The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1915-01-26
Why Do Pretty Women Many Ugly Men?

French PHILOSOPHER has started
0ut 10 explore Il new region oil that
terra inCpgnito a Wou.anS toucE. tie
is irving 10 ind out why beauty 50
otter veds the beast. ana why the
pretti"r u woman is tho more 90
hcnl"IX men appear 10 fascIn&te hef
20 satisfy his curiosity and 10 gain
scientific data that may D. uS"ful 10
fVture investigators 1T the psychology
Of tn. fsir sex. the French saTanr Is
sending ont hundreds Of circular let
ter 10 Intelligent women, asking them
IL r"ad 20 him this riddle. The "one
b. bet is that the answer VIII be
"iC-t because" for when tx comes to
4 matter Of the heart woman disdains
aua Iy@is ard logic. She merely feels:
stD loves or hates IN strict accordance
with thc attitude Of the immortal in
dividi,al. who did aOt ike Or. Peil,
but The reason Why he could not tel
Nevertheless. whether woman can
give cause for the faith that j. il her
OF not, il IS 4 fact that hoInely men,
even repuisiNetS Ucly mon. have al
wan been able 10 latter the doTecote
whenever they entered it, and 10 pick
and choose among the bellies Of the
season when they chose 10 marry. In
our own day We have seen hundreds
Of such cases.
Time ana aein have We all seen II
fair and radiant creature turn her
back upon Suitors who we're rs hand
some and godlike in appearance aS Il
clothing store advertise mrnt, and
gaiiy march to the altar with some
slab sided loose joined, carrot headed
fellow. whose face was nothing but q
tumble OF the necessary features.
Nor is this pepcltant of women foT
ugly men a modern fad. IL has al
ways been thus and history IS full of
such instances of wOmans erratic
fancy Mayor Bailey, of Paris. who
ruled the city during the White Ter
TOR. and whose name was used to
frighten the children al over France,
had face resembling mad horse,
yet he was wooed and won by one Of
the loVeliest women OF his time. girl
of excellent family ara great wealth.
John Wilkes. the English politician,
likewise ma "ried one of the handsome
hciresses Of his period. He was well
aware Of his shortcomings aud used
to say to himself:
There is probably no uglier excuse
for "a man in the world than 1; but
TepulsiVe as l am, [ have never failed
10 gain a lady's admiration. Give me
half an hours start and I will beat the
haudsomeSt man in the room.
Lord Brougham. ugly of face and
gruff of manner, was the pet of the
ladies i'll his own circle of society and
If anybody asked for him at a recep.
ton or a ball. the answer was inva
riably Seek him wherever you fine
bunch Of pretty women. lie will bt
IN the center"
Mrs. Spalding. rich widow famed
for her beauty and wit carried of
Lord Brougham and was Cnvied b,
All the handsome unmarried women
Marat, the monster Of the French
revolution, was as repulSive of fac
as OF character, yet he had to rul
away from Paris, time and again, 70
few days 10 escape the attentions o
iove-sick pretty women.
On the surface the fascination ugl
men have for pretty women ma
seem mysterious, but the explanation
is almost childishly simple, and rest
upon one of the great Fundamental
facts of nature. Between the sexe
the attraction is not Of similarity, blu
of opposites. No man admires tn
mannish woman and no woman bu
has repulSon for the effeminat
man. Sometimes 4 weak and timor
ous Womau's soul gets into a man
body, or n mans courage and strengt
are given to q frail little woman, an
when this happens the man wi
marry a dominant. bossy woman, an
the woman will fall in love with som
puny and sickly man.
The normal man and woman. how
ever, are drawn together not by the
likes, but by their differences, an
this is why the beautiful woman
no more attracted to man by h
good looks than a virile man is a
tracted to woman who is big an
strong, and swaggeringly independel
and who apes the dress and manner
Of men. Every real man hates
woman who is an imitation Of ma
Every woman despises a man who
an understudy Of her beauty. Fac
sex feels that il can do it's own lit
speciality better.
Women dislike handsome men b.
cause they regard beauty as a di
tinctiy feminine prerogative. al
when man sets up as their rival tn,
feel like going after him with a gu
because he is poaching on their +
serves. What business has a me
man with a Greek profile, with
peachy skin, with languishing ely
and lashes that make shadows on /
checks, and natural wIvy hair2
IT simply fills a woman, who