Arizona republican., 1903-09-29
LIKE THE HOhELY MAN
Instances Show The Girls Find Him
 Fascinating.

Maybe there was as much trouble as boasting in the statement of John Wilkes. the famous London alderman: Ugly as I am. if I can have but a quarter of an hours start, I will get the better of any man, however good looking, in the graces of any woman."
 Of Wilkes abnormal ugliness there was never any question. "The very children in the street ran away af- frightened at the sight of him." And yet his powers of fascination were so great that women of beauty and fash ion vied with each other for his notice. while handsome men of all courtly graces were neglected
 It was said that there were few beauties of the day whose hand Wilkes might not have confidentially hoped to win. He married one of the richest and Ioveiiest women of his time
 Beauty and the Beast, they call me-" Wilkes once said to a friend, 'and I cannot honestly find fault with the description
 That there is powerful fascination for some women in extreme ugliness which women who have been richly lowered with physical charms have fallen in love with men of almost re- ru;sive appearance.
 Queen Wilhelmina is an example of T charming and attacti"c young wo- man choosing an ugly man. Fat and pain of face. and, for q regal person, distinctly poverty strickrl, Prince Heinrich of Meckienburg Schwerin has lad great fascination for womanknd. Gossips whispered that the young duke was taken by surprise wh n tn <. little Queen of Holland showed her preference tor him and yet it was not tha first time that he had been ad- f?;r"d and courtcd Lr women of high rark.
 Wn4 4n Princess Helena of Russia sud denly broke her engagement with Max of Baden 1t was believed it was be- cause she hoped to persuade her parents to let her marry the stout. blond dukeling Heinrich and the youngest daughter of the Duke of Edinburgh also loved the young duKe though in vain. In fact. Prince Hein- rich was a good deal of a lady killer, and he knew it.
 Neipperg, an ugly creature, with small abilities and yet smaller for
 
 in the affection of Marie Louise, who 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 N@iDparG's wife In the eyes of 'he worli. it was ter rible degra adatior fD: the wi.lrw of tla French emperor to become the wife of lorIs Sf,. J d whit what ina world sud. as was the case with the women who ran after the ugly Duke de Richeleu.
 When Richelieu was shut up in the Bastile, crowds of women. old and young. and rich ana rour, used {" cCl- lect every day at the hour when he took his exercise on tine parapets, and adore kim from t distance, deploring the incarceration of so adorable a person.
 Theodore Hook was another ugly man who seemed to be irresistible When Lizt was an old man with a hard. ugly face. women begged per- mission to kiss his ugly hands and raved over him as though he were Adonis' self Dozens of school girls and countesses who worshipped at his shrine cared not a pin for his music nor understood note of it. but were keenly alive to the charm of his per sonality.
 There were few plainer men of his generation than the great Lord Brougham. and as few who took so little trouble to ingratiate themselves into the favor of women. Yet he might have picked and chosen among the fairest society beauties. To a question where Lord Brougham was, the answer was once given: Where the ladies are the thickest.'' By. following this significant guide he was generally run to earth.
 Perhaps the reason of the attractive ness of the plain man is that he is not vain. He can't be, of Lis face, at any rate.
 "A pretty man is a nuisance" one girl was overheard to say. 'I mean the man whose hair curls, whose checks are red and who poses in pub- lie places where he may be easily seen, and who always wears a sleek smile on his thoughtless face. He is nuisance because of his conceit. Girls grow weary of looking at him. but he still keeps in the way, believing he is giving them a treat"
 It has been estimated that there are only 50,000 really handsome men in the United States.
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