| Show ODD CONCEITS JEWELS aldaya to wr opals the fancy for having ones birth mouth stone introduced as a mascot in all possible designs has led to some quaint and pretty conceits in the way of spoon which have set in the handles in unique and effective fashion the stones assigned by superstition to the various months says the great divide thus january has tho garnet im bedded among fanciful tracery of silver february jhb amethyst march has the bloodstone blood stone april the diamond may the emerald june the agate july tha ruby august the september the october the opal november the topaz and december the turquoise while the pretty superstitions attached to the moonstone make it a favorite at all times it is gald of a famous actress that she never appears upon the stage that somewhere about her person is not to bo found one of these indian gems when the birthstone birth stone happens to be a secondary gem it is put in a seal and mounted with the monogram or crest of tha owner exercises its occult influence over the letters sent out from my ladys boudoir it is paid that queen victoria ha tried 10 ct c t at defiance the old tion about the opal and that she has given many opala as presents while of the unfortunate empress eugenie it is written that she has always refused to wear the stone the old legend tells a story of an opal belonging to a roman senator which was coveted by marc antony yet rather than part with it the records say that the senator went into voluntary exile prefer ring to part with his country rather than lose his gem the modern prejudice against this beautiful stone seems not to have prevailed among the ancients who believed that it strengthened sight made its wearer lovable dissipated melancholy and paled at the approach of poison that sir walter scott shared the prejudice of modem times against the opal seems indicated in anne of geier stein annea grandfather married a lady BO the tale reads with a wonderful opal on the day of christening their child the opal first glowed then paled and shortly after the wife and husband both died |
