Aug. 17, 1920 Marjorie Buman went home from Chilmark, Mr. Birdsall taking her to Boston. In the afternoon, just as we were finishing dinner Mrs. Baharian arrived, & gave us a great scare, for we thought it was President Wilson’s daughter, Mrs. Francis B. Sayre, whom Mrs. Edward P. Davis of Phila. was to bring to call on me that afternoon. Mrs. Sayre came about 4 P.M. We received her in the Beach Plum, & she stayed nearly two hours. Mrs. Davis’s niece Miss Boyd cameWith them, & a Miss Winter. Mrs. Sayre is a sweet woman. She & Mrs. Davis were much tickled by the last issue of the Searchlight on Congress, containing Harding’s record, which we showed them. I asked Mrs. Sayre to call to her father’s attention that if the Republicans get us into a war with Mexico, as they mean to, the Espionage Act will revive automatically, & it will become illegal for anyone to say a word against the war. She seemed struck & shocked by this, & urged me to write to Pres. Wilson myself about it, saying that he liked better to have people write to him direct than try to reach him through his family. She says the Republicans have several things up their sleeve, including an intention to abolish the Federal Reserve banks. Mrs. Davis subscribed for the Searchlight.Aug. 18, 1920 Mrs. Keith & her mother went home, much lamented. Miss Keith had cooked up a lot of food in advance. June Adkinson arrived. Alice Henry addressed a meeting at Mrs. Ball’s (Sunrise Camp) on the Women’s Trade Union League, & just before she [was] began I was told I was wanted on the long-distance phone. We were all on the gin vine to hear from Tennessee, & Miss Ferris took me down to Doris Mathew’s in her auto, but the person had gone & left no address. However, we felt hopeful. Ethel Robinson, Mrs. Papazian, & to my surprise, Agnes joined the W.T.L. June Adlemson arrived. (I miss Miss Henry, especially [at] before breakfast: but Mrs. Baharian comes out early every morning & helps get it. This entry belongs to Aug. 20 & 21). When the mail came at 8 P.M. it brought the telegram that Tennessee hadratified the Federal Suffrage Amendment & Mrs. True Worthy White wanted me to say something for the papers. She had sent the message at 1:20 PM! Of course it was too late. Aug. 19. Miss Henry left, much to my regret. [Agnes Aug. 20] Aug. 20 A party of woman who had been looking at the Willie Mayhew house with a view to renting it came over to call — some of them from Va., relatives of Mrs. Lila Mead Valentine. Agnes brought over handsome Mrs. Sheriff to congratulate me - they had just heard of it — & Florence brought Mrs. & Miss Haversham, & they all stayed in the Sea Shell talking till 6.45 P.M. I have been getting off a letter to the papers with Mme. Breshkovsky’s appeal for the Russian Carpathian orphans, & reading “Eminent Victorians” Aug. 21 Another party of ladies came over in a car to congratulate me - one from N.Y. who said she was a relative of Dr. Lozier, and some nice Kentuckians — one from LouisvilleWith a very pleasant face. Then to my amazement Mrs. Charles Sumner Bird appeared in her car, with her sister & 2 grandchildren & a friend, & consulted me as to how we should celebrate: & I showed her the beauties of our place, & we discussed politics a little. Aug. 22 Mrs. Baharian cooked us a beautiful Armenian dinner. Florence was our guest. Wrote to Kitty & [L???]. Aug. 23 Franklin Stolle was busy getting ready to go & her trunk was taken away. Did Some work on chapter etc, Tennessee now in doubt. Got notice from my landlord to move Aug. 31. August 24 Franklin Stolle left. Had hot flushes & felt rather good for nothing. Lay down a good bit & napped Mrs. Baharian cooked us another fine Armenian dinner. Mr. Geo, R. White sent me $500. for the Boston League of Women Voters, to keep “faint the town red”. Wrote to Babushka Aug. 25 Wrote an editorial on “Government by Injunction;” lay down. Sat up at night & read through “The Amazing Interlude.” August 26 Wrote 2000 words on the suffrage victory for the Christian Register. Chuckled over “Fish.” Aug. 27, 1920 A big auto flying 2 American flags & carrying about 8 men drove up unexpectedly, & Lieut. Gov. Cox, Congressman Walsh of New Bedford & our old enemy Robert Luce got out & Cox congratulated me on the ratification of the suffrage amendment. They were on the island for Governor’s day. [The] After they were gone Mrs. Papazian kissed me with tears in her eyes. Then we & Mrs. Birdsall & Mrs. Baharian put a Votes for Women penant on a stick & waved it & shouted to the reading party over on Mrs. Ball’s piazza. There was an entertainment for the library in the evening, & everyone went but Mrs. Papazian & me. Aug. 28 Wrote letters in A.M. to send off by the auto when it went down for Mr. Birdsall. Copied out for Woman Citizen one of Senorita Huidobro’s lectures on Women of Chile. Aug. 29 Brookes took me in his car to Anna’s, taking his family along to church at the same time. Howard had brought Elizabeth down, fresh from her summer camp. She rode the pony after several of the boys had done so, & it threw her. The niceold house seemed lonesome without Emma. As Howard & I strolled up to the barn to have a private confab about Kitty's property, Agnes & Tom drove up with their guests, & soon after Alfred and Antoinette came, & we had not much chance to talk. Had a good chat with Viny. Children sweet & Hastings adorable. Aug. 30 Mr. Birdsall helped me do up 10 Woman's Journals in packages to go home by parcel post. Aug. 31 Carl Rubin went home. Had a call from Florence, & from Bro. Harris, & later, after I had gone upstairs, from Agnes, who leaves tomorrow. [Franklin Stolle went bounty also Carl Rubens] Sept. 1, 1920 Went across several times to Ethel's. Had a call in the afternoon from Beth, who talked about buying Driftwood, also about some naughtiness the children had been up to. Paper reported that the Tennessee Legislature had reconsidered ratification. Sept. 2 Morning mostly taken up at Ettul's, waiting to say goodbye & to see if I could help. There was quite a turning out to see them off. They left in [their] their own car. Did some work in P. M.Sept. 3, 1920 Wrote letters etc. in A.M. Slept most of P.M. Had supper alone, all being away. Sept. 4 Lay down a good deal. Wrote letters in A.M., worked on chapter in P.M. Florence & Bro. Johnson called. Mr. Birdsall arrived. Sept. 5 Sunday & a beautiful day. Wrote to Kitty & Lizzie, & some other letters, & did a good bit of work on the chapter. Had supper alone with Mrs. Baharian. Sept. 6 Cloudy, & at night came on to rain. Wrote an editorial, lay down & worked on chapter. Had supper alone with Mrs. Papazian. Wrote to Mrs. Mitchell that she would have to leave 4 Blackwell St. Sept. 7, 1920 Wrote letters in A.M. to send up to Boston by those who were leaving. June Adkinson went, & the Atwoods, & Mr. Birdsall. In P.M., lay down, & worked on chapter. A rat was caught in the cellar, & scared Mrs. Papazian & Mrs. Baharian. Mrs. Birdsall outlined a plan for turning the Smith barn into a summer home. Sept. 8 Wared[?] things awayfrom the walls in the Sea Shell for Edgar Birdsall to spray it with kerosene & put them back after wards. Wrote some editorials. Florence & Bro. Johnson called in P.M. & brought Robina, who told me how Mrs. Barrows used to put things away. While they went in bathing, worked on chapter. Mrs. Birdsall invited us to music in the Beach Plum after supper, & read us a funny letter from Mrs. Rubin denouncing me for sending her back a young Negro with a big appetite in place of Carl. Sept. 9 Mr. Moore, the treasurer of the Morgan Memorial, dropped in upon me at the Sea Shell, & we went & looked over the site that I am to give them for 3 cottages, & consulted Chester Poole about the quality of the ground for gardens, etc. Had Mr. Moore to dinner & he told us about the work of the Morgan Memorial. I talked to him privately about Mrs. Baharian, & he says they need a nurse & may have work for her. The Birdsalls were busy getting ready to leave, & Mrs. B. & I tried to cast up our accounts. Got a letter from my 16 year old Normal School girl inChile acknowledging receipt of “The Little Grandmother,” & letter from Mrs. Harper telling me to send the chapter when I got ready- which was a relief to my mind. Sept. 10 Mrs. Birdsall & Edgar left in their car for home, & Mrs. Papazian, Mrs. Baharian, & I were left. It seemed nice to be a smaller party Sept. 11 Chester Poole finished digging out our sink pipe, which he had found full from end to end. Mrs. Papazian & Mrs. Baharian pet me. Mr. & Mrs. Ball came over that say goodbye. Worked on chapter. Sept. 12, 1920 A rainy Sunday. Tried to get from the record books a list of the former officers of the Mass. W.S.A., for Mrs. Bird to invite to the celebration of the victory, but found myself unequal to the job., & Mrs. Papazian did most of it for me. Florence called in P.M., ate pilaf, & took the letters back with her Sept. 13 A fine day. Engaged the younger Huntingtons & the Hine boy to weed the Alice Hill of milk weed, & clear out poison ivy. Wrote to Kitty Barry & Lizzie Rogers.Sept. 14, 1920 Gray & showery, with a big wind. Tried to write up Kate O'Harris prison letters for the Christian Register. Preparations were going on for departure. Florence came over with the Havershams & a present of a mop & metallic dishcloth, & let out the fact of its being my birthday. Felt ashamed to think how little progress I had made on Papa's & Mamma's biography since a year ago. Sept. 15 Wrote editorials, made some preparations for departure, & got a map in P.M. Received a number of pleasant letters & birthday remembrances. Sept. 16, 1920 Busy with preparations for getting off. Florence dropped in, took a bath, & stayed to lunch, enjoying Mrs. Baharian's Armenian cooking. Chester Poole came over towards evening & helped, Nannie made a farewell call, & Mrs. Gerty came just after dinner to say goodbye, & told me a lot about Aunt Nettie. - how she wanders about calling for her little daughter Mabel, who died about 60 years ago: & how she preaches & prays, very beautifully, where there is no one there. Had a letter from June Adkinson that almost decided me to let Mrs. Mitchell stay at 4 Blackwell St. June 1, 1923 Went to bank; met Kitty & Miss Mayo just going in to Dr. Gibb's: took treatment. He proposed to try electricity on Kitty's eyes. Went to Mass. League of Women Voters' Headquarters to eat my lunch & talk over the forthcoming manual with Mrs. Irene Worthy White. Then to dentist; then home about 4 AM. & found an Armenian woman who had been waiting for me since about noon, to get me to intercede with the authorities to try to get passports for some of her people in AleppoGave her a letter to Congressman Dallinger. Pretty tired at night. June Worked at home. Weather hot. Lay down a while, both morning & evening. Took the bones from dinner to a vacant lot & fed them to Jock. Translated "La Que Comprende" by Alfonsina Storni. Eyes hurt me so at night I was scared. Washed Jock, June 3, 1923 Kitty & I took dinner at Cambridge. Lane absent at a "baby farm". Read a detective story all P.M. Admired Helen's wise management with the children. June 4 Took Kitty to Dr. Gibbs. He began to treat her eyes with electricity. Very hot. June 5 Wrote letter to papersin behalf of reappointment of Ethel Johnson as Assistant Commissioner of Labor & Industries. Lay down, while Mrs. Carr read "The Hillyars & the Burtons" to Kitty. Wrote a letter for her. Very hot. June 6 Took Kitty to Dr Gibbs. He says he has decided to acccept my invitation to Chilmark. Lay down; wrote a few letters. Very hot till wind turned east. June 7 Mass. Board meeting which broke up at 1.40. Late lunch; lay down; visited Miss Johnson in her room, having just learned that she had been ill several days. June 8, 1923 Took Kitty to doctor in A.M. Lay down & did miscellaneous things in P.M. June 9 Went with Zilpha Smith to call on Mabel Barrows Mussey at Wellesley. Trees & blooming shrubs were beautiful, & Miss Zilpha pointed out Theodore Parker's statue, & places associated with him. Mabel had asked Prof. Ellen Hayes to meet us, as a surprise. Prof. Mussey gave me a lot of facts & references for the lecture that I am getting up on the U.S. & Latin America. Had a beautiful time. June 10 Kitty & I dined at Cambridge. June 11 Took Kitty to Dr. Gibbs June 12 Went to Bachrach's & was photographed. June 13, 1923 Took Kitty to Dr. Gibbs. In the evening, Mrs. Stockwell of Minneapolis called to see Mrs. Boyer, who had gone to bed, & June Atkinson brought a lot of lovely flowers from Pope's Hill. George & John came to see Dr. Gibbs's electrical machines, & asked him no end of questions. They were still asking when we left. Just as we had finished lunch they unexpectedly turned up, with a bunch of roses from Howard's garden that they had been commissioned to give us & had forgotten; also a letter from Howard, enclosing $100. of piece for Kitty & me on account of our interest. Mrs. Carter was riled because I kept the boys to lunch. George talked to Kitty, & suggested to John things to say to her. June 14 Attended B. U. Trustees' meeting. Prof. Dallas Lore Sharpe's resignation was read. Mrs. Fisk & I had a little talk afterwards. Got a letter from Katherine Weisman enclosing $100. toward Dr. Prenn's debt & a letter from Vanzetti, offering to stop smoking if I would stop reading novels. Lay awake most of the night, hating to give up my novels but feeling that I must when he asked me. June 15 Took Miss Johnson to Dr. Gibbs along with Kitty. Wrote to Vanzetti that I would cut outnovels for a time, but would only ask him to smoke in strict moderation. Had a call from Sally Kitchen, looking healthy & happy. She read us an essay by Viola White on facts of freedom. Mrs. Carter gives warning every few days & then thinks better of it. Took the talking machine to Mr. Harper & had it fixed. June 16 Nice day. Took Kitty & Miss Kitchen to walk. Had visit from Sally Kitchen, who stayed to lunch. Mrs. Johnson is reading to Kitty for a few days while Mrs. Carr is moving into her new flat. Hate to cut out novels, having promised Vanzetti. Mrs. Meloyan brought Mrs. Carroll, a sweet young Mexican woman, to see us about Spanish lessons. Am translating some of Gabrilla Mistral's prose. June 17, Sunday. Fine day. Took Kitty over to Beth's to take dinner & spend the afternoon. Beth & Ernest very kind. She enjoyed seeing their flat. June 18 B.U. Commencement in Symphony Hall. Bishop Slattery made the address. Wrote to Vanzetti while they degrees were given to 901 students. He had asked how I could be a peace woman yet enjoy stories of fighting. Miss Johnson read to Kitty in P.M. June 19 Worked at home. Had afarewell visit from Sally Kitchen, who took supper with us (& brought us a lot of ice cream), & started back for N. Y. taking some translations of Gabriela Mistral to have typewritten. Very hot. June 20 Very hot. Took Kitty to Dr. Gibbs, but his "static machine" didn't work very well because of the heat & dampness. Ate my lunch at 10 Arlington St. & looked up references on Latin America which Charles had got ready for me in his room at the Public Library. June 21, 1923 Still very hot. Jock was seasick, and remained rather wilted the rest of the day. I did some sorting, lay down, wrote some letters; perspired, but did not much mind the heat. Am reading no novels, having promised Vanzetti. June 22 Went with Kitty to Dr. Gibbs in A.M. In evening attended Sacco Vanzetti meeting at Faneuil Hall. A number of speeches in Italian, during which I wrote to Miss Breckinridge. Fred H. Moore made a good statement of the case. Philip Grasser walked to the car with me. June 23 Worked at home. Consulted Mrs. Carroll, nice little Mexican lady, on somepoints in Gabriela Mistral's poems. June 24 Sunday, & no chance for Kitty to go to dinner with anyone; but I took her for a walk in the morning, & Mrs. Carr came & read to her in the afternoon. June 25 Took Kitty to Dr. Gibbs, & showed him Vanzetti's autobiography, which is a wonderful human document. Ate lunch at state Headquarters: & they asked me who the portrait of Wendell Phillips was. Went to Dr. Derrig, who pronounced my pulse regular. Very hot again. Kitty greatly enjoying Henry Kingsley's Australian stories. I am reading Sir Walter Scott's Journal in lieu of novels. June 26, 1923 Worked at home, packing part of the trunks. Went to Mrs. O'Dwyer at Upham's Corner & had a shampoo. Washed my brushes. Wrote to change address of papers. Jun. 27 Went with Kitty to Dr. Gibbs, who plans to have Vanzetti's autobiography brought out as a pamphlet. Miss Johnson dismayed me by announcing she could not go to Chilmark for a fortnight. Has been too worn out to get her wardrobe ready. I hope Lizzie Rogers will read to Kitty. Mrs. Carroll, the poor little Mexican lady, came (as she comes 3 times a week) for a Spanish & English lesson. She is having a very hard time to find a flat. Was uplate getting trunks packed. Am still refraining from novels. July 2, 1923 Kitty & I came down to Chilmark, escorted by Howard, who put Jock in his travelling case, & he was allowed to stay with us all the way. Howard sat with Kitty & talked with her, & fed her coffee with a spoon on the boat, & was most kind & attentive. He went back by the same boat. Kitty really enjoyed the trip. My Trunks came. July 3 Rainy. We were settling in. Kitty's trunks came. Miss Ruth's little niece, Margery black, is a very nice child. Finished article on Seneca Falls convention for the Nation that I began on the train coming down. July 6 Wrote foreword for Vanzetti'sVanzetti's autobiography. Henrietta Atwood comes to read "The Woman in White" to Kitty & once Helen Atwood substituted. July 5, 1923 For the first time it was sunny enough for me to treat Kitty's forehead with the reading glass. Went over to Sea Gull, which Florence was putting in order with Belle Look. Jock came along, rolled in something nasty, & had to be washed with a disinfectant. July 6 Wrote 1st article of projected series on Spanish American poets. Made a call on Miss Alice Grady - my 2nd - worked on old family letters, went for mail. Mr. Ball's paper had not come, & I offered him his choice of my radical papers to his horror - a Socialist daily in English, an I.W.W. paper in Spanish, 2 Armenian papers & La Follette's. July 7 Usual routine - took Kitty hot water to wash, got her breakfast ready, ate my own with nice little Margaret Black, Miss Keith's cousin. [Alice Stone] Henrietta Atwood came over to read to Kitty in A.M. & Alice Atwood in P.M., but Alice read very poorly. Gave Kitty her 2nd sun-glass treatment, & took her for a walk when we had had our after-dinner nap. Alfred Robinson called in evening & we discussed theSquibnocket Pond. Brentano wrote indefinitely postponing publication of "Spanish-American Poets". Did a little work on the old family letters. Howard sent his 3rd $200. July 8 Alternate clouds & sun, & a strong wind, which declined toward nightfall. Copied translations for Mrs. Stantial to typewrite; lay down; worked a little on family letters. Made an evening call on Miss Grady. I pump her about Louis D. Brandeis, for whom I have a great admiration. Called on Lizzie Rogers, at the Jones house, where she is spending Sunday so that Elizabeth may not have to sleep alone - Tom & his friends having gone yesterday & Elizabeth not going till tomorrow. Lizzie was in bed with a bad attack of lame back from catching cold. Took her over "Man & Wife" & sent Margery with Vapor-rub. Unpacked big box sent by Mrs. Boyer. Coaxed Kitty out for a little walk. July 9 Sent off sketch of Mamma's life for the N.J. women's paper. Kitty had great pain in her eye, vomited repeatedly, & slept almost all day, taking neither bite nor sup. Took rug work into her room & spent the day there. Miss Keith's mother & sister arrived. Put in an hour on the old family letters. Anna sent Kitty a beautiful bunch of roses. Lizzie Rogers well enough to walk back. July 10 Kitty slightly better; took a little nourishment, but painstill severe, & she stays in bed. Took my work into her room & wrote letters there. July 11, 1923 Kitty still improving. Ate more, & pain is less. Beth sat with her in the afternoon & I got a good nap. Lizzie also is better. July 12 Kitty continues to improve. Elon Huntington called in A.M. Beth again sat with Kitty in P.M. I do something every day on the old family letters. Received a card from Catherine Breshkovsky, $100. from Hannah Patchin for her schools, & a collection of Mexican poets from Rafael Lozano. July 13 Kitty improving, but still in bed. Got another volume of Mexican poetry. Did something on family letters. Am still abstaining from novels. All the air sweet with milkweed. Made some translations. July 14 Kitty still in bed. N.Y. Nation came with my account of the Seneca Falls Convention. Looked after Kitty, made a small translation, worked on family letters; got a good nap while Beth sat with Kitty. July 15 Fog coming & going. Kitty still in bed. Wrote some letters, got ready an article on Morris Rosenfeld for the Christian Register - it remains to be seen if they will print it - got a good nap after dinner while Beth sat with Kitty. Worked on old family letters. Arranged with Miss Keith for her little cousin Margery to stay on. She is a dear child. July 16, 1923 Foggy but later cleared up. Sent up note to Ethel Robinson, asking her to come down & see Kitty. She had been kept away by a dreadful cold, which I had not known of: but she made an effort, & came in the P.M., while Kitty was asleep; & told me about Mrs. Catt's speech on her return from Europe & South America. I walked part way home with her. Miss Ena Stewart & her mother arrived. Took a walk in evening with Miss Grady, her sister & niece & Mrs. Ball. We went up on the hill & saw the sunset. July 17 Fine day. Kitty still in bed. Got Alita Flanders to take me to West Tisbury to sign some legal documents before a Justice of the Peace. Country looking lovely. Judge Davis was out, so I signed them before Ulysses Mayhew. He reminded me that he had introduced me when I spoke at the County Fair. Got some ice - cream for Kitty. On way home called on Anna, saw Evelyn Beeman - first time for years; she is a dear child. Red roses on vine over front door a sight. Lay down after dinner, while Beth stayed with Kitty. She had a call also from Mrs. Brown, & from Horace Robinson, who brought some ice- cream from the [T???d] sale for Kitty. Going over old family letters, found one from Sarah J. Eddy's motherto my mother, describing how her children were taken from her. For some days past the air has been sweet with the fragrance of the milkweed blossoms. July 18, 1923 Another fine day. Wrote to Anna, Howard & Mrs. Boyer, & sent on Hannah Patchin's $100. check for Mrs Breshkovsky. Got a nap in P.M. & put in an hour on the old family letters. Got congratulatory letter from Theodore (Stanton on my article on the Seneca Falls Convention in the Nation, & telegram from Mrs. O.H.P. Belmont inviting me to the celebration of it, & a letter from a man with a foreign name asking to know more about Ernestine L. Rose. Thurs. July 19, 1923 Looked after Kitty's hot water, breakfast etc. in A.M. & lay down while Beth chatted with Kitty after dinner, took a little walk with Miss Grady & her sister after supper - & while waiting for the mail went up along the road & looked at Aunt Nettie's trees, & thought of her & Uncle Sam. Worked on old family letters. July 20, 1923 Mrs. Keith & Miss Rhoda Keith went home. Hot day. Wrote a number of letters in A.M. to go off with the Keiths. A letter from Miss Johnson, rec'd last night is indefinite as to when she can come down. Had a call from Ethel Robinson, with Mrs. Suffreu & a friend, & Ethel was much charmed with Kitty'sfamily reminiscences. Also a call from 4 young women from "Sea Chest," the camp for working women kept by a friend of Miss Alice Henry's. Lay down, etc. July 21 Very hot. Kitty sat up most of the day. Lizzie translated a Welsh poem for me. Lay down while Beth sat with Kitty, worked on old family papers etc. After supper went for mail. Being Saturday it was late. I walked up & down, & finally Elon came out, wondering if the stage had come by. It began to rain & we took shelter under Walter's porch. MIss Keith has a stiff neck. Kitty says she has lost most of the sight of her left eye since this last neuralgic attack. July 22, 1923 Sunday. Kitty had calls from Florence & Nannie, & Margery went in & talked with her, & Beth & Lizzie sat with her & she said she had had "quite a dissipated day." Beth sent Henrietta over with a big bowl of clam chowder, from clams the girls had dug. Put a Welsh song from Lizzie's book into English verse. Lizzie tacked mosquito netting over Kitty's window; as she had been badly bitten up last night. Yesterday & last night were still & sultry; today cooler & windy, with smoke in the air from forest fires. Wrote to Dr. Goldberg to ask what I had better do about Brentano's indefinite delay in bringing out my book. July 23 Went to funeral of Mrs.Willie Mayhew. Florence drove Lizzie Rogers & me up to the church in her car. Day rainy, which made it sadder. Morning was cold, & Kitty stayed in bed. Lizzie had left her butter plate & a piece of butter outside the Beach Plum last night, & found the dish moved & the butter up in a bush, & we all tried to account for it. Walked up & down with Elon while waiting for mail. Got big bunch of "Our Four footed Friends" containing Gabriela Mistral's poem "Prayer for the Nest". Eyes troublesome. Translated two of Juan B. Delgado's sonnets to The Lake. July 24 Discussed with Miss Alice Grady how she could stay two weeks more; offered her the Sea Shell, or the bedroom off our sitting room. Florence made a call. "Unity" came, containing translation of Gabriela Mistral's "Hymn to the Tree". Kitty's talking machine struck work. We applied the new part that I had ordered, & it worked all right. July 25 Dr. Aheney uexpectedly drove up. [Dr.] He was on the island, & Dr. Derby had sent him my letter about Kitty's eyes. He examined them, thought the condition not very bad, & nothing contagious. He Admired the place, & may want Whale Bungalow for his father & mother next summer. Miss Keith's neck feels better for the rubbing Elon gave it yesterday. Lay down after dinner, while Bethsat with Kitty, but there was too much loud talking. Account of Lausanne treaty & of the Kenya decision in the Herald made me so mad that I went off & took a walk after supper to cool off, & wished for someone to mingle my steam with - as I generally do when boiling over. Beth says I have been a mother to her & Ernest & their best friend. Zion's Herald came with translation of Gabriela Mistral's "The Thistle." July 26 Had Alita Flanders drive me to West Tisbury to sign a legal paper before a notary public. Took along Beth & Mrs. Stewart, but forgot Lizzie, whom it seems I had asked last night. Beautiful day. Got raspberries at the "Island Farm" (Lee's), & ice cream for Kitty. Elizabeth Belden & Evelyn Beeman came to dinner, & went to a girls' party at Beth's after. I like Evelyn. Lay down, did family letters, went for the mail but instead of waiting for it walked off with Florence. Made a call on Anna on the way back from Tisbury. Anna looks thin; Alison & Hastings blooming. July 27 Florence called with fish to sell to raise money for a new church carpet. Mrs. Nellie Brown came with her, & they made Kitty a call. In afternoon Lizzie Rogers had a little card party in the Beach Plum. Went out to get the letters; stage was very late: waited fully anhour & a half, I should think. Went in while waiting & called on Agnes's Elizabeth, who arrived today to make ready for the family. She thinks Tom is about ready to yield to Blackwell's wish to go into business instead of to college. Taxed my eyes after going up to my room, & lay awake all night. July 28 Went down rather late, & pretty much all the morning was taken up with looking after Kitty. My attempt at an after-dinner nap was broken up first by Jock whimpering under my window. I had to go down & let him in - & then by a call from Chester Poole. We had an excitement, Jock coming home considerably mauled after a fight on the beach with Mrs. Suffren's bull terrier, Sam. Miss Grady called in A.M. with her niece Margaret, & agreed to come & stay with me. Several pleasant letters in evening mail, one from Catherine Breshkovsky, one from Frank O'Hare in behalf of Kate O'Hare, pleased with my article with Nation on the Seneca Falls Convention. Heavy fog in evening. Received Mugumdar's book on Gandhi. July 29 - Sunday Good sleep last night. Morning rainy & windy. Two washtubs full of water were caught in the night under our broken spouts, besides several saucepansful etc. Kitty stayed in bed. Jock lay quiet, toosubdued even to wag his tail; but in P.M. he wagged, barked once or twice, & lapped some milk. Cleared up towards night, & Miss Keith took the Stewarts to Gay Head. Put into English pretty little Welsh poem, The Mountain Brook. After supper walked to Robinsons' box, put in a paper, & then stood under the pines to hear their sound & smell their fragrance. Florence had called in P.M. Beth sat with Kitty. Eyes very troublesome. July 30 Miss Stewart & her mother went home, Miss Keith & Margery going to Vineyard Haven with them. Kitty & I were left alone, but with a nice dinner all ready except the boiling of the potatoes. Lizzie Rogers was to have come over to [dinner] dinner from the Jones house, where she was keeping Agnes's Elizabeth company, but she did not appear. Later we learned she had been taken ill. I went to see her & found her better. Wrote letters for Kitty. Chester Poole put up our much desired waterpipes. Miss Staples arrived. July 31 The morning, as usual, was mostly take up in attending to Kitty. Went over & said goodby to Alice Grady's sister, Mrs. Cole. We are all sorry to part with her sweet 13-year-old daughter Margaret. In the evening Miss Grady came over & took up her abode with us. Lizzie Rogers has also returned. A letter from the Garrisons said they will be here tomorrow. Am translating Juan B. Delgado's poem "The Lake." Moved my things over to Sea Shell. Aug. 1, 1923 The Garrisons arrived. We had filled the water pitchers, carried in the milk & groceries left outside, & provided some biscuits. Did a half hour of work on the old family letters in A.M., so as not to wake up from my afternoon nap with so much hanging over me. Florence dropped in, & stayed to dinner. Miss Grady spent her first day with us. I had lain awake most of last night. Miss Grady, Margery & I had a walk with the Garrisons in the evening. It was cold. Kitty went to bed early, to keep warm! Aug. 2 Foggy & warmer. Cared for Kitty in A.M. & wrote ed. for Woman Citizen, got in 1/2 hour of work on old letters. Found a beautiful one about Mamma from Senator Hoar. Lay down; put in more work on letters; walked out with Miss Grady & Jock to gate. Am now taking my supper in my room just before going to bed. Eyes bothered a good deal. Was shocked to read in Edward Bok's autobiography about the women & the aigrettes. Aug. 3 Another day of fog. Elon called on Kitty in A.M. & Antoinette in P.M. - first time Antoinette [had] has been down; & during supper we had a call from Ethel Robinson & Alfred, with their guests Dr. & Mrs. Wilson. Went after mail in evening, & went to call on Agnus not noticing that the stage contained Dr. Howard A. Gibbs. Mrs. Ball told us & I hurried homemuch mortified. They got him supper. He had brought down the first copies of Vanzetti's autobiography in pamphlet form. They look very nice. Ate supper in my room & finished the life of Edward Bok. Aug. 4 Got breakfast for Kitty, self & Dr. Gibbs. Did my hour of work on family letters in A.M. Weather pleasant, but fog came back in the evening. Lay down, & looked through Mugumdar's book on Gandhi. Wrote some letters. Jock failed to come home after we got the mail, & I went clear to the Huntingtons' gate in a heavy fog looking for him. Lizzie found & brought him home. Aug. 5, 1923 Foggy night, but cleared off. Read some of the old family letters to Kitty in A.M. We had a call from Alfred & Ethel in P.M. Turned over Sea Shell & hammock to Miss Keith, who is not at all well. Dr. Gibbs roams around with Margery, & brings home flowers & berries. Walked with Mrs. Garrison to pine grove in evening. Aug. 6 Dr. Gibbs has decided to wait for the 9 A.M. breakfast, & it is rather a relief. A beautiful day. Miss Keith had my hammock brought out of the Sea Shell & lay in it. Lizzie Rogers, at my request, read Kitty the introduction to Bok's autobiography. Gave Beth one of my blue blankets to mend.Did up work on old letters in A.M. In P.M. Jock ran after Florence's car, out of sight, & I didn't dare tell Kitty; but he came home. Aug. 7 Foggy again. Poor Miss Keith gave out, took to her bed & had Dr. Gibbs. Mrs. Staples, Lizzie & the rest of us did the best we could with the meals, under her directions. Went over to Agnes's to try to send up letter to Mrs. Boyer, who proposes to come Friday & wants directions & also corrected proof of article about Mamma for the N.J. paper, the Woman Pilot. Myric arrived, much to Lizzie's joy, & made a call on Kitty, who rejoiced in his British accent. When I went to take out mail, found Florence's car in front of Brown Cottage, & Florence dispensing swordfish for benefit of church carpet, & quite a group surrounding her. I forgot to say that Agnes walked back with me in the morning & called on Kitty. Did not get in a full hour on old letters - about 3/4. When I went out to the mail, found quite a group at the gate - Dr. Gibbs, Mrs. Garrison, Jock & a lot of children. Miss Grady & Mrs. Ball also arrived. Mrs. G. escorted me home, with the children & the baby carriage. Read letters from Howard & Lane to Kitty by lamplight, after she had gone to bed. Aug. 8 Family letters proved (the bunch I examined today) to be mainly articles sent to the Woman's Journal many years ago - some so good it seemed a pity to destroythem. Fog departed: day very hot & still. Got a lot of Magon's letters (Miss Johnson's copy) ready to be typewritten. Eyes better. Lay down but got no nap. Robina wrote that she could not help us out when Miss Keith goes. Aug. 9 Miss Grady went home, to our regret. She gave me a black bag, pencils, a tube of paste & box of toothpicks, & made presents to others. A beautiful day, cool & clear. I awoke with a wind colic - not very severe - & lived on milk Jock dug out & killed a gopher. One of the big lamps wouldn't turn its wick down, & had to be set outside, where it flared away till Dr. Gibbs put it out with sand. Florence dined with us, & took home a lot of the [of] old MSS of stories, poems etc. sent to the Woman's Journal. Aug. 10 Mrs. Boyer came. I had been anxious to know by what boat to expect her & she was to let the Flanders know - & I was relieved when Alita turned up in her car. Another beautiful day. Mrs. Boyer is delighted with Chilmark. She says Kitty is looking very well & has grown fat, but that I am thin & haggard. For the last two days I have had wind colic - not a violent attack - & have been living on milk, & feel more pulled down by it than I should. Have apparently caught cold in my inside. The first day she heard of it, that good little Beth came over in the evening with her hot water bottle & an abdominal flannel band. Aug. 11, 1923 Another fine day. Mrs. Boyer delighted with Chilmark. Ate some solid food after several days' living on milk, & felt the better for it. Mrs. Boyer & I sat a long time on the veranda of Sunrise Camp with Mr. & Mrs. Ball, & took a walk after supper. She loves the nice smells. Florence told me she had sold a big piece of her Panorama Hill lot to Alfred for $4000. - $200 down. Aug. 12 Got Alfred to take out Dr. Gibbs & Mrs. Boyer in his boat in the A.M. & sent Mrs. Boyer, Beth, Ernest & one of the Atwood children to Gay Head in P.M. My internal disturbance has become a lively diarrhoea. In P.M. Kitty had calls from Tom, Agnes, Ethel Jones, & Florence (who brought along Mrs. Muirhead & her daughter). I am reading Roxobel - 1st novel for about 2 months. Aug. 13 Mamma's birthday. She would be 105. A beautiful day. I wanted to write [are able] a letter to the Christian Register in behalf of the colored people, in memory of her: but the whole day was filled up. Dr. Gibbs & Ms. Boyer & Miss Stahlen went home, both delighted with Chilmark. Dr. G says it was the pleasantest 10 days he has had for 20 years; & Mrs. B. wants to buy a small lot & build a shack on the cliff edge. Kitty kerosened Jock to rid him of ticks. Mr. & Mrs. Hyde, from Ware, friends of Maria Barlow's, called on her: also Leila Arnold, Audra, Dorothy & the 3 small Beldens - "the baby children," as Emma used to call them. Mrs. Sawyer & Mrs. Drenningof Gardner arrived. Drank of cup of grape juice & my diarrhoea stopped. Aug. 14, 1923 Another beautiful day. The two new ladies are pleasant, & help Miss Keith with the dishes, etc. Mrs. Drenning remembers Emma & Aunt Sarah. Wrote a few letters. Felt rather good for nothing. Florence made a call in P.M. & I walked along with her, & so did Jock, & he wouldn't leave her when she stopped at the Jones's, and I had to go back there after him when Kitty was ready for bed. Slim white young moon & beautiful sunset. Aug. 15 Miss Keith gave out & went to bed, & will have to go back tomorrow. Lizzie Rogers has kindly consented to take charge of the housekeeping. The Miss Garrisons & their aunt Miss Anthony came to offer us the loan of her oriphone, & Miss A. told us interesting things. Elizabeth Belden brought Audra & Dorothy Arnold to dinner, & the [?] was brought into Kitty's room to be patted. I shut up Jock in the dining room so that he would not be jealous. Aug. 17 Miss Keith, Margery, & Mrs. Drenning & Mrs. Sawyer departed in a cloud of bundles, & Lizzie Rogers took charge of the housekeeping. Aug. 18 Beautiful weather. Kitty comes out now to sit in the sitting room, saying that now she shall "disturb nobody", & she comes to table for her meals, & I think we both feel it a relief to be alone. Both yesterday & today Elon came over & tried to squirt wax out of my ear. Beautiful weather. Slept till 7 AM - unprecedented. Went to West Tisbury to sign a document, taking Beth & two of the children along. [Grace?] was out in the yard when we passed her nurse's house, making little nests along the fence. She waved to us, & we went in & spoke to her. She smiled, & kissed me, & gave each of us a little apple & made bows & salutations - quite off, poor dear, but cheerful & cordial. Anna & Leila Arnold met us on the road. Anna, Charles & the younger children came to call in the afternoon. Aug. 19, 1923 A beautiful day. Wrote letters to send up by Doris, expecting she would come by on her way to Sunday school, but she didn't. Kitty & I had a quiet day. Lizzie got us a good dinner. In the evening she took supper on the beach with the St. Woods & Garrisons - Wrote my long-delayed letter to Magon's friend H.T. Bernal & enclosed 13 letters. Aug. 20 Another fine day. Posted Magon matter into my scrapbook. Tom & Agnes called in the evening. Aug. 21 Beth & Alice came over in A.M. & helped to air & put away bedding [?e]. Helen Atwood brings our water daily. Rev. Haig Adadverian & his wife called, brought up by Ms. Ulysses Mayhew. They are going to California to live with their daughter. They were full of funny stories - & Mr. A. was indignant about [?] naturally. Florence called, full of Miss Tisbury's celebration of the 25th anniversary of its Congregational church. Ulysses went to N.Y. & [?] made [?] down it and with him. Big wind. Aug. 22 Kitty & I took dinner at Auna's, Tom taking us over & back. Last night & this morning very windy but it charmed up fine though still windy. Told Elizabeth & Alison the story of Dracula, & they listened with shining eyes. Funnily better for Kitty. Aug. 23 Auna's birthday. Wrote her a birthday letter. Weather still beautiful. Started to write the article on social hygiene asked for by Edith Abbott & Miss Breckinridge. Genius did not [?] Lay down for 2 hours & got a nap. Florence called, & stayed to supper; & afterwards she & Tom brought back our great bag of laundry. Aug. 24 Another beautiful day. Had a call from Mrs. James Field, a pleasant young woman, a friend of Alice Henry, & wife of Prof. of Economics at Chicago University. Lay down after dinner, read "Woman in White," & napped. Eyes bothered a good deal. Sent $1000 to Mr. Gulesian, making $6000 to invest in mortgage. Aug. 25 Beth & Alice brought my trunk downstairs. Wrote at last the article on C.D.A. which Miss Breckinridge asked me to do for the Woman Citizen, & which has been on my conscience all summer. Wrote a couple of letters for Kitty, & suggested to Alfred Robinson that Ethel have her to tea some day. Waited a good while for the stage with little Richard Garrison, to give the driver the money due for washing; & we tried to keep Jock from digging out moles. A beautiful but damp evening. Full moon. Aug. 26 Wrote a letter to the Illinois Women Voters' Bulletin in behalf of Edith Abbott & against C.D.A. A bright, quiet Sunday. Kitty, Lizzie & I were invited to supper at the Robinsons, & Brookes took us there & back in the car. Beautiful views from the top of Panorama Hill, by sunset & moonlight. They made their Victrola play Scotch songs for Kitty. Mr. Riley called, & asked me to compare his hair & Kitty's. Aug. 27 Wrote ed. for Woman Citizen, by request, on results of woman suffrage. Lay down in P.M. till 5, napping & reading "In the Councillor's House." After getting Kitty's supper, walked up & down with Mrs. Ball, waiting for the mail. Richard Garrison carried our big bundle of mail home for me. I borrowed the comic supplement of the Advertiser. Got letter from Howard saying he would escort us home. Aug. 28, 1923 Change of weather, windy & lowering. Made some progress on packing trunk. Had a call from Florence, who invited Kitty to ride tomorrow. Dropped in at Agnes's while waiting for the mail, to say goodbye to Tom, & he & she walked home with me, & called on Kitty, & then on Lizzie. Aug. 29 Rainy day, winding up with fine sunset. Continued packing trunk - trying to get a quart into a pint pot - & addressed picture post cards for Kitty. Aug. 30 Beautiful day after the rain. Kitty & Lizzie were taken to the Creek & Gay Head by Florence, & then K., Lizzie & I had dinner with the Jones, followed by the phonograph. Agnes has Mrs. Gibson's typewritten life of Aunt Nettie, with letters from & to my mother - very interesting. Finished packing trunks & wooden box. Aug. 31 Read some more of Mrs. Gibson's life of Aunt Nettie - correspondence between her & my mother & Miss Anthony, etc - & sat up to copy extracts. Beautiful day. Busy getting ready to get off. Pretty tired at night, & had Richard Garrison bring the mail. Sept. 1 Finished packing valise. Asked the Garrisons how much land they would want with the Smith house if they bought it, & they didn't know. Left Lizzie Rogers & Beth to close up. Blackwell & Jerome took Kitty & medown to the wharf, where Howard met us & escorted us & Jock to Boston. There Miss Mayo took us over & brought us home, & Mrs. Boyer welcomed us. Sept. 2 Unpacked trunks: wrote letter to Boston Herald about Monroe Doctrine; seen to Kitty's meals. Mrs. Carr came in the afternoon, to our great joy. Lay down & had a nap. Took Jock out. Sept.3 Got Kitty's meals. Unpacked big box that came from Chilmark with books, etc. Had call from Mrs. Balearian. Mrs. Carroll came. Translated small Mexican poem. Sept. 4 Much the same as yesterday Sept. 5 Went to Dr. Gibbs & he examined & sounded me, & said my spleen & liver are both enlarged, but my weakest point is my heart. Sept. 6 Mass. Board meeting in new headquarters at 1607 Boylston St. It is fixed up very prettily. Stayed till about 12:45 & came home used up. Sept. 7 Sent off "Santas Vega" to the [?] Register. Marketed, took out Jock - this last is always to be understood - went to Dr. Gibbs, who played electricity all up & down my spine, & gave me some spleen tablets to take. In afternoon, Mrs. Belle Davis brought Mrs. Olga Linek Scholl to read a woman's rights movie play to me I lay on the couch while she read. Mrs. Scholl is evidently an unusual woman, & has written quite a remarkable play. Sept. 8 Worked at home. Tried a new place, Creamer's, recommended by Mrs. Carr, where they have good huckleberry pies. Sept. 9 Went through 3 Sunday papers. Kitty declares herself sumptuously fed. Sept. 10 Mrs. Boyer found the lost theses lent me by Prof Mussey. Dr. Gibbs gave me his second electric treatment all along the spine. Lizzie Rogers & Myric arrived, late, from Chilmark. Sept. 11 Washed Jock, & Mrs. Boyer took Kitty to be shampooed, after which her white hair looked lovely. Howard wrote that he could not escort her to Maria's. Fine day but much broken up. Sept. 12, 1923 Went to Dr. Gibbs. Helped Kitty get ready to go to Maria Barlow's. Got a very interesting & distressing letter from Sally Kitchen. Sept. 13 Kitty started for Ware, in Miss Maya's car, with Jock. So busy getting them off that I went into town to first Board meeting of Boston League without remembering to provide any dinner for Mrs. Thyne. Came home & hurried out to get ham & bananas. During meeting wrote to Sally Kitchen. Lay down. Lizzie Rogers dyed curtains over [pigeonhole?] blue. Began to get birthday cards. Sept. 14 Made good resolutions. Got more birthday cards. Lizzie left for Northampton. Went to Dr. Gibbs. We discussed ways of spreading the Vanzetti pamphlet. Drew "The Duck of Stockbridge" from the library & began it. Wen to Dr. Denig's but found she only came 2 days a week. Bought baby egg-beater. Sept. 15 Went to dentist for examination; he had 2 places xrayed. Met Mrs. Hodder by appointment to talk about dangerous possibilities in the new prison bill. She thinks it had no chance to pass. Sept. 6 Sunday. Answered birthday greetings, wrote some letters & on to Xtian Science Monitor on Eugene Sue; put in an hour on family letters; took nap. Sept. 17 Went to Dr. Gibbs in A.M., ate lunch at State Headquarters (where I found Mrs. Bird & Mrs. Perkins, & Mrs. Bird urged me to return to the Republican fold) & then went to Dr. Denig, who told me of the death of Dr. Mary A. Smith, to my great sorrow. Came home & put in an hour on the old family letters. Cooked myself some onions. Sept. 18 Hearing on making women eligible to jury service. Committee seemed very hostile, & asked most of our speakers all sorts of carping questions; but not me. Ate my lunch at Boston League headquarters & went to Dr. Prenn, taking in 2d hand book shop on my way. Put in an hour on old family letters. Sept 19 Met Mrs. Simeon Strunsky at Mass. Headquarters, & had a talk about Mme. Breshkovsky & [Zinzinon?], for whom she wishes to arrange lectures. Lay down after lunch; put in an hour on the letters, copying old lecture notes of my mother's. Had a chat with Mrs. Boyer. Sept 20 [Burned some towels on top of house?]; bought ham & bananas for Mrs. Thyne; went to Dr. Gibbs; got out just at 12, so went to Public Library & looked at Mamma's bust & made a list of the books on or by [Mag?] & read about Scott [vs.?] Richardson, while waiting for rush to be over. got home to a late lunch; lay down; & then Mrs. Baharian came; so I got in no work on family letters. Nice letter from Babushka. Sept. 21 Went to bank, deposited checks, & drew cash to send the latest royalties on "The LIttle Grandmother" to Russian [Carpathian?]. After lunch lay down, was several times interrupted, worked on family letters, did some marketing. Sept. 22 Went to Dr. Gibbs in A.M. In P.M. Kitty & Jock got home from Maria's, Miss Mayo bringing them. Left my black petticoat at the doctor's & he brought it out. Sept. 23 Sunday at home. Read letters to Kitty, got her meals, took out Jock, etc. Worked on family letters & had rather long nap. Sept. 24, 1923 Went to Dr. Gibbs in A.M., Mrs Carr came in afternoon. Worked on family letters. Anna & family came back from Chilmark, & Anna gave me a long account of the happenings, over the phone. Sept. 25 Worked at home in A.M. Wrote to Boston American about Mamma. In P.M. went to Mr. Nesson * signed lease after having it fixed. He was quite amiable. I had dreaded going; but, as Mamma said, so often when you get to them you find that the lions are chained. Washed the wastebaskets which Jock had baptized. Sept. 26 Went to Dr. Gibbs. Mrs. Fiske called up while I was under treatment, & I supposed it was to ask me if I had written Mrs. Ames, which I had promised to do but had not got around to. Hastened home to write it. Several persons called up, & each time I thought it was she. Mrs Carr notified us she could not keep on coming to read to Kitty. Very sorry, all of us. Lay down, but got little rest, as Miss Mariam Kurkjian was to come at 4 P.M. She proved to be a sweet faced young Armenian lady, a teacher, who looked like Mrs. Dargan. She wanted to find employment, & showed me some poems, not very good. Was very tired at night. Sept. 27 Went in to office of Mass. Civic League to talk with Mrs Grace Hoags about reading to Kitty. Attended Boston Board meeting. Mrs. Fiske called me up & I had to confess wrote to Mrs. Ames only yesterday. Mrs. Sarah Smith Hayes & a Mr. Dixon came in evening & told me astonishing things against Dr. Gibbs! Sept. 28 Went to the doctor; came home & served Kitty's dinner; had a nap; worked on family letters; took Jack out etc. Sept. 29 Went to the dentist, who dug into one of the dead teeth & is going to treat the roots, in fear of an abscess. Was nearly 2 hours in chair, & pretty tired. Kitty breakfasted in bed but got up later; her cold is running its course. Mrs. Carr made her last visit, to read to Kitty, & we all bade her goodbye with regret. Fried liver for Jock. Have been re-reading Sir Charles Grandison. I seem to have caught Kitty's cold & am dosing it with camphor. Sept. 30 Sunday. Half ill with a cold. Took camphor pellets. Felt much better in P.M. Got Kitty's meals, took Jock out etc. Oct. 1 Went to Dr. Gibbs, who tested my sciatic nerve & found it lame. Bought "Lonely Furrow" for Kitty, & a new battery. Miss Hoags came to read to her for the first time. Oct. 2 Mrs. Thyne came & [mended?] up Kitty, who was delighted. Worked at home. Talked with Howard over phone. Oct. 3, 1923 Went to Dr. Gibbs. Mrs. [Barben?] came to work for us in P.M. Oct. 4 Mass Board meeting. Had lunch afterwards with Mrs. Healy & Mrs. Smith of Deerfield, who showed me some remarkable maps, & surveys as to amounts spent by towns on education etc. Oct. 5 Kitty's birthday. We had a "Sunshine Bag' of gifts which she went through, & in the afternoon Helen came over & filled it up again. Beth, Mrs. Carr & Mrs. [Melvian?] also called. Kitty had a very happy birthday. Oct. 6. Don't remember Took dinner at Howard's. Oct. 9 Went to dentist. Oct. 10 Went to doctor. Oct. 11 Board meeting of Boston League. Oct. 12 Columbus Day - holiday. Stayed at home. Oct. 13 Went to Dr. Gibbs. Oct. 14 Took supper at Howard's. Oct. 15 Went to doctor. Oct. 16 Went to Women's City Club to meet Louisa Richardson Fiske & Mrs. Geo. R. [Faring ?]to ask Mrs. Fisk to be chairman ofa committee to raise money for B.U. She declined, but said she was pleased to have me ask her. Oct. 17 Went to Dr. Gibbs Oct. 18 Went to dentist. 30th anniversary of Mamma's death Oct. 19 Went to Dr. Gibbs, & in the evening got off a lot of Halloween cards for Kitty. Oct. 20 First day for a long time that I was able to stay at home. Sorted papers, wrote a letter to Monitor; went over family letters, lay down in P.M. & read Geo. Sand's "The Snow Man." Oct. 21 Kitty & Blackwell & I dined at Howard's. Afterwards read a mystery story provided by Helen & dipped a little into "Marguerite of Valois." Oct. 22 Went to Dr. Gibbs, had my glasses adjusted - they were badly in need of it - ate lunch at Mass. League of Women Voters' Headquarters where Mrs. True Worthy White told me about a farm she owns in N.Y. that used to support 20 persons in comfort & moderate luxury & now brings in almost nothing: & she says blocks & blocks of new apartment houses have been built along the Fenway where she lives, of 1, 2, & 3 room apartments, ranging in price from $85 for the 1-room (a large room with alcove, which 2 persons can occupy) to $125. for the 3-room apartmentsWent to Miss Landerkin in Cambridge & arranged for a new dress. Wrote long letter to Howard about Kitty's affairs. Oct. 23 Stayed at home. Stormy day: rain much needed. Sorted papers, wrote a few letters (a long one for Kitty after supper), took Jock out, & Kitty dried him with a hot towel. Got a good nap in P.M. but didn't get much done. Had a bad night, not getting to sleep till between 2 & 3 A.M. Oct. 24 Went to Dr. Gibbs in A.M. & reluctantly told him he could see the fibroid tumor if he thought it important. He had asked to consult Dr. Denig about it. He said, to my relief, that he would rather get her report first. Went to Globe office & got some copies of paper containing symposium on "What are the marks of an educated man?" to which Charles Belden & I contributed. Had nap, & wrote out synopsis of the address I am to give on "Pioneer College Women," at request of B.U. publicity people. Still rainy. Oct. 25 Went to Boston Board meeting. It was short because we had a big rummage sale on. Went in & bought a few things; came home for lunch, then went to Miss Landerkin & tried on my dress. Came home & lay down. Mrs. Carr called. Engaged Miss Johnson to read for a couple of days while Miss Hoags is away. Read "The Brocklebank Riddle" which I got at the rummage sale.Oct. 26, 1923 Went to Dr. Gibbs in A.M., ate lunch at Mass Headquarters, & in P.M. went with Mrs. Boyer & got a new hat - $15. Oct. 27 Kitty & took dinner at Howard's today (Saturday) instead of Sunday, because they expect someone else tomorrow. Fine day. Ball game on, so crowd of cars. Dr. Gibbs called up to say Boston American reported Librado Rivera was to be released & sent back to Mexico. After dinner read "Marguerite of Valois." Howard & I discussed the possibility of Kitty's return to England. Anna & her children called at Howard's. Charles's salary has been raised to $7500. Oct. 28, 1923 Had Miss Johnson come up & read to Kitty. Addressed Halloween cards Oct. 29 Spoke on my mother & aunts at reception given by Women Graduates' Club of B.U. at Mrs. Oakes Ames's, to the 3 women trustees. They seemed to like it, Mr. Gulesian called, & brought grapes & a big cabbage. Oct. 30 Finished addressing Xmas cards. Expected Miss Johnson to take Jock out, but she misunderstood &didn't come till noon, when I had taken him Kept her to lunch & asked her to read to Kitty, as Miss Hoags expected to be kept away; but she unexpectedly returned. Wild wind. Felt better, having had a good night, the first for some time. Oct. 31 Fall meeting of Mass. League of Woman Voters, lasting all day. As chairman of resolutions committee, brought in a long one on prohibition, which was shortened & toned down, after much discussion. At noon we were all invited to lunch at Headquarters, & had good sandwiches. Nov. 1 Went to Miss Landerkin & had brown dress tried on. Nov. 2 Went to Dr. Gibbs, & he tried many tubes trying to find one that would go to the right place behind my nose. Called at Women's E & [?] Union & got names of possible readers for Kitty. Went to bank, & Globe office, & dentist, who kept me till nearly 1 P.M. Had late lunch, & lay down for 2 hours. Wrote letter for Kitty "Three Generations" came from Christian Science Monitor for Review; began to read it Nov. 4 Kitty & I dined atCambridge. Waited for Miss Mays, who didn't come (I having forgotten to notify her) so called a taxi. She took us home. Nov. 5 Went to Dr. Gibbs in A.M. & had shampoo in P.M. Nov. 6 Mailed birthday rhymes to Helen, & a lot of letters to the Boston papers protesting against an official welcome to Gen. Haller. Walked Jock. [back from June?] in evening She brought chrysanthemums. Answered letter that has waited a long time from woman in Roumainia. Nov. 7 Spoke to the Wednesday Club at Mrs. Charles Summer Bird's on "Old Times & New." She gave lunch to the whole club & had her nephew, Richard Washburn Child, newly-returned Ambassador to Italy, come & sit by me for a while & tell me why he didn't believe in the League of Nations. He said if the U.S. went in, France would immediately go out, & probably Italy also (because it would destroy "the balance of power"; etc. etc. I had seen an interview by Child praising up Mussolini, whose name acts upon me as a red rag upon a bull; so I had no use for Child, but I was polite - listened & swelled in silence, even when he wouldn't admit the great distress existing in Germany, & said there were conflicting testimonies on that subject.Nov. 8, 1923 Mass. Board meeting. Nov. 9 Went to Dr. Gibbs in A.M & to hear Bishop Edgar Blake of the M.E. Church on Russia in P.M. Took Mrs. Barlow with me, as he was a Ware boy. I like him. Queer mixed audience, some decidedly opposed to religion. Nov. 10 Took Mrs. Boyer to 20th Century Club lunch, where we heard Dr. Hartman, editor of Zion's Herald, speak on Russia. Liked him too. Nov. 11 Sunday. Kitty & I dined at Cambridge. Being Armistice Day, Howard went to a meeting held to urge League of Nations, Helen to collect for the Red Cross, & Lane (with the 2 maids) to see the parade: so Kitty & I were for a time alone. Looked over Maud Howe Elliot's "Three Generations," which I am to review for the Xtian Science Monitor. Nov. 12 Went to Dr. Gibbs. Have had letter from Librado Rivera with the joyful news that he has been deported to Mexico. Was met by a crowd of friends & relatives, & his old mother, who had never expected to see him again, embraced him with tears. Nov. 13 Went to Cambridge for final trying on of mynew walnut brown dress with Miss Landerkin. Mrs. Boyer says it is a beauty. Very tired, yet slept only about 2 hours - same as previous night Nov. 14 Dr. Gibbs tried a new electric treatment, sending current through my feet. Have been getting thanked by [J?] for protesting against official welcome to Gen. Haller. Kitty's new reader, Mrs. Eames, is reading her T Tembarom. Have, myself been reading Harriet King's "Letters & Recollections of Mazzini," - & been deeply impressed. Mazzini was a wonderful man. Nov. 15, 1923 Wrote rough draft of review of Maud Howe Elliot's "Three Generations" for Xtian Science Monitor. Nov. 16 Went to Dr. Gibbs Nov. 17 forget what I did. Nov. 18 Took Kitty to Cambridge Nov. 19 Went to Dr. Gibbs in A.M. & Dr. Denig in P.M, Nov. 20 Great airship passed overhead, looking in the distance like a giant silver fish. Mrs. Boyer, Mrs. Barlow & I went to the roof to see it. Took dinner in evening at Women's City Club with Dr. Evangeline Young & several doctors, to meet Dr. Jane Walker of England. Dr. Duckeringsaid that during the three weeks Dr. Mary A. Smith lived after her stroke, she spoke only one word, & that was "Emma," at the last. Her friend Dr. Culbertson I suppose was the last thought in her mind. Dr. Walker, a sturdy, ruddy, typical Englishwoman, had been at Rock House, & praised Aunt Elizabeth - said she was a prophet. Nov. 21 Went to Dr. Gibbs Nov. 22 Boston Board meeting. Sold out the pen & ink cards by a half starved German professor that Martha [G?] sent me to dispose of. Wrote ed for Woman Citizen. Had call from a Mr. Leighton, an ex-political prisoner who had been Mexican correspondent for the Federated Press Bulletin, & wants to go back there again. Nov. 23 Went to Dr. Gibbs. Sent off reviews of 6 books to Woman Citizen. Wrote to Wm. Lloyd Garrison in answer to his wish to give me what is left of the Church & Sewall funds. Nov. 26 Kitty ill in bed with bad cold. Rainy day. Went out marketing, etc. as Mrs. Barlow was just getting over bad cold. Addressed Thanksgiving cards. Nov. 25 Kitty to ill to go to Cambridge. Howard came over for a call.Nov. 26, 1923 Went to Dr. Gibbs. Addressed Thanksgiving cards Nov. 27 Had a shampoo. Addressed more cards. Heard Ralph Chaplin give a very interesting talk on the political prisoners, in Larimer Hall. Nov. 28 Addressed a few more cards. Went to Dr. Gibbs. Washed Jock. Mrs. Eames finished reading T. Tembarom to Kitty. Nov. 29 Thanksgiving Day. Kitty & I had dinner at Anna's with Miss Adelaide Johnson of Wellesley College, Blackwell & Frank King. Nov. 30 Went to Dr. Gibbs. Dec. 1, 1923 Mrs. Thyne came & washed, as Wed. & Fri. had been rainy. Dec. 2 Golden Rule Sunday. Helen gave us a nice vegetarian dinner, the difference to go to Near East Relief. In evening went to Ford Hall & I heard Oswald Garrison Villard address a crowded house on "Collapsing Europe." Dec. 3 Went to Dr. Gibbs & addressed Xmas cards Dec. 4 Addressed Xmas cards, went over family letters & wrote a letter for Kitty. Dec. 5 Went to Dr. Gibbs. Addressed cards. Dec. 6, 1923 Bought a lot of Xmas cards; no crowd, because it was early & rainy. Attended Mass. Board meeting; came home & had lunch & was preparing to lie down when Mrs. Fisk telephoned reminding me of B.U. Trustees' meeting & urging me to be there. Went in & attended it, from 4 to 5 - was of no earthly use there - & then had three hours to kill till it was time for [Nausen's?] lecture. Went to Public Library & read "Poet Lore" - a beautiful Slovak drama in it, the other things mostly unpleasant. Before I knew it, it was 7.15 & I had to start for Symphony Hall. Found Mrs. Boyer there. Nibbled at the supper I had in my bag till meeting began. We were far back - too far to get a good view or to hear well, & I was almost too tired & sleepy to listen, but I was glad to have heard him. After a tiring day, lay awake all night. Dec. 7 Mrs. Boyer & Mrs. Barlow went shopping. Mrs. Thyne washed, because yesterday was wet. Mrs. Barlow had left the dinner ready - a large kettle of Scotch broth - & I heated it & put it on. Directed some cards. Slept at night about 3 hours. Wrote letters to all the Boston papers in behalf of equal pay for teachers. Dec. 8 Stayed at home, & addressed over 60 cards. Got only a brief nap, with bad dreams. Dec. 9, 1923 Kitty & I dined at Cambridge. Having had 3 bad nights running, I spent the afternoon lying down in a long chair with "Sans Famille," but did not even grow sleepy. Slept well at night. Dec. 10 Went to Dr. Gibbs, had lamb stew at automat, then went to 16 Carver St. to wait till time for meeting. Mrs. Glendower Evans was having lunch, & gave me some, & read me letters from Sacco & Vanzetti, & invited me to come in & take lunch or rest, anytime; & she lent me Louis F. Post's book on the "Deportations Delirium." Then went up & heard Helena Dudley on her trip abroad, & Mrs. Mud, at Women's League for Peace & Freedom. Dec. 11, 1923 Worked at home, addressing Xmas cards, etc. Wrote to Nation, New Republic & Freeman about Cline's case. Bad night. Dec. 12 Stayed at home & addressed cards. Miss Johnson substituted for Mrs. Eames. Broke my glasses. Heard of Charles's getting the Dante medal. Dec. 13 Addressed a chapter of Daughters of the Union, for Mrs Austin Z. Wellington, at The Brunswick - reminiscences of my mother & aunts. They seemed to like it. Then a woman who had been in Italy praised up Mussolini & the Fascists; & I sat & swelled inwardly. I whispered to her afterwards that she had not mentioned the castor oil! Dec. 14, 1923 Bought more cards. Went to Dr. Gibbs & told him I should not have time to come again till after Xmas. Took lunch again at 16 Carver St. & saw Roger Baldwin & Prof. Clarence Skinner, & had lunch with Mrs Evans & Miss Holmes (sister of John Haynes Holmes). Washed the dishes afterwards, got my glasses, & went to Twentieth Century Club to hear Roger Baldwin & Prof. G. Chafee. Dec. 15 Received from Dr. C[?[ blank book with Aunt Anna's reminiscences, an old Common Plan Book of Aunt Emily's, a youthful diary of Aunt Elizabeth's, & a copy made by me for Aunt {?} of a letter of Josephine Butler's. Addressed Xmas cards. Addressed Xmas cards. Today, or thereabouts, Rev. Mr. Hecht of 45 Bo[?[twell Ave. called. Dec. 16 Kitty & I dined at Cambridge & I finished "Sans Famille." Every day I address Xmas cards. Dec. 17 Stayed at home & addressed cards. Dec. 18 Addressed cards. A girl from W.T.L. came to get some letters of introduction for Miss Shepherd. Late in afternoon went to Mr. Harper & got Kitty's oriphone mended. I read to her every night from Aunt Anna's reminiscences. Dec. 19, 1923 Very busy addressing cards. One afternoon went to hear a Miss Graves at 16 Carver St. whohad spent 2 years each in China & Latin America, in the interest of peace & international good will. Dec. 23 Dined with Kitty at Cambridge. The boys were taking part in a Christmas play at the Sunday School, so things were a good deal broken up. Dec. 24 Busy with cards. Got Mazzini's letters from the League, to my great joy. Kitty & I spent Xmas at Anna's. They had a nice dinner & a lovely tree, & the children seemed delighted with their gifts. We were the only guests. Were taken upstairs to see Lawrence show his moving picture machine, in a cold room. Dec. 26 Went to dentist. Wrote tribute to Col. Higginson. Dec. 27, 1923 Wrote article for Child Welfare Magazine on teaching citizenship. Dec. 28 Went to Dr. Gibbs - first time for a fortnight or so. Dec. 29 Went to dentist - appointment from 12 to 1, but he kept me from 12 to 3, on an empty stomach, & with rather a painful filling. Came home, got something to eat, wrote a letter for Kitty & read to her. Mrs. [Balearian?] called. In A.M. had a shampoo; found that the hairdresser's telephone had been out of order for 38 days, & she was desperate as it was ruining her business. Called up Ernest Atwood & asked him to have it fixed. She hasadopted a kitten, which likes to crawl into paper bags & sleep. Dec. 30, 1923 Kitty & I dined at Howard's & I read Henry Bailey Stevens's play, "Tolstoy" - very fine. Dec. 31 Went to Dr. Gibbs in A.M. & Dr. Denig in P.M., got Weyman's stories from Sully's Memoirs from the library for Kitty. Very tired at night. Jan. 1, 1924 Wrote letters - of thanks etc - lay down both A.M. & P.M. Went over a lot of old letters from my girlhood friends, looking for things that might be useful for the biography. June Adkinson called in evening & brought jam & says women are more & more employed to take care of insane men in the best hospitals. Get better results. Jan. 2, 1924 Developed an acute cold in my nose. Ate lightly & took camphor diskoids. Wrote some letters, & one for Kitty, & put in an hour on old letters. Had a letter from Marian Beeman that they had lost several cattle & were hard up. Mrs. Carr called, & took back a load of books in good print to lend to her invalid cousin. Jan. 3 Cold better. Mass. Board meeting. Lay down in afternoon & in evening went to hear Anna Louise Strong, just back from Russia, Dr. Hartman presiding. Very interesting address. I was afraid Dr. Hartman would get into trouble with the Methodists because there were pictures of Lenin & Trotsky on the platform. Jan. 4 Cold continues better, but bad cold sores over my nose. Started for Dr. Gibbs, after getting my statement from the banks; but had taken a laxative & had an accident & had to come home. Stopped at 16 Carver St. & got "Young India." Wrote a letter for Kitty. Jan. 15 Long session with dentist. In evening fire in floor of kitchen, & a lot of firemen. Kitty put the leash on Jock, & sat with him in her lap, ready to lead him out. Jan. 6 Kitty & I dined at Cambridge, & John read to Kitty out of "The Sea Hawk," remarkably well, George showed me the black guinea pig he bought with our Xmas money. Jan. 7 Dr. Gibbs in A.M. Lunched at 16 Carver St. by request of Mrs. Glendower Evans who wanted to consult me about the pamphlet she is getting out about Sacco & Vanzetti. She has hardly slept for a week, poor dear! I suggested a few changes. Went to dentist, & then came back, at her request, & did some more on the pamphlet. Jan. 8 Opening day of School of Politics at Radcliffe, under auspices of Mass. League of Women Voters. Took supper at Howard's & went with Marguerite to evening meeting to hear Major General Henry T. Allen. Jan. 9 Attended School of Politics morning & afternoon, took lunch & supper at Howard's, heard John F. Moors on Mexico, (had Mrs. Carroll there to hear him also, & took her to President Comstock's reception afterwards), & heard both sides of the Filipino question. Jan. 10 Went to School of Politics in evening with Marguerite, sat on platform & heard Maud Wood Park - very interesting & Mary P. Woolley. Took supper at Howard's Jan. 11 Boston Board meeting, postponed. Jan. 12 Miss Rachel Sarkissian came to see me. Jan. 13 Kitty & I took our Sunday dinner at Cambridge, & the boys exhibited a moving picture show. Jan. 14 Went to Dr. Gibbs. Beth made a call in P.M. Jan. 15 Gave reminiscences of my mother & aunts before another chapter of Daughters of the Union. They fetched me & brought me back. Mrs Masury & Mrs. Fanny B. Ames were the other speakers. Jan. 16 Worked at home, but didn't seem to get a great deal done. Kitty & I both have colds. Jan. 17 Received MS of Vanzetti's story "Events & Victims," which Mrs. Glendower Evans wanted me to read immediately, write a comment on, & return to her without delay. I did so, & took it in to 16 Carver St., where I found the Ex. Com. of the Women's Internat. League for Peace & Freedom in session. Told Helena Dudley Mme. Breshkovsky had sent me a sealed letter for Samuel Gompers, & she groaned. Jan. 18 Went to Dr. Gibbs. Got a letter from Gabriela Mistral highly commending my translations. Jan 19 Had a shampoo. Worked at home. Jan. 20 Dined at Cambridge with Kitty Jan. 21 Went to Dr. Gibbs Jan. 22 Went to dentist. Jan 23, 1924 Worked at home. Jan. 24 Florence arrived. Went to Legislative hearing, at Mrs. Quirk's request; on bill to enable more women to be chosen to party offices, & made a little speech. Mrs. FitzGerald had another bill for similar object. Went to Dr. Pr[em?] after an hour spent at 16 Carver St. with Helena Dudley who talked to me in favor of the League of Nations. Doris called up in the evening to say that Rev. Mr. [Snowden?] of Chilmark had died suddenly. Jan. 25 Annual meeting of Lucy Stone Home. After the rest had left, Mr. Blood asked me if I were getting my interest, & told me he thought my loan to Howard was now safe - that H. had turned the corner - though it might be a good while before I could get the principal back. Jan. 26 Worked at home, I think Very cold. Jan. 27 Kitty & I dined at Cambridge, in spite of the cold. Jan. 28 Went to Dr. Gibbs. Kitty came down with a hard cold. Florence & I went to the annual meeting of the Women's International League for Peace & Freedom - luncheon followed by addresses by Miss Amy Woods & a British Quaker relief worker, Mr. Fletcher. went to sleep. Was partly disgusted to lose the speech & partly relieved to find that I could sleep. Jan. 29 Kitty ill in bed. Went to legislative hearing (by request of Hilda Hedstrom Quirk) on two bills to get more women on political committees, one bill championed by Mrs. FitzGerald & the Republican & Democratic "machines" & the other by Mrs. Quirk & various women. Sat beside Mrs. Curtis Guild, who was very friendly, as was Mrs. Wm. Lowell Putnam - both former antis. I made a short speech, & pointed out that all the people who didn't want an enlarged representation of women were for Mrs. FitzGerald's bill, & it was probably because they hoped it would be declared unconstitutional. Jan. 30, 1924 Florence & I attended supper & annual meeting of League for Democratic Control. Very interesting addresses by Prof. Clarence R. Skinner & Rev. A.J. Muste. Jan. 31 Had the pleasure of forwarding $115 (3830 Kronen) for Catherine Breshkovsky's schools, sent in response to appeal in Boston Herald, in honor of her 80th birthday. Had a call from our old servant Mary McLellan, now Mrs. Macdougall, who worked for us 33 years ago. She told me about Sarah J. Fraser & Lizzie Feb. 1, 1924 Went to Dr. Gibbs; then to lunch at automat; then had some supplementary lunch at 16 Carver St. with Mrs. Evans. At 3 P.M. listened to discussion of Mrs. FitzGerald's bill at State Headquarters by her & Senator Wells. Took notes for Mrs. Quirk. Feb. 2 Worked at home. Feb. 3 Sunday. Kitty & Florence & I dined at Cambridge. Read "Marguerite of Valois." Feb. 4 Went to Dr. Gibbs Feb. 5 Worked at home & in evening heard Prof. Ross of Wisconsin University on Social Revolution. Feb. 6 worked at home. Feb. 7 Mass. Board meeting, lunch at 16 Carver St. afterwards, & sent off $58 more for Mme. Breshkovsky's schools.Feb. 8, 1924 Went to Dr. Gibbs, & in P.M. heard the Sec. of the Woman's Party, a young woman from S.C., debate with B. Loring Young at Mrs. Langdon Frothingham's. Feb. 9 Worked at home. Feb. 10 Kitty, Florence & I dined at Anna's. Feb. 11 Went to Dr. Gibbs. Feb. 12 Went to Dr. Derby, & found that my left eye had failed very much. He put in cocaine & examined it with a very bright light, but found nothing organically wrong. However, I must have a new glass for that eye. Got off Valentines. Mrs. Quirk came to talk over my writing something for transcript. Feb. 13, 1924 Got off more Valentine's. Worked at home. Dr. Samuel Waxman says a club of rich mining men in Boston, interested in Chile, are going to publish something about its culture, & may like to use my translations from Gabriela Mistral. Feb. 14 Boston Board meeting at Mrs. Harris's, 42 Mt Vernon St. Feb. 15 Went to Dr. Gibbs Feb. 16 Don't remember what I did Feb. 17 Sunday. Florence, Kitty & I dined at Howards. Feb. 18 Went to Dr. Gibbs, & told him I was only coming once a week now. Feb. 18 & 19th Don't remember what I did. Got off a review of the Vanzetti pamphlet for Unity about this time, & wrote on an article about Aunts Elizabeth & Emily for the Civic Pilot. Feb. 21 Florence & I went to see Bernard Shaw's "Arms & the Man" at Peabody House, & I sat next Mrs. Glendower Evans. Feb. 22 Washington's birthday. Worked at home. Feb. 23 Worked at home. Had a call from Howard. Kitty & Florence want me to put a piazza on Cliff Cottage, & I am getting an estimate. Can't afford it, & if I could I ought to give the money to the starving German & Armenian children; but Kitty dreads to go to Chilmark with no place to walk. Feb. 24 Florence, Kitty & I dined at Anna's. Very nice dinner, other children were all good to Jock. Wrote up this diary. Wrote letter to Herald about Jews & to Post about German children. We brought home Aunt Elizabeth's old diary. Feb. 25 Went to Dr. Gibbs, ate my lunch at 16 Carver St., left at Mass. League of Women Voters my article against night work for women. called at Home Savings Bank & found what my interest had been, for the income tax, & went to Sprague & Hathaway to get a reproduction of Aunt Emily's old photo for [?] in Civic Pilot Feb. 26 Florence & I went to hear Dr. Alice Saloman & Major General Henry T. Allen on the famine situation in Germany. We had taken lunch, me & Kitty & Jock, at Mrs. [Melorian's?] & Kitty enjoyed it. She walked over - first time she has taken a walk for months. Got news of Katherine Weisman's death. Feb. 27 Busy on making out income tax. Feb. 28,1924 Went to bank & had my income tax made out; then to Boston Board meeting, where shocking things were told as to Boston City Hospital etc; then to lunch at 16 Carver St., where Mrs. Evans made me hot cocoa to add to my bread & cheese. A young Jew came in & announced that the Mayor refused a license for Margaret Sanger's advertised lecture on birth control & Mrs. Evans called up two lawyers to see what could be done. Then home & lay down, but no nap. Kitty's talking machine went bad, & Miss Hoags took it to Harper's office.Feb. 29, 1924 Got off my article on Aunts Elizabeth & Emily to the Civic Pilot. Kitty's talking machine came back mended. March 1 Got the reproductions of Aunt Emily's old photo & mailed one, & Aunt Elizabeth's to the Civic Pilot. Got my statements from all the banks, & dropped in at 2d hand bookstore; bought a book by Beatrice Harraden for 5 cents. Eyes very troublesome & inside uncomfortable. March 2 Kitty, Florence & I dined at Cambridge, where the boys were much interested in glass blowing. A bright sunny day Went through the three Sunday papers looking for things for Kitty, read several stories of Kiplings, & then dipped into Marguerite of Valois. March 3, 1924 Went to Dr. Gibbs. In P.M. lay down, & wrote a few letters. After supper wrote a 21-page letter for Kitty. March 4 Scrubbed Jock. Lay down in P.M. and read "[?] Bells," which Florence had brought from library, & hurt my eyes. Christian Science Monitor sent back a translation of Gabriela Mistral. March 5 Wrote review of Kate O'Hare's "In Prison," for Christian Register. Mr. Moore, treasurer of the Morgan Memorial, called to talk over with Mrs. Boyer & me the repairs needed on the Pope's Hill. He admitted the need of them. I lay down in P.M. Got a letter from Howard that other company was expected Sunday & they could not have us. Was grieved for Kitty's disappointment. Am considering what I can do to give her a pleasant Sunday. Got $10. for Mme. Breshkovsky & $780 from Margaret Gulisian & banked it. March 6 Mass. Board meeting. I withdrew my name as candidate for one of the delegates to Baltimore, finding they could only pay the expenses of 3 or 4, & thinking some of the active workers would be more useful. But they insisted on electing me - said I should add "prestige" to the Mass. delegation. Took dinner at 16 Carver St. - or lunch, rather - & Mrs. Evans's kind little assistant made me some hot cocoa to go with my bread & cheese. Mrs. Evans said Sacco talked with her delightfully & quite rationally for 2 hours, & then became quite insane. Went to Ford Hall headquarters in the Little Building & left a copy of the "Little Grandmother" & a letter to be given to Anna Louise Strong, to see if she can't find some way for Mme. Breshkovsky's gifts to go safely to her old friends in prison. March 7 Florence & I went to celebration of Morgen's birthday at theMorgan Memorial, & heard the annual reports. March 8 Got off review of Kate O'Hare's "In Prison" to Woman Citizen & report of Ralph Chaplin to Unity. Read to Kitty. March 9 Got off another review of "In Prison" to Christian Register, & wrote a 22-page letter to Kitty. We could not go to Cambridge this Sunday because Howard & Helen had company. Put the dinner on, washed the dishes, & took Jock out. March 10 Went to Dr. Gibbs. In P.M. Howard had a radio set put up for us & had supper & stayed till 10 P.M. Did a lot of sorting. March 11, 1924 Big storm & high wind. Wrote letters to try to get chances for Mrs. Papazian to speak for Armenian orphans, & did various odd jobs. March 12 Worked at home. Addressed 40 Easter cards March 13 Florence & Mrs [?] & I went to see Mr. Gulisian's play, "The Immigrant" at the Peabody Play House in the evening. Boston Board meeting in A.M. March 14 Heard a most illuminating talk on Mexico from Robert Habermann, representing the Pan American Federation of Labor. March 15 Worked at home. March 16 Kitty & Florence & I dined at Howard's. Helen was in bed & we did not see her. March 17 Evacuation Day & St. Patrick's Day. Mr. Gulesian came to see me, wants me to write letters to Herald & Transcript about his play & to fireside at a lunch. Took me to Dr. Gibbs in his car. March 18 Wrote to Herald & Transcript for Gulesian, & some extracts from Habermann's lecture for Federated Press Bulletin. Went to Dr. Denig in P.M. Am trying to address at least 20 Easter cards daily. Sent $25. for German children. March 19 Spent A.M. writing out Robert Habermann's speech to offer to Xtian Science Monitor. Mrs. Carr called in A.M. & Beth in P.M. Did my cards. March 20, 1924 Worked at home. March 21 Bought new gloves, & 2 fresh batteries for Kitty, & left order for new glasses. Attended B.U. Trustees' meeting at Arts Club, where Mr. Lee Hascall was put down. Dr. Murlin met Mrs. Fiske & me in the street afterwards, & told us he had been "in hell for 6 months." March 22 Worked at home. March 23 Kitty & I dined at Howard's. Helen still in bed. I hunted through the life of Lord Lawrence to find the story of his losing the Koh-hi-Noor, to send to the Post, which is paying for anecdotes. March 24 Went to get my new glasses. They were not quite ready & Icould not wait. Went to Dr. Gibbs. March 25 Had a shampoo. Worked on family letters. March 26 Annual meeting of Boston League of Woman Voters. Was put on Resolutions Committee. Mrs. Quirk & Mrs. Barron came down from State House very mad over the absurd things that had been said in debate over Women Jury Service bill. In evening Lieut. Gov. Fuller & B. Loring Young spoke & I did not like their speeches; also ex-Mayor Peters, & I did like him. Florence left. March 27 Presided at luncheon got up by Mr Gulesian for persons interested in his play "The Immigrant," at Grace [Harne's?] studio. March 28, 1924 Did errands in city, put ad. of Chilmark house in Globe, etc. In the evenings I read the British news to Kitty from the Christian Science Monitor. Took to Dr. Bartlett something I had written, by request, for Near East Relief. March 29 Worked at home. Our poor neighbor across the hall, Mrs. Gregg, had gone entirely out of her mind, & will have to be taken away. March 30 Kitty & I had dinner at Cambridge. Helen was at her mother's. Howard took a nap after dinner & slept till 4.30 but the boys gave Kitty a nice time. March 31 Went to Dr. Gibbe, then got my pin which had been mended, went to the American Express + had a mistake corrected in the remittance for Mme. Breshkovsky's orphans, + went to headquarters of Sacco Van Zetti Defense Com. to sign appeal. Found I should have gone to Mr. Moore's office at 43 Tremont. Went there + found Mrs. Evans signing a lot of them. I signed too: then back to 16 Carver St., got my impedimenta which I had left when I took my lunch there, + so home. On Hanover St thought of Mamma's lodging there at 6 1/4 cents a night in the antislavery days, + felt as if it were the same old cause. April 1, 1924 Worked at home. April 2 Gave a talk on Mahatma Gandhi at Wednesday Club of East Walpole. Mrs. Charles Sumner Bird sending her car to take me there + back, + having me to lunch. Didn't do very well, + Mrs. Bird expressed dissent afterwards. She has no opinion of Gandhi. April 3 Mass. Board meeting. Ate my lunch at 16 Carver St. afterwards. Kitty's machine went dead. April 4 Took Kitty's machine to Mr. Harper's office, + Miss Hoags brought back a substitute for it in P.M. Got letter from Rafael Lozano saying El Paso Herald would be glad to use series of articles on Mexican posts.April 5, 1924 Worked at home. April 6 Sunday. Kittle + I dined at Cambridge, but did not see Helen. April 7 Big storm, so that I did not go to Dr. Gibbs. April 8 Boston University trustees meeting. Mrs. George Henry came for the first time. April 9 Worked at home. Addressed Easter cards, + sent off several installments of the Mexican Poets to the El Paso Herald. April 10 Boston board meeting. Rode in with Kitty + Miss Mayo + Fraulein. Ate lunchat 16 Carver St., + Mrs. Evans supplemented the lunch I had brought with nice things left over from their last night's supper. She reported the abominable behavior of the judge in the Sacco Van Zetti case. Got home tired + lay down. Read to Kitty in evening. Jack has been love sick for a week + very fussy. April 11 + 12. Don't remember what I did, but was addressing Easter cards all along about this time. April 13 Palm Sunday. Kitty + I dined at Mrs. Thomas's, where Kitty heard the Victrola, + we visited at Howard's afterwards. Helen was out of bed -- the first time for several weeks. April 14 Went to Dr. Gibbs April 15 The Christian Science Monitor came out with a column on the editorial page of my account of Robert Habermann on Mexico. April 16 Went with Mrs. Bayer + got a new brown hat. Worked on Easter cards. April 17 Worked at home, addressing Easter card. April 18 Ditto. Got telegram fromHoward that Kitty + I were to omit our usual visit next Sunday. April 19 Beautiful Easter lilies came from Kohariq Bedrosian, Mrs. Soliquian, + Howard + Helen: + June Atkinson brought over spring flowers from her mother's garden. Mrs. Carrol translated some dark places in Gabriela Mistral, + we gave her one of the pots of lilies. Glad to be through with my card. April 20 Easter Sunday. Kitty + I were alone, + I tried to give her a pleasant day, for of course it is a great disappointment to her not to go to Cambridge, though she does not complain. Wrote two letters from her dictation: served up her dinner, which Mrs. Barlow had left cooked + ready to warm: gave her a bursting hot potato such as she likes: + read from the papers to her in the evening. Also stole time to send off a translation of G. Mistral to the New Republic. Oct. 14, 1925 Had operation at N. E. Hospital -- big tumor taken out. Nov. 4 Left hospital. Tumor pronounced non-malignant.Nov. 18 1925 Went to see Dr. Duckering at her office, escorted by Mrs. Boyer. Was told I was doing well. Dec. 3 Had a pleasant call from Dr. Frankel. We consulted about Mrs. Rubin, + he told me about Porto Rico. Dec. 4 Went to dentist, + found Margaret Beck there. In P.M. went in big rainstorm to Dr. Duckering, who approved of me in the main, gave me some advice + thought I need not come again. Dec. 5 Third day of rain. Went to market, + brought home too many a bag. Got "Bi-ombo" from James Torres Bodet. Expected Sara Smith Hayes, but she did not come. Dec 6 Dined at Cambridge Dec 7 Sara Smith Hayes called. Dec 10 Mrs. Poor + Beth called. Dec 11 Went to city + got more Xmas cards. Dec. 12 Wrote article for [?] Sorted addressed envelopes. Dec. 13 Sunday. Tried to entertain Kitty. Dec. 14 Busy all day but not much done. Am rereading "The Countess of Rudolstadt." Lots of wisdom in it. Am sleeping badly. Dec. 15 Got off 107 cards. Typewrote from Gabriela Mistral in evening, to save my eyes. Dec 16 Worked on Xmas cards, went to market etc. Finished re-reading "The Countess of Rudolstadt." It + "Consuelo" are wonderful. Consuelo for its beauty + the sequel for the wisdom in it. We have no one now who can write like George Sand.