The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-07-12
CHARMS OF UGLY men
Case of John Wilkes, the FamoH
London Alderman.
He welded A NOTED BEAUn

And Ne Was 30 hsmsly That Hi
Locks erishtsnsd che Children In En-
Strssts-oailiy. With . Faes Like
Herss. Wen . Fsmeus French Beauty
There was perhaps ~ much truth
rs boasting In the statement Of john
and champion Of British electors
"Cely As am, II can have but Z
quarter OF an hours start will &c
the better Of any man. however Goo<
looking. In the eraces OF any woman
OF Wilkes abnormal ugliEess ther
was never q question. for II II not 10
corded that the very children in the
street ran away affrishted at the sigh,
Of him." And yet his powers Of fasci
nation were 80 great that '!adies o,
beauty and fashion Wed with each
other for his notice. while men o.
handsome exterior and all COURT,
sraccs looked obviously on"
There were. IL IL said. few beauties
Of the day whose hand Wilkes nigh
not have confidently hoped to win. and
when he ed Mary Mead to the alta,
he inads q wife Of one Of the riches,
and most lovely women Of her time
Beauty and the Beast they car u.s.
Wilkes once said to his friend Pattcr
and cannot honestly dnd fault with
the description"
Jean Paul Marat. whose name vii
always be associated with the cvt
history Of the French revolution. wa.
VIGOROUSLY the ugliest man OF his day
In Paris. When this reputation reach
cd his ears Marat Is said to have 70
marked. Put why limit my supreme
cy TO Paris?" And indeed the restric
ton was much too modest.
And yet in his earlier years. wher
he was the most popular Of court doc
tors. his very ugllness seemed to eyer
else such a fascination over aristocrat.
ic ladies that they crowded his consult.
ing rooms in order to catch q glimpse
Of and to exchange words with him
under the fiimsiest prctexts Of imag
mary ailments. The studied indilicr
ence with which he treated alike thei,
charms and their hattery only made
them the more insistent until he de-
clarcd to friend that he would have
to ny from Paris to escape the perse-
cution OF his fair admirers.
Bailly. mayor OF Paris at the time OF
the reign Of terror. II said to have
had a face almost exactly like that Of
q horse. His appearance was. In fact,
30 abnormal. 30 monstrous. that chill
dren shrieked and women tainted a
the very sight Of him. and yet his wife
was one Of the most lovely women b
the whole Of France-so lovely that @
a girl she Was known as tho beautiful
angel"
That there is a powerful fascination
for some women In extreme ugiineso 10
proved by innumerable cases in which
women who have been richly lowered
with physical charms have fallen mad.
~ In love with men OF almost repulsive
appearance.
A London paper records a remark.
able case Of this kind In lS11, when
Lady Mary X. married Mr.. Mudford.
a London attorney.
Lady Mary was girl OF peerless
charms, the most beautiful Of oil the
court ladies' and the favcrise toast Of
the world Of aristocrats. She might
for her birth end fortune were almost
equal to her beauty-have chosen her
husband from among dukes. end even
more than one ROYAL prince sought her
hand In vain
To the CONSERVATION Of society. she
married Mr. Siudford. not only n pet.
tifogging attorney" but a man Of al.
most unnatural ueliness CT face and
with a defornied hand and foot. 6in-
gular. too. rs It may appear. her mar
ried life was one Of unclcuded happi-
ness. and to her dying day. nearly forty
years later. she never seemed to have
q moments regret for her choice Of q
husband.
Still more remarkable was the story
told Of most beautiful heizess with
On attachment for one of the freaks
Of travelling show. and she per
sisted In marrying him In spite Of all
the efforts Of her friends and relations.
This singular object Of her affections
masQueraded under the title Of tho
man monkey. or the ugiiest man IN the
world" and be had an excellent claim
to the tit!e.-Exchange.