WHITNEY, SALEM TUTT. Vaudeville entertainer ( in Logansport, Indiana; in Chicago, Illinois). He began his career in 1894 as a bass singer with the
Puggsley Brothers Tennessee Warblers
. Thereafter he toured with various groups, including
Black Patti's Troubadours
, Eph Williams's
Silas Green from New Orleans
, and Sherman H. Dudley's
Smart Set company
. About 1908 he and his brother,
J. Homer Tutt
, organized
The Smarter...