When the verse said, "The August born, without this stone, 'Tis said must live unloved and lone," of course no girl born in August would think of living a week longer without a sardonyx, especially when the catalogue offered the genuine article as low as $2.75.

The daughters of April and May, July and September had to pay more for their privileges, but they did it gladly.
When Cornie Dean read, "Who wears an emerald all her life Shall be a loved and honoured wife," she sold her pet bangle bracelet that afternoon for ten dollars, and added half her month's allowance to buy an emerald large enough to hold some potency.
Mary pored over the catalogue longingly when it came her turn to have it.

She liked her verse: "Who on this world of ours their eyes In March first open shall be wise.
In days of peril firm and brave, And wear a bloodstone to their grave." When she had considered sizes and prices for awhile she took out her bank book and Christmas list and began comparing them anxiously.

Betty, coming into the room presently, found her so absorbed in her task that she did not notice the open letter Betty carried, and the gay samples of chiffon and silk fluttering from the envelope.

She looked up with a little puckered smile as Betty drew a chair to the opposite side of the table, asking as she seated herself, "What's the matter?
You seem to be in some difficulty." "It's just the same old wolf at the door," said Mary, soberly.