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, August 17, 2006

Monday, August 17, 1925

Monday, August 17, 1925

Dad left with Gilbert this morning. I sewed till noon and made a couple of nighties. Then the pains came back and I concluded it was the paint causing it so shut out that part of the house and made button holes and felt better by evening.

(More sewing! I am sure I could not make "a couple of nighties" in a morning. And even not feeling well, Grandma continued to keep busy making button holes.)