| Show MIX MU PLEASES PLEASED WITH WELCOME EXPLAINS WORK RNA AND IDEALS Q IS DESIROUS OF LIVING UP TO REFUTATION GIVEN HIM 1111 BY llY- BOYS nOYS AND GIRLS 00 j OBJECT IN m PICTURE CURE WORK YORK TO IMPRESS YOUNG MINDS WITH RIGHT JUSTICE MORALITY Tom Mix expressed himself as beIng being be be- ing lag very happy over the reception that was WI given him by the boys and girls and ald older people of Cedar City With great sincerity and modesty J Tom Mix spoke of many things toa to toa a representative from the Record He said that he felt that the boys and girls of America had by lt up a reputation reputation tation for him that he must live up to When he was a youngster and attended at at tended moving picture shows their In Influence influence influence in- in fluence was such euch that he went home and tried to rope his sister and lu played play play- ed stagecoach robber and horse thief It was this that impressed upon his mind the necessity of ot making pictures pic plc tures that would impress the proper ide ideas s upon the fertile minds o of b boys ys and girls There are many young people In in high e schools and colleges college Tom Torn Mix went on to say Who refuse to listen lis lie ten to teachers and parents y are quick to learn f l' l i good or bad from the In Inor or- or der to help out ut ml my young friends I have hae made It point a never n e to sr smoke loke drink nor gamble In fn my pictures Mix says he is to Instruct and entertain the younger YOUng t ge generation t through rough his pictures He lIe desires t to J impress their minds with right justice justice jus jus- tice and morality regardless of sects or political organizations To illustrate illus lUus- this point Mix spoke of the pIcture picture pic plc- ture The Riders of the Purple Sage which was at one ono time suppressed because because because be be- cause of its radical attack on Mor- Mor Io monism The Tom Mix Company is isto Isto Isto to film this story again but every bit bitof bitof bitof of the religious influence has been taken out Only one class of or pictures are made by the Tom Mix Company those of tone and value value scenic scenic value and value value val val- ue a as an entertainment Mix compares plays with newspapers says there are all aU kinds and classes which can be divided into two general classes those that sell sel themselves and those those that to sell Mix Nix believes in giving the pictures a background of historical value In speaking of his country in connection with his pictures Tom Mix expressed his loyalty by saying that he didn't care anything about any country but this At one time Tom Mix considered leaving the movie business ss but decided decided de de- de that he liked the work too well to give it up He is really in the picture picture picture pic pic- ture game for the love of the work Any remuneration in a financial way which which he receives from his hia pic pic- pictures pictures tures tunes Mix uses tules to build improve and perpetuate public resorts and places of amusement especially for children In addition to this work Mix is Ia at atthe atthe atthe the head of many public enterprises A little philosophy of Ton Tom Mix Is ia his comparison of life with a bank He said ald that if you yon put a certain amount of money in a bank you cannot cannot cannot can can- not draw more than that amount out without making trouble And so it is with life If life if you attempt to get more out of it tha than you put in tn you make trouble |
