Little Tommie Tucker may have sung. for his supper but Seraphim Strelkoff, who arrived in Shanghai inthe Empress of Japan, is going a bit further in the matter of voe izing. Seraphim Strelkoff left 1201 January 1, 1984, sing his way around the world, He had US. $10 in his pocket and the good wishes of the Chamber of Commerce, with Walt Disney's sonal interest expressed with original cartoon of Mickey Mouse the frontispiece of an autograph book. to be signed by the mayor of every hamlet, tows, and city the songster visited, Said to be possessed of a baritone voice of good quality, the singing tourist, who left his wife and two children to await his return in San Francisco, is full of optimism in the matter of Shanghai engagements He has been giving concerts in America and in Alaska where he headed ip search of interesting facts relating to the Russian em-grants there, He flew to Juneau at his own expense, and sailed from Vancouver, paying his own way on the proceeds of his concerts, Behied him is a story of wende ing. He was born in the Ural Moun-tule, district. in 1908, and at 18 had made his way through Harbin America. He worked in steel mills to" finance his musical education, turning to shipyards and stevedore ing circumstance prescribed. After a chat with Chaliapin, he de-elded to make his voice his career. will eventually arrive in Italy, ether by the northern or the sout fern route—all depending on visas and possible engagements, and must be Hollywood December 31, 1934, to {ul6ll the terms of his promise, not to oficlaldom, but to himself. When he "was interviewed Mr, Strelkoft confessed that he had $3. But was not downeast—far from it. He was looking for an autograph from Gen. Wu Te-chen, Mayor of Greater Shanghai, and organizations who might want to sponsor his concert, No money at the moment? What of ft! Seraphim Strelkoft expects to write a book on his experiences and he says that his experienc to form the basis of a "movie' only a matter of getting America via Italy in the next A and one-halt months, says the in~ trepid songster, and all will be well ]with his pocketbook.
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