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.

Thursday, January 24, 2008

Monday, January 24, 1927

Monday, January 24, 1927
Ice continues. Fair

Gilbert wore his ice creepers and got along very well. I made a pretty little dress for Marjorie – out of scraps. I have to take all my pleasure in fixing her up cute as that costs practically nothing now. It takes so little to make her a little dress.

(Aunt Marjorie wrote, "Mother always had scraps of lace, etc. and made very pretty dresses for me and Eleanor. But after she had to go work when Eleanor was about ten, she didn't have as much time to sew."

I think Grandma enjoyed sewing and creating, and she certainly didn't let any fabric go to waste.)