Part 28

Now the question is, "Which is your lucky color?" If you know it, well and good. Make use of it in every possible way. When wearing dresses made of it, you will feel more confident of yourself than when arrayed in something else. You will get more work done, and it will be better work. The only thing is that you must be sure that it is your lucky color. If you are not quite sure, the tonic effect is absolutely lost.

Not only should you wear your fortunate color, but it is a good plan to surround yourself with it. We know a woman who pins her faith to purple. Her dresses are mostly purple; the wallpaper in her bedroom is purple; purple casement curtains adorn the windows; there are purple rugs in various parts of the house; even the back of the hair-brush on her dressing table is purple. And, since she decided that purple was her lucky color and used it in every reasonable way, she has had several strokes of marvelous good fortune.

But, of course, you may say in reply to all this that you do not know your lucky color. What then? This is where we can give you a little help. Most people's lucky color depends on the time of their birth and the following list sets out the birth colors. We know full well that everybody does not derive good fortune from his birth color, but that they find it in some other hue. Therefore, the proper course is to make trials with the appropriate color listed below and, if that does not answer satisfactorily, to choose another of your own liking and try that. Only by personal experiment can you finally decide the point.

These are the birth-colors. The first given for any period is the one almost universally accepted. Those following after the first are, however, favored by a certain number of people.

Birth Date Colors

Dec. 22nd to Jan. 20th Emerald Green Sapphire Blue Black

Jan. 21st to Feb. 19th Various Blues Dark Green

Feb. 20th to March 20th Purple White Silver

March 21st to April 19th Rose Red

April 20th to May 20th Turquoise Blue Other shades of Blue

May 21st to June 21st Light shades of Yellow Orange Gold

June 22nd to July 22nd Mauve White Silver

July 23rd to August 21st Gold Brown Yellow

Aug. 22nd to Sept. 22nd Yellow Orange Light Blue

Sept. 23rd to Oct. 23rd Rose Pink Yellow

Oct. 24th to Nov. 22nd Dark Green Red Brown

Nov. 23rd to Dec. 21st Purple Blue

COLORS, of course, have certain values attached to them:

White is a symbol of purity. Red is typical of fire, blood and anger. Orange stands for marriage. Green recalls spring and suggests youth and hope. Purple means royalty and everything regal. Yellow is associated with great success. Black is a symbol of sadness and mourning.

WHICH IS YOUR LUCKY STONE?

Ever since time began, it has been a common belief that people derived luck and good fortune by wearing precious stones. A stone, however, that brought luck to one person might be ineffective when worn by someone else. Thus everybody is required to find out which stone he or she must wear in order to enjoy the utmost good fortune.

As a rule, the stone which any particular person must choose is decided by the month in which that individual was born. But this it not invariably the case. Many people have noticed that luck has come to them when they have been wearing some other stone than that decreed by their birth-month. And, of course, the opposite has often happened. History records a well-known case in point. The Hope diamond, for instance, wrecked the lives of several royal personages, even including some that were born in April; while an opal, possessed by members of the Spanish royal family, brought disaster to many people, one after the other, although certain of them were born in October.

Clearly, then, the proper thing is for all of us to choose our lucky stone according to our own preferences; but failing any definite preference to select it according to the month of our birth.

STONES OF THE MONTHS

Twelve verses of poetry have been written which set down in rhyme the stones for all the months of the year. Here they are:--

JANUARY

By her, who in this month was born, No gem save Garnets should be worn. They will ensure her constancy, True friendship and fidelity.

FEBRUARY