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.

Thursday, July 27, 2006

Monday, July 27, 1925

Monday, July 27, 1925
Cool

Made up my new towels and sheets and diapers so as to wash them this week. Put my clothes to soak after I got up from my nap. I lie down to get Ned to sleep these days and always doze a little myself. It makes me feel lots better. I go to bed early, too. I think lots of sleep is the reason for my feeling as well as I do.

(I'm not sure what she means when she wrote "made up" for the new sheets, towels, and diapers. Did she have to hem them, finish off edges or what? Perhaps they didn't come as 'ready made' as what we get today.)