AMUSEMENTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 9 July 1924, Page 1

AMUSEMENTS.

TOM MIX TO-XIGHT

St<“|j|>in«4 bast," an ailvenutroii .slnri with seeing on two continents, i the latest picture in which the pnpu I;"' ' iox lix is tlie star. This Mil linin Fox production is now heini fchov. lt at the Princess Theatre to-night I his jiictnre will surely increase Tom’; Inn mail, which now has reached :: tremendous volume. .Miss “Teddy" Eason, tin- [,'opular secretary for Tom -Mix oat at the West Coast Studios, now has the services of an assistant und a deputy assistant secretary. Evidencing the constantly increasing -Mix popularity, the noted star’s fan mail has reached approximately 1,799 letters a flay, making it physically itupofsihh* fur Miss “'leddy’’ to read even a small percentage of the epistles. The you Ilf; ladies who now assist Miss Mason give their entire lime to opening and answerin'; the .Mix fan mail. The letters hear post marhs from every state in the Fninn. lie various countries of Murope. South America. India, tile .Malay Straits Settlements, fndofhina. South Africa. Australia and Xew Zealand. Several hundred of these daily letters are writ Imi by hoys in Ancriea who ask Tom’s adviic on athletic sport'-. From thirty to fifty letters a day are addressed to “Tuny,” .Mr .Mix's famous cow pony. All the a filers request photographs. It is estimated by William Fox executives thyl it (osts approximately HDOJoL a week to answer this voluminous cor-re-p.indence and in enelusf' photographs as requested. According tu the Cos Angeles postal authorities. .Mr .Mix receives the largest fan mail of any male picture stars. On Thursday a special Fir.-t National ‘'The Bright Shawl” and starring two of the world's most famous artists Bil liard Batrhelmess and Dorothy Gish will he the big attraction for picture fans.