From the introduction: "Ever since Eddie Morton was forced out of the Philadelphia police department in 1903, he gained a following in show business that any aspiring singer or actor would envy. By 1911 he had already made his bow on Broadway, had performed in burlesque, and had made a larger number of records than most stage personalities up to that time. But now he was entering a new decade, and his value in the business reached its height: as one of the highest-paid single acts in vaudeville,

Ed. Morton's "Bit of Broadway"