OSTRICH PLUMES 
Since time immemorial, the 
ostrich plume has been rec- 
ognized as a peer of the dia- 
mond and the ruby for the 
adornment of feminine roy- 
alty. 
Cleopatra sent hunters into her native 
African deserts to gather the matchless 
wing feathers of the earth’s hugest bird; 
and today the ostrich plume is still a ne- 
cessity to the wardrobes of the courts of 
the whole world. 
So, when the visitors pass into the beautiful 
Cawston Ostrich Farm at South Pasadena and 
move about among the 150 great ostriches, they 
are in close touch with the most interesting and 
valuable bird on earth — the most sought-after bird 
of all history and a conspicuous tempter of the 
vanity of women since times older than Rome. 
Swiftly advancing civilization has altered many 
human tastes, but it has only increased the fem- 
inine instinct for the ostrich plume. 
Perfection of Plume the 
One Cawston Thought 
Here, at the great original American ostrich 
farm, which Mr. Cawston has made famous the 
world over, the modern American woman may 
see such a display of the royal feather as Cleo- 
patra never saw, nor present-day royalty, either — 
several thousand dollars’ worth of living plumes 
displayed by the birds themselves, and $50,000 
worth of prepared plumes on exhibition in an 
adjoining building. 
And, more wonderful still, the whole evolution 
of the most luxuriant ostrich plumes known — the 
scientifically produced Cawston plumes — lies open 
before the eyes of the visitor. 
“From egg to plume” is no idle catch word at 
the Cawston Farm. Here every thought is bent 
toward developing the egg into the highest class 
of feather product possible. 
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