The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-11-09
McGURK'S IDEA OF FEMALE "HOMUNCULUs''
gMAKNG UP" THE FACE OF FULI-sIZED WOMAN


You McGurk pictures on the sporting pages Of
4hs Washington Herald of This picture
one Of Mr. McGks wide which he shows among
other imaginary inhabitants of Patootie Land
ing, understood lady here before you.
According to Mr. McGurks imaginary recital the inhabi
tas Of Patooe employ these tiny creatures real
human beings with all the intelligence Of human being but
only about long lead pencil in many kinds of useful
work
One Of little things spends her life winding up phone
Gaphsshe just the right size for that using both hands
and al her strength Another employed find lost golf
balls
The tiny woman in this picture makes her living in
Patoote Land by Making up the faces Of her fullszed
sisters painting their lips touching their eyes with skill
made possible only by their wonderful eyesight
look at these pictures invented by McGurk whose
Interesting drawings appear the daily morning Washington
Herald. Their righteousness and beauty you and
tou could make you believe in the reality Of
this dwarf.
But not long ago, less than five hundred years.
CELSIUS famous German physician and something Of magi
can pretended and made people believe that he could
actually create real human beings of this tiny
Paracesus almost convinced himself that could create
complete and perfect human being which he called Homun
cuus which Latin means little man. He is said to have
displayed OF these tiny human creatures preserved in
With All imagining alleged belief in the elixir
OF e the philosophers stone etc. Paracesus really
great scientist far ahead Of his time He undoubtedly
ceed all other physicians of his day knowledge and of
course they hated him for it, as is usual
little creature imagined by him by McGurk in
interesting pictures day. according science be-
REALITY.
The big bodies that carry with are no longer
NECESSARY except for digging dches cutting lumber
All the work that Thomas A. Edison does, for instance
could be done perfectly well by Thomas Edison six inches
long the Edison brain could be packed in that kind of
. skull
The day is coming when the hardest work that human
beings do will be pushing button start great
engine flying machine release power any direction
Slaves OF ron driven by electricity, will do all work
Such could be managed just by little creatures
the size Of the Homunculus lady in this picture as well
% by a human being six feet tall
Men had to be certain originally compete with the
other animals that surrounded them.
They had to kill bears and wolves buffaoes lions
moths etc. That took SIZE and strength their weapons
were only clubs and fts But young woman in this
picture twice as long finger could kill rhinoceros
her the right kind of gum She could release bv
an electric attachment enough INT from flying
wipe out city, enough poison gas kill all nhabi
tants
Let's hope however that if shrink to this small size
because We no longer need bulky bodies shall know
enough NOT to continue numbering each other wholesale
Such tiny pigny the in the picture could control
magnet that would lift thousand tons of steel.
reduced this size, they would be Just as much in
terested In each other they now
SIZE is nothing IMAGINATION is everything
II you interested in McGurk's work. see the dalv
Herald sporting pages.