A Woman’s Successful Enterprise 
did look handsome with his 
shining coat. 
There is a serious practical 
side to the poultry business. 
There are days when a 
woman must work from sun¬ 
rise until the dusk falls over 
the hills; there are hours of 
experimenting with different 
foods and equally long hours 
devoted to doctoring sick 
chickens. 1 he place must 
he kept as clean as a new 
pm; this all makes for suc¬ 
cess, and no trifle is too small 
to count in the balance either 
way. With all these details 
rigidly observed, however, 
there is no reason why a 
woman should not reap a 
competence from her labor 
among the fluffy, feathered 
things; and they are not un¬ 
grateful for care and affec¬ 
tion. 
With the purpose of learn¬ 
ing the story of her work, 1 
went out to the splendid resi¬ 
dence on West Ad a ms 
Street, where Mrs. Burbridge 
makes her home, determined 
to see for myself if she is mak¬ 
ing the money with which she 
is accredited. The house 
stands well back from the 
broad boulevard, and is set 
in a grove of pepper and 
magnolia trees. The interior 
is as charming as only a 
modernized old - fashioned 
house can be. I had been 
seated but a few moments 
when Mrs. Burbridge dashed 
up to the portico in a big red 
automobile. 
I looked at her in speech¬ 
less wonder. This radiant 
figure in pale rose-colored 
broadcloth, a deep cream lace 
waist showing under the 
jaunty eton jacket, a “poultry 
woman!” After greeting me 
she suggested tea. 
“It seems impossible to 
associate you with the chicken 
yards” I remarked, at length. 
Mrs. Burbridge raising 
her slender brows, quizzically 
CHICKEN RUNS AT ORPINGTON RANCH 
MRS. BURBRIDGE FEEDING FOWLS 
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