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.

Wednesday, September 19, 2007

Sunday, September 19, 1926

Sunday, September 19, 1926
Fair and warm

Would be a good day to get out if the children were all well. Gilbert and I both having a little bowel trouble. Papa came out to see Ned and left a tonic for the rest of us. Ned seemed brighter this PM and played a little. So afraid he will over do himself again. Sent the boys to the show again for the sake of a little peace. Don’t like to do it. Don’t want them to feel they are in the way, here at home. But this is an unusual situation as I have not slept only little snatches at a time all week and am awfully nervous and done up.

(It was a rough few days with sick children, but now it seems others were starting to get sick, too.)