Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 November 1901 — Art and Sanitation. [ARTICLE]

Art and Sanitation.

An interesting little story is told of the venerable Thomas Sidney Cooper, the oldest member of the Royal academy, who lately celebrated his ninety-fourth birthday. Mr. Cooper on one occasion painted a picture of Queen Victoria’s favorite cow Buflio, with the calves beside her. The prince consort criticised the picture, pointing out that the dock leaves in the foreground were evidence of had farming. The queen, also a critic of no mean order, asked her husband what he thought of the cow’s hind legs being in a small pool of water. “I like it much,” he said. “So do 1,” replied the queen, “but it’s evidence of bad draining.”