Ruth Campbell Smith 1925-27 Diaries

My grandmother, Ruth Campbell Smith (1892 - 1972) kept a diary for many years. I am posting her entries from 1925 - 1927 in this blog. Her family included sons Dale (1916 - 2004), Dick (1918 - 1971), Albert (1920 - 1979), and Ned (1923 - 1976), and later daughters Marjorie (1925 - 2010) and Eleanor (1929 - 2011). Her husband was Gilbert (1889 - 1937) and they lived in Indianapolis. I hope you enjoy this glimpse of what it was like to be a housewife and mother in the 1920's.

Friday, March 17, 2006

Tuesday, March 17, 1925

Tuesday, March 17, 1925
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Got all my ironing done before noon and did most of my mending and put away the clothes. I like to get that done so early in the week. Maybe I can get some sewing done. I need to. All the boys need so many things but I still am so tired. I go to bed early, sleep all night and get up as tired as I went to bed. I don’t understand.

(Appears she had a productive day, though still not sure why she is so tired. (We know!) I also like to get up and get the work done early. Who else is like that? No mention of St. Patrick's Day, so I don't know if that is a day they acknowledged by wearing green, or if the celebration of St. Patrick's Day at that time was much beyond what Catholic's did?)