Democratic Sentinel, Volume 8, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 January 1885 — Tales of Whistler. [ARTICLE]

Tales of Whistler.

Mr. Whistler’s bori mots are circulating in society in a fashion calculated to make the bones of Sidney Smith turn in their grave. He has his admirers, as we all know, in spite of Mr. Buskin; and one of these, worshiping at his feet in the sesthetic-Burns murmured, “Ah, Mr. Whistler, I only know of two painters in all the world—Velasquez and yourself.” “Why,” said Mr. Whistler, in the softest tones, “why drag in Valasquez?” This is one of the best stories, but another of the same kind is worth repeating. “I see you everywhere in nature,” said one of his admirers: “in the sky, in'the clouds, in the water.” “Yes,” said the artist, with an air of inimitable self-complacency. “Nature is very apt. She shows a decided improvement since I took her up.”—Manchester Times.