The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1904-01-13
THE UGLY Man
Has Advantage in Many Cases Over the
Handsome Man.

1t has been estimated that there are
only 80 600 really handsome men in
the United States. Therefore be of
good cheer, you Of the 32 90 900, for
surely In our number we can hide our
distress. And no more need we Of
average beauty or lack Of it-bc jeai
Gus Of him of handsome form and
countenance, for the worlds great
love affairs show we should be equally
watchful Of the 80 900 men who are !,
positively ugly. There was as much
truth as boss,iDg in the statement of
John Wilkes, the famous London al
derman: ugly as | am, if | can
have but quarter Of an hour start |
| will get the better Of any man, how
ever good looking, in the graces Of any
| woman"
Of Wilkes abnormal uglincss there
was never any question. "The chill
drcu in the street ran away affrightcd
at the sight Of him." And yet his
powers Of fascination were SO great
that women Of beauty and fashion
We'd with each other for his notice,
while handsome mcno of oil courtly
graccs were neglected.
1t was said that there we're few
beauties OF the day whose hand Wilkes
might not have confidently hoped to
win. He married one Of the richest
and !oveliest women Of his tim".
Beauty and Beast they call u.s.
Wilkes once said to friend, "and l
cannot honestly find fault with the
description"
That there is q powerful fascina
tion for some women in extreme ugli.
ness is proved by innumerable cases
in which women who have been richly
lowered with physical charms have
fallen in love with men Of almost re-
pulsive appearance.
Queen Wilhelmina is an example Of
charming and attractive young wo-
man choosing an ugly man. Fat and
plain of face, and, for royal person,
distinctly poverty stricken, Prince
Heinrich, of Mecklenburg- Schwerin
has had great fascination for woman
kind.
Gossips whispered that the young
duke was taken by surprise when the
lutte queen of Holland showed her
preference for him, and yet it was not
the first time that he had been admir-
aud couricd hy women Of his rank i.
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 10 let her marry the stout,
blond dukeling Heinrich, and the
youngest daughter of the duke of Ed
inburg also loved the young duke
though in vain In fact Prince Helm.
rich was unus aally fascinating, and
he knew it.
, NAPOLEON S RIVAL AN UGLY MAN
Neipperg. an ugly creature, will
small abilities and yet smaller for
, tune, was Napoleon Bonaparte's riva
in the affection of Marie Louise, who
, fell furiously in love with him. Witt
e everything to lose and nothing to gair
: by her encouragement OF the man, she
: left NO stone unturned until che wa
{. atie to make herself Eeipperg's wife
In the eyes oHthe world it was ter
rible degradation for the widow of tht
:, French emperor to become the wife O
v an Austrian count, but she cared no
whit what the world said, as wa
o the case with women who ran afte
the ugly Duke dc Rlchelieu.
When Richelicu was shut up id tn
Raslile crowds Of women. old ant
= young, rich and poor, used to colec
:. every day at the hour when he tool
" his exercise on the para pets, and ador'
O him from distance, deploring th'
), Incarceration of so allowable person
n When List was au old man with
i hard, ugly face, women begged per
y mission TO Kiss his ugly hands, an
u raved over him rs though he wer
Adouis' self. Dozens of school girl
y and cuuntesses who worshiped at hi
shrine cared not pin for h:s music
nor understood note Of it, but wer
keeniy alive to the charm Of his per
sonality.
: There we're few palmer meo Of hi
= generation than the great Lor
q Brougham, and al few who took 8