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, August 27, 2007

Friday, August 27, 1926

Friday, August 27, 1926
Fair and warm

Mama came out and as she went home I went down town and got Marjorie some shoes, but she curls her toes up under as I can’t get the shoes on now that I have bought them. Also got Gilbert a book “the book nobody knows” for his birthday also got goods to make his shirt I cut wrong and to make a boy one, too.

(What is this book she bought? I'm going to try to find it online someplace.)