THEIR MASTER'S FACE
[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.]
Spa,—I think some of your readers may be interested by the following story. On the morning of Saturday, January 17th, I received a framed picture of myself, in oils, head and shoulders, life size, and having nowhere to place it for the moment I propped it upon and against the back of an old fashioned settee in the hall. In the afternoon my family and I were out till after tea, and on our return the parlourmaid informed us that in our absence she had found my two cocker spaniels sitting on the edge of the settee licking the face of my picture which was under glass and scrabbling the glass with their paws as if to make me come out and take them for their usual Walk. The maid had to wash the glass in consequence.
We were very pleased by the incident because the occasion does not often arise to test the instinct of dogs to-take notice of and recognize a likeness in a picture—and, of course, it was a fine testimonial to the excellence of the am, Sir, &c., CECIL M. CriAr3iAN.
The Cottage, Roehainpton, S.W.- - • - - -
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