The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-04-29
.MEOICOS PORTRAY
DISEASE GERMS
IN PLAY
Colors of Microbes as Revealed BY
Microscope Cleverly Shown On
Stage-Teddy Tubercule and
Bessie Bacillus Stars
In Lovemaking Teddy Pictures
Honeymoon To Delightful Cess
pools and Sewers.

,rai dark night. and Wei take in eFt,.l
nice looking swamp We can Hln- -
dav wen lnger near some rool ,Saa
ncol FAR away from the mauuiAs
ihrong When we get back Zee
can picture the bridal nome % pm
cut for you Up en Cmp-st huoN
whore there's beautiful icaN! seW9.
pipe, and ID atu't block ana AAlI
from the pesthonse' And &c nf -
they was covered Win strings %
pearls studded with emerald stars u
pale gangrene.
Isn't that q pretty Dit OF sentiment
Yet such touches as this love scene
between Teddy Tubercule and Bessie
Bacillus are what help 10 make In
Germ Land, drama first presented
before the faculty Of the State Uni
versity. the strangest play ever pro-
duced in America.
This BIT OF lovemaking, in which
Teddy is promising To Bessie wealth
undreamed of in Germ Land. Is FOL
lowed bv this additional bit OF tuDer-
culous sentiment:
Honeymoon Of the Microbes.
''Bv day malarial breeZes and sweet
smellin gas and the tricklin rythm
of the sewer will put us to sleep. Al
night well do shadow dance TO the
music OF the flappin' wings OF bats
and the Silly noises OF Shiny things
that creep and crawl
This bit of lovemaking by the up
TO date young Tubercule is interrupt
ed with such ecstatic words from Bees
sic as Infectious, and 'lnoculous
Then here is another touch which APP
peals TO the college student, familiar
to school yells, given by the chorus OF
tuberculosis germs: Death TO men
Wen eat him. Rah, rah, rah'
The meteorological joke Of this is
found i'm the fact that the chorus OF
'.T. BIS" (tubercules. as known To
their intimates, the bacteriologists)
chants the Rah as though II were
spelled Raw"
William II. Matchette, known as a
conductor OF opera. is the man whose
brain conceived the production He
was assisted in picking out germs to
write into his play by DR.. NJ. =. Raw
enel the State University expert who
dared to combat the great DIR. Koch
OF Berlin and prove to the German
scientists that bovine tuberculosis
can actually be transmitted 10 the
body of man. Others OF the state
University meteorological department
helped TO select girls OF the depart
ment who wonld consent to turn their
knowledge OF the WAYS of germs into
portrayal upon the stage OF the
habits OF the microbes for the amuse-
ment and entertainment of the mem
bers of the university faculty. The
principal parts in this strange play
are Teddy and Bessie. Newmonia. edi-
tor of the Newmonia News of Quebec;
Mike Crobe. a rowdy. who furnishes
the comedy parts in the play; Lanceo-
latus, who acts as a chauffeur, and a
chorus of TBS
Seek Revenge on Germ Killer.
Teddy is an orphan. left alone In
the world by the work of the bacter-
biologists, and when Newmonia learns
his story he takes him TO the steno-
grapher. Bessie Bacillus. 10 dictate
an Interview for the White Plague
Promoter. a big magazine of Germ
Land Teddy tells how his father
Tim Tubercule. was killed by the bac-
teriologists, and the story so aroused
the deniZens OF Germ Land that a
campaign is launched against the
human race and against Or Frost.
germ killer OF the state university
and DR.. Ravenel also a germ killer
The mass meeting of citizens OF Germ
Land decides to offer a reward for
DR. Frost in particular. OF 5000 mole