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.

Wednesday, April 26, 2006

Sunday, April 26, 1925

Sunday, April 26, 1925

Was too tired to hurry around and get ready for Sunday school. Mable was here anyway for a while so Gilbert and two boys went and I did up the work and rested. After dinner we took the boys for a violet hunt up the river above Broad Ripple and stopped at the folks on the way home. Ned took to the woods like a duck to water and walked all the way. I was tired and got cold coming home.

(Mable is Grandma's sister-in-law, married to her brother Harry.

To go up past Broad Ripple from their house, they would have taken some public transportation, probably the street car, as it would be a far walk all the way around. The violet hunt sounds like a nice thing to do on a pretty spring afternoon!)