The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-24
UGLY MEN VINO WE'RE FiNOUs.
Thesr Psainness No Mar to Thetr success
as W0s~rs.


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mo woman worthy 81 the name. wrote
one Of the loveliest ladies In London so
ciety recently. really cares q brass farth-
ing whether the man shc honors With her
hand N handsome OF ugly 30 long a. he
poa-ea~es the manly qualities Of brains.
physical strength. honor and % on which
make powerful appeal tn our seH-
And certainly history supports this
rather unconventional Wow. sAys ~
Bps. for many &c tn" ptaineNt men Of
whom ne have any record have not only
won pretty and we'll lowered brides
hut have been able to pick and choose
among the fAire~t. Ca the confusion Of
their more we'll favored rivals
Was there ever q palmer voO~r. ~
wonder than John wilkes, the famous
champion ~ popular liberties and one of
the mos, di~~oluVe roues ~ his day? ~
ugly was Wilke- that the very children
ran away shriekinG at sight of HIM In the
-treets. and yet such was the spell he cast
over women that ladies oG beauty and
fashion WED With each other for his notice.
while men 81 handsome exterior and all
eourtly grace looked envioaisly and i'm
potently on
Give me q quarter of an hours start. =
he n-ed % boa~t. and will win any lady =
hand against the hAnd-Ome-t man In
England And he could have done it
too There were few beauties. however
fair OF highly placed. Whose hand- could
not have IDeen his for the asking. and in
the very early 'aS he won for his
wife one oI the lovclie-t heire~S~s 81 the
time. a lady who refused more than Une
coronet tn ~ hia bride
Beauty and the Beast they call us.
WiIke- once -aid to friend. and really
cannot find fault ~ith the description
BroughArn, the GTeat Lord rn&ncetioT.
was q man % almost repellent ugli-
ne-a. without . solitary cOmP~n~AtinR
xrace 20 speech or manner. Conscious
1T his unattrActivene-s he summed ladies'
society a. he might have ahunned the
plague And what was the RESULT The
adde's, the most lovely and Aristocratic
in the land. simply mobl'@d the ugly
lawyer and Wer. a. proud IN win n smile
from him a. an Offer 81 a corOnet from any
other man.
when any one asked. Where n BrouGh-
ann the invAriAble answer Wa. Where
the ladies are thicke~t And, SURF
enough. there he was; and the more he
repeLled his fair prosecutors. the more
they cltl-ter~d rOunn MN
Another famous lady killer was Jean
Paul Marat. one of the leading and most
infamous figures in the French Revolution.
sRayond any question wrote a Contem-
porary. M. Marat 10 the ugliest man
IN the whole 81 France-and not merely
ugly but positively .repulstve IN person.
habits and mAnners"
And yet in HIS early years he was
beyond rivalry the most popu lar ply
sician In Paris. His consulting rooms
were crowded daily by the Ioveliest
women m the French capital. pushing and
win a smile IRON him. That he turned q
deaf ear and cold shoulder To their allure
ments only stimulated their ardor. until
their attentions became 80 embarrassing
that At one time he seriously meditated
flight.
skin disease while hiding in the savers
Of Paris. he was deVotedly nursed by one
OF the lOvelisMt of hiR many admirers.
whom he married ono fine day In tho
II possible a stiIl more F-puIsive man
Was Potemkin. the former private soldier
Who ensIaved the fancy Of Catherine the
Great and by her favor was made virtually
Car 81 Russia. Dreadful and repulsive.-
was the description OF him by one who
knew him. He has an unwisldy figure
and knock knees. 10 swarthy Of skin, coarss
in Nature and has lost one eye. He often
passes whole days In his room half dreescd,
uneombed. unwashed. biting his nails and
scratching his unttdy head And yet.
says Durand. the Empress 10 quite crazy
over him. a. n proved by her passionate
letters, in which she addresses him an
my lord my king my ines timabIs
treasure.
Bat perhaps the most remarkable Of all
these cAaes % woman's infaeIlatiOn for
ugly men was that % W. Hamilton. a
Scotsman Of a century and q half ago.
Hamilton was not only preternaturally
ugly hut he waa terribly deformed. HIS
legs We are told. were drawn zap 90 his
ears. his arms were twisted backward.
and almost every member was out Of
joint
In spite of thess terrible physical draw
backs Hamilton easily outserippsd all the
kallants in his dtEtrict IN the favor Of the
ladies. lie might have married any Of
them for the asking Indeed 4 y said
several 10 them actually asked him. nRys
a chrDnloler. But ~ remained proof
aRainSt all their Wilea until Aftsp his
eight 18th birthday. and then h married
q giri oe 10. himself beinR carried 20 the
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