Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-02-13
PRETTY WOMEN LOVE UGLY MEN
Homely Visage Doesn't Prevent AGor-
alton of Owners by Beautiful Girls

HomeIy Visage Doesn't Prevent AGor-
alton of Owners by Beautiful Girls
| One of the most remarkable TRAITS
In the feminine organism is the J-2-
dency of women to fall in love with
men whose plainness of feature Is 3D-
Vlous to the point of positive uCIintss.
and in all ages and countries this te4-
dency has been strikingly demon
strated
Mlrabeau, one of the leading spirits
OF the French revolution. a man whose
ace was hldeOusly peck marked and
whose Inquire was short and unwIei6y.
exercised fascination over the tair
sex which was little short of maryel-
Gus. 1t is said, indeed. that no woman
could resist this Caliban OF poIltirs,
whose only attractiveness Law IN his
unbounded gift of elOQuence. Afra1.
his death his rooms were found 10
contain numberless love letters from
all sorts and conditions of women.
many of whom declared their passion
i in hyheThOliC strain. And yet Mira
beau was so ugly that his hideousness
/ passed into a byword in the streets Of
Paris at the period in question.
At the present time there il u
woman confined in a private asy,um
suffering from melancholia brough, Gin
by an unreQuited love affair The au-
ject of this unfortunate creatures
worship is a certain comic singer
whose pretensions to good looks ate
anything but great, and. as a matter OF
fact, he is considered 3y many people
to be the ugliest comedian on TIE
! stage
| For many months the admirinG Girl
| wrote ardent letters to the PLAYER.
and, moreover, was in the haplt OF
awaiting his exit from the stage door.
when she would press upon him
flowers, jewelry and other gifts
Eventually her conduct became so
pronounced that the actor. who is a
married man, communicated with her
parents, and the latter took the young
woman away from the city forthwith.
However, she pinned necessarily after
| her unsightly hero, and soon had to
be conveyed to the sanitorium. whore
she now rcmains-a victim of homeless
passion for one whose uglncss is as
conspicuous as his talent.
i Some wears ago the writer cncoun-
/ tered a charming woman who in
formed him that she possessed an alb
Solute worship for plain featured men
There was a certain pathos in their
, Tisages, she averred. which con
/ strained her deep admiration and
eventually she proved her consistency
by marrying Il gentleman whose coun-
tenance went further to prove the
| DarWinian theory of the relationship
of man to the ape than thousand dis
courses on the subject could go. the
marriage however, being IN exceed
mgly happy union.
/ A case which recalls the topsy-
tmVinoss of the Midsummer NIGHTS
Dream comes from Prague, whore one
OF the handsOmCst girls in that CITY of
falr women has recently CSpOuscd
young merchant of surprising ualy
facial characteristics and boastlng
stature Of feet only The maiden
| had previously refused the offers Of
more than one handsome suitor ana
/ she avcrrcd that love had not dawncd
T III her heart until the moment when
!; she bchcld her dwarf-Iike and ugly adj
mlrer. The pair are known TO their
friends by the Bohemian equivalent
Tor Beauty and the BeaSt-a descrlD-
ton which will doubtless adhere 10
them through their married lives.
fn,
ever hidtous, need consider himself
! eXilcd from the love and even wOrghiD
OF woman, and this knowledge ought
to cOnsOl~ some. whose faces are not
exactly their fortunes, but rather ne
! reverse
Not many years ago a criminal or
! revolving appearance was placed in
the dock of an American court to
, undergo his trial for various nugo
I frauds 1t may, eprhaps. hardly be
/ credited, but it is nevertheless q fact
that this individual was shown III the
course of the evidence, to have fasriD-
atGd no fewer than seven women. f7uy
or whom were Of good family and cdu.
cation.
/ ~'Nh NHCH MS IOul mlSdccdS be
came known to them these seven
women continued to write impas-
stoned letters to the object Of their
affection nor did the mans homeless
uglness seem to effect their wOrshin
! any more than his crimes had served
to do. He was sent anccd to long
term Of Imprisonment, during which
time he received various visits from
the foolish females, who ought Ger
tainly to have transferred their devo-
ton to some wOrthier. if not handgom-
! er, fellOw-creature.
! Pathetic enough was the case Of
young shop assistant who fell in love
! with a male employee in the same es-
/ tabiishment, a man of exceedingly
! PLAIN countenance. The latter, who
was already engaged to be married.
! naturally repealed the girls advances,
! Whereupon she drowned herself IN the
adjacent canal, leaving a note wherein
! she actually stated that it was his IN.
! doubted ugliness which first led her
to think about him
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