The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-09-13
THE FASCINATING H0MELY MAN
LOTS or INSTANCES TO SHOW THE
GIRLS LIKE HIM BEST.
John wilkes. Who Was Ugly. Didn't Wind u
Bn-And Queen Wilhelmina's Hus-
band Is No AdOnls- Beauties Who
Have Found Male Plainncss Attractive.


Maybe there was as much truth as boast
| ing in the statement of John Wilkes. the
| famous London Alderman: "Ugy as am.
| If | can have but quarter Of an hours
| start, ] will get the better of any man.
| however good looking, in the graces OF
| any woman"
OF Wlkess abnormal ugliness there was
| never any question. "The very children
| in the street ran away afrighted at the
sight of him!" And yet his powers Of
fascination were so great that women OF
beauty and fashion WED with each other
for his notice, while handsome men Of all
courtly graces were neglected
1t was said that there were few beauties
Of the day whose hand Wilkes might not
have confidently hoped to win. He married
| one Of the richest and lovcliest women OF
| his time.
| Beauty and the Beast they call US
| Wilkes once ruid 10 a frcnd, and connot
| honestly find fault with the description.
! That there is a powerful fascination for
some women in extreme ugliness is proved
bv innumerable cases in which women
who have been richly lowered with physical
! charms have fallen in love with men Of
almost repulsive appearance.
Queen Wilhelmina is an example Of
charming and attractive young woman
choosing an ugly man. Fat and plain OF
face, and, for royal person, distinctly
poverty stricken. Prince Heinrich OF Meek
l"nburg -Schwern has had great fascina-
ton for womankind.
Gos,ips whispered that the young Duke
was taken by surprise when The little Queen
of Holland showed her preference for him.
and yet it was not the first time that he had
been admired and courted by women of
high rank,
When Princess Helena Of Russia suddenly
broke her engagement with Max OF Baden
it was believed to be because she hoped to
persuade her parents to let her marry the
stout, blond dukeling Heinrich, and the
youngest daughter Of the Duke of Edin-
burgh also loved the young Duke, though
in vain. In fact Prince Heinrich was a
good deal of a lady killer, and he knew it,
Neipperg, an ugly creature, with small
abilities and yet smaller fortune. was Ma
poleon Bonapartes rival 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 Nepperg's wife. In
tba aves of the world if was a terrible deg.
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ru'a''oh l"r '"' "i"o" VI 'ne FRENCH
Emperor to become the wife of an Austrian
Count, but she cared not a whit what the
world said N, was the case with the women
W no ran after the ugly Duke de Richeeu.
"'''n hl'''le'' was S'"l up III 'he bastlie'
crowds of women, old and young, and rich
and poor. used to collect every day at the
hour whom he tool; lis cxorc;so on tho
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hcpprlhS 'ho Il'aI' 'rh'Ioh OF so adoraDlo
a person.
Theodore Hook was another ugly man
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