Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-09
EDITED BY HAROLD KINGSLEY

as on the care of the physician. When
he couldn't get proper dishes for his
patients in any other way was called
on to supply them.
"As a consequence, when he died
was very we'll informed about cooking
for sick and delicate people. So when
l began to look around for some way
to earn living it really seemed as If
there wasn't anything 1 could do be-
sides cook for sick people. When l
went to see physicians to talk the mat
ter over almost without exception they
agreed that it was the very best thing
l could do, not only in the way of earn
ing money for myself, but also in sup
plying need in our town.
"All promised to send me orders
whenever their patients needed special
ly prepared food. AS 1 had less than
500 to fall back on l had to wait for
these orders, not feeling it safe to risk
making up any little dainty on the
chance of its being called for. For
tunately l had to wait less than day
Within an hour after finishing my
round of calls on my husbands pro-
fessional friends / had two orders for
chicken broth.
From that small beginning orders
kept coming in, small at first, but in
creasing as time passed, and people
what l was doing. At the end of the
first year had worked up to the point
where about all my time was occupied,
but there was very little money cleared
after all expenses were paid. Since l
had the work the question seemed to be
to reduce expenses so my profits would
be larger.
after making a careful examination
of my accounts I found that chickens
unYsn 1np skAw.
materials. For some reason every doc
tor and patient seemed to be deter
mined on prescribing or eating chicken
broth. The question was either raising
the price of the broth or raising my
own chickens.
Having settled this point, went to
see one of the physicians who had
taken the greatest interest in my work.
His advice was to raise the chickens
rather than the price of the broth. He
was sure II l got q small farm on the
outskirts of the city would soon be
able to pay for 1t by raising chickens
and eggs for invalids.
81 found the farm, an old-fashioned
house of eight rooms on three-acre
lot. The house was in a dilapidated
condition and the lot, which had all
been garden and orchard, was grown
up with weeds and old bushes. After
giving tne owner check for $500,
which was all had managed to save
with the exception of $780, 1 was still
in his debt over $500 and interest.
when told my adviser what had
done you should have seen the way
he stared at me. He said he never
had an idea would go into it as deep
as that, but since had the only thing
was to help pull me through | don't
know that ne gave me any more or
ders than before, but he made me
promise that If needed to borrow I
would let him know. That was a great
comfort for after making the purchase
l began to see for myself / had taken
a great risk.
"The few months that it required to
get that place in running order and
the chickens large enough for use were
the hardest of my experience
worked early and late and many a
time 1 believed I was on the brink of
failure.
by the end of the second year had
paid that $500 and besides had a good
flock of chickens. l did all the work
even to the few repairs made on the
house the first year. Yes. / cleared the
land and built the nests.
''As my business now stands. the en-
tire lower floor of my house is given
up to the business. My salesroom and
order department occupy the two lar
gest rooms, while the two smallest
are used for cooking and storing. AL
though I kept a small place in the
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