The Banner-Democrat., 1901-02-23
FAMOUSLY HOMELY MEN.
MOST WOMEN ARE INDIFFERENT
TO GOOD LOOKS.

TO GOOD LOOKS. a
Queen Wilhelmina's Choice Of the PIalnesf "
Prince In Germany Proves This Aston
isblnp Fact Once ors-conquests Made
by wilkes, Ugliest Man OF His Time.
Little Queen Wilhelmina''s selection
NJ q husband has caused no small
amount of astonishment In the Euro.
mean courts, for on the least OF Ill
her suitors; In worldly sense hei
choice has fallen. Duke Heinrich Oh
ecklenburg-Schwerin has up to TINS
time played the part OF very slnaii
notato for a more or less royai person.
age He is the youngest son IN ram
uy of many boys; he Is the least nano-
some of the brothers; he has never ols-
tineuished himself in court or camp OF
grove in all his "a years, and yet 1t Is
no secret that since Wilhelmina, the
nroud and independent, first saw MIN
st Potsdam. nearly two years ago, she
has had his image craven on ner ioy"i
and royal little Dutch heart
Ar Potsdam Duke Heinrich, who was
not heir to even pretty good expecta-
tIons. appeared as a mere incidental.
He was not supposed to aspire TO the
hand of the queen; he even paid her no
more than the perfunctory courtesles
due a Young lady and a sovereign, ana
his far handsomer, far cleverer ana
for more interesting elder brother'
Duke Adolph, heir to the Meckienours
schwerin duchy, was fatteringiy re-
rarded as standing high In the young
queens graces.
AS a matter Of fact, nobody paid
very much attention to the clean-snav-
, en-. stout young duke, but Wilhelmlna
, fell In love with him and he did not
: know it. Nevertheless, he had mace
{ his impression, and when the queen
. went to see her cousin, Pauline OF
: Wurtembergs baby baptized las
n snrine she wrote Princess Pauline the
= state Of her heart, and her cousin
f promised to see that the duke duly re-
t ceived hint.
Il Gossips whisper that the duke wal
n taken by surprise, and yet 1t was no
f the first time, in spite of being goo'
e deal of q detrimental, that he has beel
Is admired by royal ladies. Everypoo'
lr knows that when pretty Princes
" Helena of Russia suddenly broke he
- engagement with Max of Baden 1t wa
le because she hoped to persuade her pal
ID ents to let her marry the stout blono
at Young dukeliug whom Wilhelmina ha
m selected; and the youngest daugnter
Il the duke of Edinburgh has loved u
b. Young duke In vain. In short, Helm
&C. rich of Mecklenburg-Sc Is
ch good deal of a lady-killer, and he know
ch it. Fat and plain of face, and. FOR
all royal person, distincly poverty-strlcKe
of he has a fascination for womankin
q The sort Of fascination that there Is
% use trying to explain, because 1t ID n
a perceptible to any but the persons fa
,m cinated, and they are always PLAIN
ere beyond reach Of reason, though tn
ess are often Just as sensible, matter
zee fact and unromantic individuals
lty Queen Wilhelmina.
'gy Lots of men have exercised this po'
ity or before. and Duke Heinrich 1s
led execution to the rule that Providen
'ite often sees fit to bestow this pecul
the and potent quality on curiousiy u
unit handsome individuals. Since he
en- first about the well-conducted cou
of tiuy Mecklenburg-Schwe
the nompous Prussia he has had not
nay least difficulty In winning femin
az friends. The German empress
10 treated him as though he were u
is | hn loAiQc in Walt
rh- yield a smile and sigh as he pran
less by In white uniform, and yet ne Ii
aey' oyerfond Of feminine society.
ma He has accepted his betrothal-to
sweetest little girl queen in the worl
very calmly, while the queen her
. is madly happy, and the other pril
the linps and dukelings who We're on
ears matrimonial string wonder how
ince heavy-faced, easy-going, unamnit
ed Heinrich carried off the prize, VIII
ncle, dancing any attendance, without
she descending to fiatter and call U
been and placate the capricious lady and
at it critical Dutch people. One thlnl
!, the certain. and this In way add'
did the glory of Heinrich's conquest,
some if the loyal Dutch had objected to
stern choice of the queen she would
left married him anyway. She saio
been much when some doubts were expI
ed as to how he would please the
r-old ton.
lg up All this goes to show that the
,tom- +ure king consort of Holland ID OF
lored. those men whose charm Is with VIZ
that unouestioned, and even a queen "
,ating make large sacrifices for hlm.
three of the men who possessed this IA
aimed to a most surprising degree was M
ce. con Bonaparte's rival in the anec
be- Of Marie Louise, the Infamous ant
) now nowerful Neipperg. He was an
Of the creature. with small abilities ant
o her. smaller fortune, and he had D.
manv hearts about the Austrian
before Marie Louise saw and re-
riously In love with MIN. WIN e
r,or- thing to lose and nothing to ga
no tho her announcement of the man, so
1r;a no stone upturned until she was
to make herself Neipperg's wife
ber an the eyes Of the world 1t was &c
degradation for the widow
o, French emperor to become the
> an Austrian count, but she cared
e Irish whit what the "oiiu 500 80,
Explain case Win tne mon1n .,,,,, aa ~
ere to ugly spendthrift, Wilkes, ana Tn
tricks Due de hlcneAeu'
nat the Wilkes was FAMOUS III MS
ravely, over England not only US ioru
mark and chamberlain ana u very
y were talking patriot but as the ughes
,r their of his time and the nosl aunni