Show MARTIN BECKS BECK'S NEW SCHOOL Beck Bec has reason to bellevo believe In Inthe inthe the he truth of oC the tho scriptural axiom Cast hy thy bread brad upon the waters water He little thought when lIe lio promised ed prizes of oC cash and prompt production for forthe the tho ho dye best offered In lon in the actors actors' actor fund fair fall contest that lie he ton le was a Inaugurating a new industry and founding the thc first American correspondence correspond correspond- ence once school of oC Such is the fact act howe however hower r although It happened most Innocent Innocently and unexpectedly The Thc energetic head of oC the Orpheum Ot circuit circuit cir cli cult has hns always figured tho the dramatic sketch as an educational as well wel as an entertaining factor and One Ono that has ha firmly firm firm- ly y established Its Is place In vaudeville It I was ns ho he who ho first advanced d this theory theol to toils his ils managerial aE associates and thereupon became the pioneer producer of or this class of or offerings in vaudeville le It I was wa not unusual unusual un un- usual therefore that Mr tr Beck Deck should ha have lave taken more moro than a passing interest In n the rec receipt lpt of the thousand and odd manuscripts that poured his offices from rom nil all al points pints of the compass Although a staff staf of competent readers reder took tok up the labor of oC culling the heat but of this his thi great reat aggregate Mr Ir Beck personally read many of or the tho sketches and while none of oC these was In the prize winning class he still managed to find Ond some points pints in each ech that were worthy worth of oC commendation That wits was the tho germ of tho the bl big Idea and was WS with ih a 0 view of or giving the tho embryo et d wl ThomaR s Fitches al a word of oC encouragement that might by chance wor kindle th the th fires of oC a mighty ambition that Mr 11 B Bock Beck ck Issued instructions to his staff stat of or professors that tat there accompany each rejected play when It I should be r returned to Its Is author a pleasant pleasant pleas pleas- ant note of or r regret t praising Its Us good Quat- Quat tics ittes Ites and pointing out In a generous the tho faults and th the tho manner In Iu which It I could be b remedied It I was not long IonS before brorn the plan flan bore une unexpected Cr fruit lt Within a a week after aCer the contest closed cloned cold on one of or tho the manuscripts noW nov now reconstructed reconstructed came came back b by ex ex- ex press In the next ten days daya daJ there were M fn u such suh h revisions on Mr Ir Beck Becks desk dEk Ono One o of them a dramatic story 0 of a sen sensational ten ten- tonal episode in military life te had shown great promise premise originally but In Its Is revised d shape h p It actually pulsated with wih the he red nd blood bloo of or patriotism and martial marta thrills and BO so lO marked d was the Improvement improvement Improve improve- ment that upon the advice of oC his counsel counsel- ors era On Mr Ir Beck d decided to pay It I th the com com- of a it n t free e production despite the thc fact act that th the competition was closed cosed The Code Coda Book Is th the tho title tithe of oC this interesting In- In cresting Ce sketch ketch which since being given to o the thc public has more than justified the jud judgment ment of or Mr Ir Beck bE beyond ond his hl fondest hopes hope lopes for It has created n a sensation and It IM IK authors author Herbert Walter Valter Water and DC De Witte Kaplan may well eU b be proud of or the distinction tion ton of or being tho the first honor graduates i the Beck Deck school schoot of oC |