Louis Wain Fact #32:
Despite his discovery of cat’s dislike for them, Wain himself loved oranges, and his friends and fans often sent him some in the hospital. In some of his drawings of picnics and tea parties, conventional tableware like cups and a teapot is absent, replaced with oranges.
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SHOP-BOY: "Since we had this notice in the shop-window 'Old Boots polished up to look like new,' they keeps coming in all day long. I wish this 'ere Cherry Blossom Boot Polish had never been invented."
OLD CAT: "Ah, my lad, don't you wish you could invent some-thing half as useful?"