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, July 19, 2006

Sunday, July 19, 1925

Sunday, July 19, 1925

Loafed around all day with Gilbert. Dale and Dick went to Sunday school in the morning. Then after dinner they took the suitcase back to grandmother’s and told them all about their trip. When they came back they went to the show and saw some skeletons and Dick had bad dreams in the night and was afraid to sleep alone so I traded beds with him.

(I like to read that Grandma reported such a relaxing day, and not one with kids who were sick, or with a lot of work around the house to complete or when she felt "bum", as she called it.)