Cowboy Tom Mix on Etiquette

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Tom Mix Writes a Book on Etiquette for Cow-Punchers

In “Oh, You Tony,” Tom Mix’s latest picture which starts showing at the Globe Theatre tomorrow, Tom, as Tom Masters, part owner of an Arizona ranch, goes to Washington as the representative of a ranch-owners’ association.

There Mix gets mixed up with the fast diplomatic and social set. He is put through the Capitals’ most exclusive school of etiquette and his written “The Cowboy's Book of Etiquette,” based on his own personal experience in smart society in “Oh, You Tony!” which is intended to be a practical guide and answer such questions as these:

• “What is the difference between a saloon and a salon?” 

• “Can cowboys cuss in polite society? Why?”  

• “Is it ever good form to shoot first?” 

• “May guns be worn to an informal dance? To a formal function?” 

• “Is the strangle hold barred in catch-as-catch dancing?” 

• “Is it more refined to say, ‘I beg your pawdon’ or ‘Excuse me?’” And should one say it before, or after knocking the villain down?”

• “In a free-for-all drawing room fight, is it good form to hit below the belt, even after a big dinner?”

• “On being introduced to a lady, is it smarter to say, ‘Chawmed’ or ‘Glad to a meet-cher?’” 

• “And which of her hands do you kiss first? Do you wait for the lady to stick it out?” 

• "When does a cover charge like a mad bull?" – San Pedro Pilot, 1925

 

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