more or less lavishly with "mother-of-pearl". This gives it a different look from pearls which are pearly right through.
Nevertheless,
the cult of the cultured pearl has given many a lady what she longs
for—a real pearl necklace of handsome appearance. For cultured pearls,
even if they are not true aristocrats, are at least not imitations, and
thus are fitted to give satisfaction to the feminine heart. A doctor
in one of Anatole France's novels deals satirically with that longing.
"I often see children with strawberry marks," he says, "whose mothers
say that they desired strawberries before their birth. I am waiting to
see a baby marked with a pearl necklace."
