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, April 01, 2006

Wednesday, April 1, 1925

Wednesday, April 1, 1925
Fair, warmer

Dale was ok today and the three of them spent all day in the park. They must have had a fine time judging by their clothes when they got back. They looked like beggars and ate like them, too. They have colds though. We all have and can’t get rid of them.

(The park that Dale, Dick, and Albert spent the day in was probably Brookside Park. "Brookside Park (est. 1898) is 108 acres of rolling wooded greenspace located less than five minutes from downtown Indianapolis". Sounds like a great place for three boys to play (and stay out of their mother's hair for the day.)