Show T Stage Street or Tom Mix Is Model Cowboy Tom Ton Mix Is proof In the tile movie World vord that the American boys boy's in intuition Intuition intuition In- In tuition in Ln picking his heroes Is re reliable re- re liable Parents of or young young- Mix 1 enthusiasts have time and time again asked what kind of or man Toni Tom Is Whether hethe personally he lIe Justified the adulation adulation adulation adula adula- tion of the kids Tom Mix is first last and always the cowboy and first and last he heIs heis heis Is also the genuine friend of ot aUl all aU l kids Toward them he takes his re responsibility re- re as a romantic example very cry seriously though l without any patro affectation So that no boy might be viciously Influenced by what he does dos Tom will sill not do a a a. role demanding small mean acts And this goes off oft sage as well In none of his pictures is he shown taking taking- a dring of liquor or gambling He does does' not smoke Ho lIe lays great stress on physical fitness Ills life Ilfe Is clean as a prairie wind And at the age of 43 plus he looks a man of ot 30 Tom Mix Ux is a as most cowboys s 's are under a brusque exterior Hard lIard buffets and life inthe inthe in inthe the raw as Texas ranch anch boy foreman foreman fore fort man rough rider border ranger soldier In the Boer war the China rebellion the Philippines Kansas sheriff and Ranch nanch showman before entering movies have not calloused his fine sensibilities ties an and humanity If It you OU need neCe nee proof of this hIs s sentimentality senti- senti mentality mention the name Old Blue Old Blue was for seventeen years Toms Tom's pal horse predecessor of Tony For him he had the affection affection tion which only a a. genuine horseman horseman horseman horse horse- man may understand The two rode Into pictures together via the old Colonel Selig lot when Tom hit West cst from Texas because h he hea head d that film cowboys made matte as much as 5 a aday da Old Ohl Blue lies buried burled In the coral corral corral cor cor- ral at al Mixville with a a. marker o over oer er his bones Every Decoration day dav Tom the marker Som Sometimes Ume-s Ume when he thinks no one Is watching he goes out and talks to the tile shade of the blue roan In Interred In- In there so he wouldn't feel so su lonesome Mushy Jus Just as you von please Tom has nev never r told the stor story for publication Only his Intimates Know It An And l over the mantel In Mix's homo home Is a a. photo Inscribed To Old Blue the best horse a a. man ever rode he and I grew old together T Yes Ts s hes he's a sentimentalist In Tn Tom Mix's company on full pay the year round are his old cronies of th the range gathered from man many states state I r saw them draped around a hitching hitching hitch hitch- ing post In the tho Fox studio lot a a. few dai da days s 's s a ago o. o their sours r re r train frain to talk of horse horses cattle fights tights cowboy palaver Danty Banty Banty a n. goat rancher ranch r from New Mexico Whitey from Oklahoma Wynn Mace of the theold theold theold old who as movie sheriff boasts that he ho has Tom In seventeen states Pat Chrisman Toms Tom's general ranch foreman Pee Fee wo we we Homes who 8 fo ministry and aad became a Mounted Pete wagon chef noted for Ms fis dr ap pies and barbecues thirty d of t boys altogether fl bu Sentimental bu bu not soft sott Tor Con Continued tinned on page gyl I Stage or Street Continued from page 2 pictures c call n for tights fights He will not stand for pulled u punches c Hes He's S had gc f ft more teeth knocked out t than the average man ever owned In re recent recent recent re- re cent picture he offered 10 to anyone anyone any any- one who would black his eye for eye for realistic lc fighting A professional boxer who had slipped In as an extra did a very ery neat job of blacking and got the tho 10 wagon Chuck Pete thinks Mix Is wasting his time In movies He lie ought to bo be out doing something worth while grumbles Pete Toms a a. good cow hand and he could do right well Tom Mix has hart done well in pic pie tures Hes He's a rl rich h man But he says sas he felt celt richest In the days das when I had Old Blue under me and the bluesky blue bluesky sky above |