Louis Wain Fact #40:
Among Wain’s many passing interests was apparently gemstone collecting. A 1902 an article in Conshocton Daily Age appeared. Sadly, the interest was short lived, as a ”bad bargain” in gems made him realise that he needed to put his artwork first.

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Fleet of wing are we. Tu whit, tu whit, tu whoo!
We can carry messages through the cloudy skies,
But we fear you like us best when made into pies.