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, July 29, 2006

Wednesday, July 29, 1925

Wednesday, July 29, 1925
Cool

Got done my ironing and pressed pants for all the boys. Was awfully tired when I got done and set down to do my mending while I rested. Then Mrs. Collins came with Robert. They have been out of town. The boys took Albert to the park playground so Robert went up there, too. They had a big time I guess. The first Albert had been up there.

(I don't know about everyone else, but when I sit down to rest, I don't think about picking up mending to do. It seems Grandma was always doing something to keep the boys in clothes... washing, ironing, sewing, and mending. Those boys must have been hard on their clothes.

Mrs. Collins was the neighbor across the street, Robert was one of her sons. The park Grandma was referring to was Brookside Park, which is still one of several large parks in Indianapolis.)