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...called The Road to Yesterday. The characters stare soulfully at the spotlight and wish for the romantic glory of the Middle Ages; the lights go out, stage hands scurry and scenery bumps in the darkness; the lights revive on a 15th Century garden. Victor Herbert snatched the opportunity to inject a rousing old-fashioned marching-drinking song which, with The Dream Girl ballad and Miss Bainter's I Want to Go Home, are the leaders of a highly melodious evening...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: New Plays: Sep. 1, 1924 | 9/1/1924 | See Source »

Horses. The "horse serum," in use heretofore, had been regarded by many as worse than the disease it was meant to cure. It is made by injecting pneumonia germs (called pneumococci) into the blood of a horse. The horse then develops in his blood a substance which aids in destroying or digesting these germs. This substance-the so-called "antibody"-is known to be carried in the serum, or "clear liquid" of the blood. The remedial method in using the "horse serum" was to inject a large quantity of highly diluted serum into the human patient. This serum generally brought...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Pneumonia Cure? | 5/19/1924 | See Source »

...regular, in so far as Secretaries of Embassy and Legation are concerned. During the greater part of our history, any one recommended by a Senator or a politician of influence in the councils of the party which happened to be in charge of the government could inject a friend, or the son of a friend into the Consular or Diplomatic Service, without any knowledge on the part of such appointees of international questions or of any foreign country. Happily all that is changed, and no one can now get in save at the bottom...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: COLLEGE-TRAINED MEN MAKE BEST DIPLOMATS | 5/9/1924 | See Source »

Desiring to inject, a college atmosphere into the tourney, Mr. Hardwick has induced several men to enter, including P. E. Pieris, runner-up in the recent University tournament in the 135-pound class; G. E. W. Davis 2G.B., University 147-pound champion for the last two years, and several other men whose names will be announced later...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: H. R. HARDWICK '15 PLANS AMATEUR BOXING TOURNEY | 4/24/1924 | See Source »

Cancer is caused by absence in the human body of a serum which dissolves centres of infection. Therefore, extract this serum from animals and inject into humans...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Cancer | 4/21/1924 | See Source »

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