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.

Saturday, March 04, 2006

Wednesday, March 4, 1925

Wednesday, March 4, 1925
Warmer

Finished cleaning down stairs today – scrubbed the kitchen, etc. Felt awfully tired and couldn’t work fast. The boys were very careful to clean their feet and not bring mud in on the new carpets. They would start in, notice the rugs and back up and wipe feet. Hope it lasts. Have been putting Ned to bed alone and not staying with him these nights and letting him cry it out. Poor baby!

(There is nothing like something new to get you going on cleaning up everything else, so the new thing feels at home. The boys (Dale, Dick, and Albert) seem to play outside a lot, regardless of the weather.)