The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-11-30
THE ABANDONMENT EDITOR
Morally rs Respectable ne lie IL Beautiful
PhysicaiIy-The Unnecountabie Kindness
or the Aldermen OF the city Of Boston.

OF the Aldermen OF the city Of Boston.
To THE EDIToR OF THE SUN-Sir: As
nm old resident Of Boston and constant
rrudcr Of the Advertiser feel deeply grateful
To- YOU Tor the warm terms Of praise in which
YOU have spoken OF the Hon. l.. f. Waters
whose personal attractions. us you have so
properly pointed out. excel those of the many
other able editors whose merits have received
the recognition OF THE SUN.
In city where masculine beauty IL by no
means rnre and whore beauty Of all kinds Is
commonly sure of the warmcst admiration.
which. In the case Of distinguished mon and
u great works Of art. often develops into alb
solute worship. 1t is certainly strange that
there should have been thus far no adequate
nnd general perception Of the, fact that tho
hnndsomest editor Of the United States can be
sncn on any secular day Of the week by any one
who chooscsto linger for moment about the
entrance of the Advertiser office i'm Court street
or who will take the trouble to be at the Boston
and Albany Railroad station at 4 o'clock in the
1t is true that the very devotion Of our cltl-
zcns t. beauty 81 every kind, and the presence
in the nclghborhood OF Beacon Hill OF so much
thnt H. alluring In the realms Of art, may have
served 10 render many persons ohlivions hero
tniore OF Tho physical charms OF the Hon. Mr..
Waters. But | am sure that II this is true Of
the pIst. II cannot remain true hereafter. and
that thanks to the clearer light which THE Sun
has shed upon those charms. there will not
In the opinion ot some who have long bcen
nware how urcGmlncnt the Hon. Mr. Waters
stands among handsome men. the failure Of the
majority NJ his follow citizens 10 recognize his
prefminrncc Is in no small degree due to the
inrate. modesty. the shrinking eli-deprecla-
tiou OF noble nature. which would not arro-
gatc to itself n degree Of personal admiration
witch it, inner consciousness tells 1t could not
but hc Justly its due
when the city oi Boston was selecting from
among rs public men those who were most dis
tlngushed for noble character and manly
beauty. in order that their portraits in has re-
lief might be- preserved for the eyes Of future
generations upon the panels Of the base OF our
soldiers monument upon the Common. the
Hon. W. W. Clapp ~ the Boston Journal ia far
less handsome mani WAS picked out for this
honor, instead Ut the Hon. L. f. Waters VI the
itrerfise1. You can readily SEQ that II was felt
e. he great satisfaction 10y those Bostonans
who wore deeply sensible Of this wron.,o MIR.
W.ter- whom il was announced that Mrs. Fas.
SGT the Washington artist. had placed "a strik-
/ ing portrait ot the handsomest American jour
she Is painting " the Electoral Con mission. II
/ was an act which showed the rare artistic per-
ception u the lady. hut will not ask you ti try
! I" lmnglne what must have been the feelings OF
| one so modest and shrinking in his nature ~
/ the Hon. Mr.. Waters when he received the sum
! mons TO lcnyo his desk In the Advertiser one,
| and go to Washington. in order TINT the artis
| might lingcr long and tenderly upon the classi,
| beauty Of his mutrhlcss Textures whilo SHE
placed speaking likeness OF them upon tn,
! unpershtng cHnYasl Fortunately, his owr
right sense ~ what was due 10 pQsterlty over
! came the powerful inclination which he mus
have felt 10 decline the artists cal. and AmvTi-
| cun journalism is saved from what would have
] been an incOuceivghlo loss.
While thanking YOU for the business OF your
| remnrks concerning the physical attractivenes'
/ OF Mr.. Waters, must not fail also g. commenC
/ your earnest reprohntlon of the statement o
! some iiippant provincial newspaper. that Mr.
! Waters Is not a good man; II Is incredible L
! any one who knows anything about the subject
| that 80 h a. p"rsio SHOULD sysr have been Gus
upon the reputation OF Mr.. Waters. even by in
nuendo.
The Hon. Mr.. waters's beauty is far from
! being confined To- his form and features only
| IL is characteristic also Of his mental and mora
| nature Whether he Ia regarded Ms man %
| nilairs. or u student or rrlurnicr. or "A public
! spirited citizen. or a husband r. a parent or Nj
earnest friend of the human race. he - all tina
| al exemplary person should be; and II Is ~
surprising that any one should cast a douh
| upon the goodness Of his :'Hture. As that thor,
| should have been any failure 10 recognize hi
| striking personal beauty.
BOsTOS. Nov. H. COURT SQUARE.