The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1901-01-14
Queen wilhelmin nan Duke 10 a Not Z
abls Lady Killer.

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LittiS Queen wilhelmina's selection
sof husband Is the least handsome of ]
Ihe brothers Mec6lenburg Schwerin,
says correspondent of the Baltimore
American. ''l
Gossips whisper that the Duke was
taken by surprise, and9yet, III was not
the first time, in spite Of being a good
deal of detriment, that he rhas'been,
admired by, royal ladies'. ), Everybody
knows; says the exchange, that when
pretty Princess Helena OF Russia sud,
denly broke Ier & engagement with.
Max Of Baden 1t was becatse sshe
hoped to persuade her parents to. let
her marry the stout, blonde young
/. duckling whom Wilhelnina has select
T. ed; and the youngest daughter of4the
Duke of Edinburgh has loved the,
duke in VAIN In short, Heinrich ,.f
Mecklenburg- Schwerinl Ia a good deal
4 Of lady killer, and he iknows'it. Fat
and plain of face, and, for royal per,
son, distinctly poverty stricken, he
has a fascination for womankind, the
sort OF fascination that there. Is no
use trying to. explain, because it Is not
perceptible t, to any but the persons
fascinated.
N SOne of, the men who possessed this
faculty to a most surprising degree
WIS Napoleon Bonaparte's rival in tbs
affections of Marie Louise the infam
GUS and all-powerful Neipperg. He was
an ugly creature, with small abilities
. and yet smaller fortune, and he had
broken many hearts about the Aus
trian court before Marie Louise, saw
and fell furiously in love. with him
With everything to lose and nothing
to gain by her encouragement of the
man, she left no stone unturned until
she was able to make herself NeiD
perg's wife. In the eyes of, the world
1t was a terrible degradation for the
widow OF the French emperor to be
come the wife of an Austrian count
but she cared not a whit what thu
world said, as was the case with The
women who ran after the ugly spend
thrift Wilkes and the mad Due Il,
Richelieu. IT.
Wilkes was. famous in his day al
over England, no. only as lord mayo
and chamberlain and avery loud-talk
ing patriot, but as the Iugliest man .
his time and the most admired by We
men. He flouted and. ill-treated all G
them with the exception of his daugt
ter, but it had not the desired effec
OF cooling their affections. ~
AS to the Due. de Richelie,
though men could not tolerate hin
awhen he was shut up tn the Bastil
jcrowds Of women, old and young. ric
!. and poor, used to collect every da
at the hour when he7took his exercis
on the parapets and adore, him from
distance. and deplope the incarcer;
ton of so charming person.
;j Theodore Hook was another ugl
man who was irresistible to. the softt
sex, for II is proven clearly that whe
man is agreeable to women they cal
not in the least what his personal a
pearance may be. Liszt proved thi.
when an old man, with "a hard, Jig
face. women begged permission to XII
his ugly hands, and Yaved and Sc
timentalized over him as If he We
Adonis' self. Dozens of schoolgirl
and, countesses who worshlped at h
shrine cared not a. pin for, his musi
nor. understood note Of it. but we
keeplv alive t6't1e charm OF his pc
sonaiity,. which no woman. so far
we know, was ever ablt or willing
withstand.
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