Ugly Husbands.

Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 18 September 1914, Page 2

Ugly Husbands.

Students of such matters have often noted that most of the genhises of the world have not been remarkable for their good looks, and a wellknown doctor recently came forward with the startling announcement that most pretty girls suffer from disease. "Those tall, slim, arch-browed, pretty-looking girls," he said, "are invariably the victims of tuberculosis. They are just the type of girl with whom a young man easily becomes enamoured. The impression they create is of the'pleasantest. They usually show a clear well-coloured complexion, and look no more diseased than a healthy child." When asked to give a reason for this, he replied that it "was just one of Nature's inconsistencies."

Many business men prefer to employ men and women who are not remarkable for their handsome faces. The plain person is usually a better worker, arid does not waste time thinking of his or her appearance.

In Germany the view is gaining ground that good-looking men are the cause of most unhappy marriages, and a "League Against Beauty" has actually been started there for the purpose of preventing women from taking to themselves handsome husbands ! The founder of this strange league is a woman who is herself very pretty, but she says that she has made careful investigations, and out of eighteen cases of unhappy marriages twelve were caused by the fact that the husbands were very handsome. The league has already a fairly large number of members, all of whom are pledged only to choose ugly men for their life-partners.

That there is something in this

idea, curious as it may seem, is evidenced by the fact that most ex-

tremely pretty women seem unconsciously to choose husbands who are devoid of real handsomeness.