The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-08-11
CHARMS Of UGLY MEN
Case of John Wilkes. the Famous
London Alderman.
He Welded A NOTED BEAUTY

He Welded A NOTED BEAUTY
AnG He Was So Horeiy That His
Looks Frightened the Children In the
Strects-6ailiy, With Face Like
Horce, Won 4 Famous French Seauty.
There was perhaps rs much truth
rs boastiag in the statement OF JcnH
Wilkes. the famous London alderman
and champion OF British electors.
Ugly rs an. If ! can have but .
quarter OF IN hours start will get
the better Of any man. however good
looking in the graccS Of any woman.
OF Wilkes abnormal uSlinc>s there
Was never I question. for is ii not re-
corded that the very children in the
screcs ran away afrrishted at the sight
Of him." And yet his powers OF fasci-
nation were SO great that ladies of
beauty and fashion We'd with each
other for his notice. while men OF
handsome exterior and MI courtly
EraceS looked anriously on.
There were. it is said. few beauties
Of the day whose hand Wilkes might
no. have. confidently hoped to win. and
when he led Mary Mead TO the altar
be made 4 wife Of one Of the richest
and most lovely women OF her time.
..Bcauty ard the Beast they call Us"
Wilkes once said 70 his friend Patter.
"and cannot honestly find fault with
the description"
JeaH raul Narat. whose name will
always be associated with the ev!!
history Of the French revolution. was
aotoriouSly the usliest man OF his day
IN Paris. When this reputation reach
ed his cars Marai is said 70 have re-
marked, Put why limit my suprema-
cy to PariS:" And indeed the restric-
ton was much too modest.
And ye: IN his earlier years. when
he was the most popular Of court doc
tors. his very uSliness seemed to cScr-
else such fascination over aristocrst-
&c ladies that they crowded his consult
ing rooms fn order to catch glimpse
OF and 70 exchange words with him
under tie aiElSIest pretexts Of inaS-
mary ailments. The studied indi0cf-
ence with which he treated alike their
charms and their aattery only made
them the mere insistent until he de
cIared to 3 friend that he would have
to ay from Paris to escape the perSe-
cutsor oe his fair admirers.
Ba!ny. mayor Of Paris at the time OF
the reign OF terror. Is said to have
had g face almost exactly Ike that OF
horse. His appearance was. IN fact,
so abnormal. so monstrouS, that chill
dren shfieked and women tainted 1t
the very sight OF him. and yet his wife
was one OF the most lovely women n
the whole of France-so lovely that as
q cir, she was known as ''the beautiful
angel"
That there is powerful fascination
for some women IN extreme uclinesS Is
proved by innur,erahse cases q which
women who have been richly lowered
with physical charms have fallen mad
lrl;n love with men OF almost repulsire
appearance
"A London paper records remark
able case OF this kind IN 1s1:. when
Lady Mary X married Ar. Mudford.
tLouGon attorney.
Lady Mary was girl Of peerless
charms. the most beautiful Of al the
corrt ladies ard the favorite toast OF
the world Of ofsaristocrats. She might
for her birth and fortune were almost
earal to her beauty-have chosen her
husband from among dukes. and even
n.ore than one, royal prince sought her
hand In vain.
20 the Consideration OF society. she
married Nj. Mudford. not only 20 pet
tifossirs attorney" but zn2n OF al
most unnatural, uglincss OF face and
with deformcd hand and foot. SIN
sular. too, as it may appear, her mar
ricss lie was one Of unciouded happi-
ness. and to her dying day. nearly 7crtS,
ye:rs later. she never seemed to have
moments regret for her choice OF q
husband.
Stiu more remarkable was the story
told Of most beautiful heiresS with
IN attachment for one Of the freaks
of . travelling show, and she per
s..te6 In marrying, him in spite OF ali
the efforts Of her friends and relations
This singular object Of her affections
,rascuerade6 under tie title OF the
man monkey. or the ug.iest man i, the
world" and be had an excellent claim
to the titic.-ESchacse.