, 1877-03-04
UGLY DON JU:ANS.
The Men Who Fascinate Women.
1t Is the Homely, and Not the
Handsome Ones.
Illustrative Incidents from the Lives Of
Noted Characters.
The Amours OF Julins Cesar, Sir
Philip Sidney,, Pietro Aretino,
Paul scarron, Baron Won Der Trenck, Vol
taire, Rousseau, and Jonathan
Swift.

taire, Roussean, and Jonathan
Swift.
Jnntus Hfmr4 Brotcne IN Appteson5 Journal
The special attraction OF some men for nc
women is deeply hidden It is not dlscorerat
by observation or By reason, aud its source
in many cases, as mysterious to those who cxe
else It as to those who feel it. The gcner
opinion that men draw and delight the 9th
sex mainly through their good looks, 1,otwit
standing 1t has basis Of fact, cannot be sale
adopted We hear great deal Of handsou
fellows, historic and contemporaneous, vi
have broken feminine peace and rilcl feminil
hearts. We arc intimately acquainted vii
what Adbiades, Mohammed, Cr1chton, N
Marlborough have achieved in that way, not j,
namc the beaux Of our set or the Callants Of Il
toTn' but We are apt to overlook other qual
ties that have contributed to their success
Women like to talk wildly about handsom
men, as handsomeness were the sole thin
desirable; and yet, while they rave over 1ul
frous eyes, flowing locks, and magnificent fs
ures, they find themselves fascinated by p1ai
and eTcn homely men, whom, from description
they would feel sure they could never abide.
The n1ustrious men in history who have beel
subdners Of women, who have Hndled In thei
hearts fnc1tingufshable passions, have been, q
rule, rather plain than handsome.
JULIUS CESAR,
Tor Instance, as great victor oyer the other ee1
rs over his own,-triamphing eventually ore,
both By force Of arms,-was far from beautiful
lis We 1eafn from suctonius and the marbles
that are still preserved. His features were not
quite regular, nor well proportioned. His CON-
plexon was naturally dckly and pale, when not
bronzed BY exposure He was tall, but very
spare; be had distemper in the head, Plutarch
tells us, and mas subject to epilepsy. In his
later years, also, he was entirely bald, which
made him the more destrous to wear a c1owu of
laurel. One Of the most winning, eloquent, and
irresistible OF men. be Owed his power to his
mastery mind, not to An attractive person.
As women are uuquestionab1y drawn to own
ers OF renown and occupants Of high places, It
may be thought that they vent to Cesar for
what he had achieved rather than for what he
vas But accredited facts seem to disproye
this When he was a mere STRIPPING, before he
had gained any place or fame In Rome, girls OF
his age sighed for him. and mature women
1onRed for his lore He felt what be was born
to BY the extraordinary influence be exercised
over women ere men had recognized bis gifts.
sylla said Of him. while in bis early teens, "They
know little who do not see many A1ariuses In that
boy" Even previous to that, women had foundin
hi0, many lovers. Afterward, in Bithynia.
Spain, Gaul, wherever he went, in truth, The |
1aircst OF the feminine natives, though ther !
Knew not Ills 1ame nor rank, appeared to hun |
ger 1or his soeiety. They few to him as the
moth lies to tie tlame-by an instinct OF self |
selfish. sensual libertine; be was sensitive, sus.
atestionate, passionate; loving too
much rather than not enough; conquered bv, as
we'll Us conquerlng, women, as the familiar ex-
ample Of Cleopatra 60 fully illustrates.
Fascinating as CRsa1Fas he could not keen |
t1's third vile, Pompeia. from desperate and
dangerous Irritation with Fub1ius Clodius. But
fompe1a was not very fond OF him; for she
must have known that he had married her for |
political reasons, and that domestic LOYALTY was
clodlus to be introduced Into ner house f1,1rinr |
me festival Of Gynsecea, With the deliberate hi,
;ent TO revenge herself for her husbands in
,aelitaes, although she had no fear that her
nut her away without appearing as witness
l&ain6t the pronigate pstridan, and made to Ills
nquiriug friend the we1l-known reply, q I am
inviting that my wife should be even so much |
5 snspecfed," ne showed that his pride was
!urt more than his affection. II such q man as
,fesar had really loved Pompeia, and been tue |
her, she would have been-as be would have
eEwholly above suspicion. When he fell at j
1s- ,e. peIeatn Lne swords Of the conspirators
"a =, =. Ine pa1lIcans re]olced but their wives
~ a. xue Mu"en o. rome were heart-broken
"a ~ g. aageut; Ake brufus, they loved Cesar
49, AZ .oseu hume, 9n'a Unlike Brutus, they
''oo eas7af mofetnan home-
~ ..... slK PHILIP s1DSEY. S
re accepteo p1nk OF Elizabethan chivalry, whom S
*. e m wonea o. MS gay adored and whose mem d
y ~o9en nave since doub'y adored through l7s
-, lel aoeaizahon OF him, WAS, contrary to gen {
~ oene1, plaan 10 degree Of ugIiness- No c
an mas TeceiTed 80 many eneomfa who has q
ooe SO nttie- BIS merit has been exaggerated a
every way; his face aud figure have been
aoe harmonious with his transcenuent reputa- i
On: al time rings with his tru1npeted ner- | n
'ffons. We believe there we're heroes before =
but we seem to doubt tI,at there q
ere gentlemen before Sidney. he naii nohie r.
1aiitles, and many Of them. thoupI1 he was ny o.
ithout defects His manncrs vera y,aos ., q
,l!shed, his social prlces more nuna,,,,. thn ~
lose OF his co1ntrVmeY, 1n hsa ~. ous, .ns 1uA1 y
lproyine and muitinlvinv tba1, h., sue .neans oi
soiourn at The Frepch Fst,ets ~ H1sa s anu | q
esed rare 1itrrar.. +s,ast ~ anu ~ pos II
lnress fims.if ];.,;d1,. nc suaonne n1m TO =
ne HIs stro,.r 49, aau !taso!aoly upon his u
ltir,, oneem ..,nd ~ una1tsastlse ana hypo- .:
min, :; -. ,,<,oh su uan-eaihns him 3" Ny "
;ter Narp,a Jen rtea.oa aosn ma4e toward her tt
om dee;r9 - saEe,.s; uUa ana gloomy husband as
f,reet sr;,nath.. ~ ~ tltoeut ner courier. m
t~@* = pA%A5 LIES Oc&0 expressed With Sid Dl