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.

Sunday, July 16, 2006

Thursday, July 16, 1925

Thursday, July 16, 1925

Ned seems so glad to have Albert to play with again. He is trying to talk the last few days and says lots of words now. Today he tried to mock Albert in everything he said. I sprayed all my winter coats and bedclothes with moth dope and put them away in newspapers and got out all the baby clothes I have to see what I will need.

(A little late putting away winter coats, wasn't she? That moth dope must have smelled, or at least I assume it smelled, like moth balls do today. I assume she also at one time sprayed the baby clothes with the same and stored them in the attic wrapped in newspapers.)