. My idealed John Bullesses . of the table so quietly, and she wasvery busy to try to wear every curio—even thesealing stamps or snuff-boxes! She was tryingthem on her hair, then on her neck, on her chest,and on her belt, on every part of her body, andshe seemed more interested than to have talk withme. Indeed, the John Bullesses want to weareverything—metals, stones, animals skins, deadleaves, and dead birds. I would not be surprisedif they picked up a dead snake on a field and woreit on themselves. So far as I remember, someJohn Bullesses used to wear some living lizardsabout a few years ago
. My idealed John Bullesses . of the table so quietly, and she wasvery busy to try to wear every curio—even thesealing stamps or snuff-boxes! She was tryingthem on her hair, then on her neck, on her chest,and on her belt, on every part of her body, andshe seemed more interested than to have talk withme. Indeed, the John Bullesses want to weareverything—metals, stones, animals skins, deadleaves, and dead birds. I would not be surprisedif they picked up a dead snake on a field and woreit on themselves. So far as I remember, someJohn Bullesses used to wear some living lizardsabout a few years ago. It cannot be helped. For it is their inbornnature that they want to wear everything which iswithin the reach of their hands. They are exactlylike those little babies who always try to put every-thing into their mouths. Unless the nurse lookedafter them I dont know what would they do in theend ! I am not joking at all. For more thanonce I noticed that some of my John Bullessfriends took out a flower from a vase and wore. SOCIAL LIFE 39 it immediately. If I did not make her wait andwipe the water on the stem, she should spoil herbest new dress. Once I said to her, What wouldyou say to me if I myself splash a drop of wateron your dress ? I do wish I were the flowers ! When I was in Greenwich, I took out that littleJohn Bulless friend to Greenwich Park. We cameout to the heath outside the park, and this littleJohn Bulless saw a very, very old hat thrown awayin a bush. She immediately took off her own capand put that dirty old hat on her head, and said tome, How do I look, Mr. Markino V I scoldedher not to be so naughty. But in fact I was struckvery much by her beauty. She looked perfectlysweet under that dirty hat. It seems to me any-thing would suit John Bullesses so well. Nowonder why they want to wear everything ! WhenI think about this the poetry by a Japanese philo-sopher comes into my mind— Whether it is fineor cloudy, Fuji Mountain is always when the Jo
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