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, March 01, 2008

Tuesday, March 1, 1927

Tuesday, March 1, 1927
Blustery – cold

The March lion for sure. Not an ideal wash day but I washed just the same. Then wrote a long letter to Aunt Sallie. The new typewriter works fine.

(Aunt Marjorie wrote, "If it was just cold and blustery the wash probably dried quickly (outside). If moist, the wash was probably hung in the attic, the upstairs hallway and over a broom and ceiling brush on the big register that divided the living room and dining room, held up by dining room chairs.")