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 03, 2008

Monday, January 3, 1927

Monday, January 3, 1927
Fair

Such a peaceful, heavenly calm today with all the noisy boys busy at school. I certainly enjoyed the day and did a lot of mending as the day seemed so long. Quiet reigned, the babies playing happily. I saw The Quarterback in the evening.

(Do you suppose Grandma sent the boys to the movies twice over the weekend so she could have some peace and quiet at home?

I could not find out much about the movie she saw, The Quarterback, other than it was made in 1926 and is about college football. Seems like an odd movie for her to pick out, maybe Gilbert picked it and they went together, just to get out.)