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, June 09, 2007

Wednesday, June 9, 1926

Wednesday, June 9, 1926
Fair and warm

Tried to iron but didn’t get near done. Mama came over and then when I tried to connect my iron after I bathed Marjorie I “blowed a fuse” so had to wait till the boys came back from their news routes to get me another. Then it was too late to start in again.

(I suspect blown fuses were quite common in th 1920's.)

2 comments:

Sandi11:04 AM, June 09, 2007
Hmmm. I need to remember that line next time I get too tired to finish something - I blowed a fuse! Ruth's generation probably never considered making up an excuse to get out of work - but we've come a long way, baby!
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Anonymous7:34 PM, June 09, 2007
That excuse might not go over these days. All we would have to do is flip a switch. Of course we rarely iron anymore, nor do we have to
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