stating- that they were able to earn £10 without having to pay income tax. It is stated that the public are more inclined to give money to a well-dressed man singing or playing in the street than to a man wearing shabby clothes.
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Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 126, 24 November 1923, Page 16
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214STREET SINGING Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 126, 24 November 1923, Page 16
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