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.

Monday, April 23, 2007

Friday, April 23, 1926

Friday, April 23, 1926

Made a Ned a new suit and a pair of pants, fixed up his old ones. He had torn the back of one pair and the front of the other so, as they were the same goods, I ripped the bad front out of one pair and put the good front in and they are okay for Sunday. Last week he cried to go with the boys so I promised to take him next Sunday.

(Eleanor wrote, "Good repair job, but she had a lot of experience mending clothes."

I can't sew at all. Grandma would be appalled at how I sew on a button. And sewing clothes? Out of my league. Mom (Eleanor) sewed a lot of our clothes when we were growing up, and did a great job.)