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.

Monday, April 17, 2006

Friday, April 17, 1925

Friday, April 17, 1925
Fair and warm

Finally finished my ironing and made Gilbert a white shirt of the goods Mama gave him for Christmas. It is beautiful goods and I want him to keep it for nice and he ought to wear it a long while. I’m feeling fine these days except I tire out too easily. Not as much pep as I ought to have.

(I'm pretty sure not too many of us could whip up a shirt in an afternoon. Sewing seems so much a part of what Grandma does, either making clothes or mending clothes, almost on a daily basis. I sure hope Gilbert kept the shirt "for nice" and enjoyed it for a long time.

I wonder if at this point Grandma has caught on that she is pregnant, and that is why she is tired and lacks "pep".)