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.

Tuesday, December 05, 2006

Saturday, December 5, 1925

Saturday, December 5, 1925
Snow

Got as much done as I could and let the rest go and went downtown to do some shopping as soon as Gilbert came home. It was the first he had kept Marjorie but with the boys’ help he got along all right. I did a lot of Christmas buying and got Albert underwear.

(Through the diaries, I've learned that Gilbert often worked on Saturdays. He was an accounting clerk at the gas company. I would assume that since Marjorie was their 5th child, he would have experience taking care of babies!)

4 comments:

Anonymous5:38 AM, December 05, 2006
Finally, something that time never changes -- even today it's a major event the first time a mom leaves her new baby with dad!
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Anonymous7:23 AM, December 05, 2006
Isn't it funny that she left the baby with the boys a little while ago, but Dad just today. And that he got along "with the boys' help." Love that.
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Anonymous8:31 AM, December 05, 2006
Did'nt she say something about leaving the baby with the boys? So why shouldn't she leave her with her father. Maybe it all depends on the amount of she expected to be gone.
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Sissy9:34 AM, December 05, 2006
That's incredible that the baby's father only now is alone with her!!
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