Aloysius’s Satyre

Or: Ambition Frustrated

[My first attempt at a new column—be kind in passing judgment.]

Of my Great Uncle Aloysius Bentley—whom you may recall from some of my past writings—I think it can be fairly said that his artistic ambitions often exceeded his actual inspiration. His was one of the daintier and less energetic muses, and his true gifts were most evident when he worked in m…