Blackwell Family 1932, Aug. 1 - 1933, June 3 Alice Stone Blackwell DiaryAlice Stone Blackwell Diary Aug. 1, 1932. to June 3, 1933Chilmark, Mass. August 1, 1932 We came down to Chilmark on July 28. — Cousin Kitty, Mrs. Mary A. Wood & I, & Jock, with Robert Atwood as our escort. Howard could not spare the time to come down with us, but he saw us off, & told Robert what to do. Edna Stautial met us & brought us up. Lizzie Rogers had made us a rice pudding, and Miss Cohen had left a present of canned strawberries & choice cookies. Everybody very kind, & beautiful day for the journey, though hot. Beth Atwood had come over to 3 Monadnock St. in the A.M. & helped us to get off. Since arriving, we have been settling in. Have had visits from Florence Mayhew & her new housekeeper Mrs. Carter, & have seen Agnes Jones. On July 29 Kitty's reader, Mrs Martha Sumpter, arrived. She likes the island. Today, Aug. 1, I wrote anumber of letters in the A.M., as the Stautials were going down island; lay down after dinner; read to Kitty from "Nanon" (translating from the French of George Sand): took mail to the gate. Got a letter from Olive Dargan with many nice notices of "Call Home the Heart," which is to have an English edition. Bertha Papazian has given a lecture on Aunt Elizabeth, & wrote a glowing tribute to her & to Kitty, which met us on our arrival at Chilmark. Lizzie Rogers came to supper & fixed our doors. Aug,2, Cleared out the papers with which Chester Poole had stuffed the new sitting room stove, found that it would burn & burned them. Offered to Olive Dargan to enclose folders advertising "Call Home the Heart" with my Christmas cards. Wrote some letters, & read to Kitty from "Nanon." A steamer chair arrived for me, a present from Marjorie Sumpter, & I sat out in it for a while on the piazza while Mrs. Sumpter read the Life of King Charles II to Kitty. Aug. 3. Wrote to Catherine Breshkovsky & Mr Lazariff. She is now blind & feeling sad, & I tried to make an amusing letter, as I used to when she was in prison. Sent off copies of Mrs. Papazian's letter to several of Kitty's friends. I am always glad when somebody sees the splendid side of her, & not merely the pitiable side. Mrs. Thyne has written that she cannot come down to spend 10 days in the Sea Shell, as we expected. We had a call from Nannie Huntington & May Bruno. Finished "The Heart of Rome." Aug 4. Made a birthday rhyme for Hattie Turner, & sent if off. Wilfred Huntington brought us fish. Wrote a few letters. Robert Atwood went over to stay withhis friend Everest Calkins. Aug 5. Wrote some letters & read to Kitty from "Nanon." Our load of wood came-- seasoned wood from E.T. Vincent. Aug 6. Read up to reply to another article in praise of Fascism by Lilian Whiting; got off a lot of reminders to family & friends that Jock's birthday will be Aug. 12; started a new scrap book with three articles from the Christian Science Monitor about Russian Armenia. Read from "Nanon." Aug 7. Began reply to Lilian Whiting. Wrote to Esther Barker from Kitty's dictation; read from "Nanon." Am very fond of this story [from] by George Sand, & have borrowed it from Helen. Aug 8. Finished & sent off the reply to Lilian Whiting's last letter in praise of Mussolini in the Springfield Republican; also wrote a letter to Boston Post, & other letters. Read "Nanon" to Kitty. Aug. 9, 1932. Went over to Agnes's to see Evelyn Barrows. She is very thin, but as cheerful & plucky as ever. I also saw the improvements made in Agnes's house -- enlargement of the big parlor & of the piazza -- very fine. A baby beagle was brought by little Barbara Stantial & placed in Kitty's lap. Mr. Stantial hung her new bedroom blinds. We had a call from Florence & Mrs. Carter, & Florence read us arguments for prohibition. Aug 10. Made the rhyme for Jock's birthday. It has hung fire, but but this morning flowed freely. Wrote to Catherine Breshkovsky & Mr Lazariff. Had the Stantials put out Mrs. Boyer's mattresses to air. [Esther] Evelyn Barrows made a call. She has not been in Chilmark for 12 years. Aug 11. [T] Last night was very sultry, followed by lightning, thunder & rain. Hardly slept at all. Typewrote Jock's birthday verses & sent them to the Vineyard Gazette. Invited Miss Dwyer to come & stay in the Sea Shell for a fortnight. Read "Nanon" to Kitty.Eight birthday letters came for Jock. Two presents arrived [last night] on Aug 10 a big beef bone with considerable meat on it, registered, by mail, & a feeding dish from Marjorie Sumpter. Aug 12. Read the birthday greetings to Kitty & my own "poems". We had calls from Agnes, Florence, Mrs. Stantial & Barbara & Miss Cohen. A glorious day; considerably cooler. Agnes astounded me by saying she & Tom wanted me to engage Anna to do for me what Mrs. Wood & Mrs. Sumpter do, & Tom would give $50 a month toward the expense! I wrote to consult Howard & Helen. Nothing has been said yet to anyone else. Anna has heard nothing about it. We had about a dozen visitors including Ethel Whidden, who brought a ball for Jock; but Sammy was afraid of Kitty, would not go to her & cried. Aug 13. Mamma's birthday: she would have been 116. I received several pleasant letters about her. Went over & told Agnes & told her I had thought it over, & would take Anna to keep house for me, but not to read to Kitty. Aunt Nettie's trees have grown splendidly, & Agnes took me down to sit on a bench Aunt Nettie had placed just on the edge of the pond, in the field she worked so hard to turn into a park. Read "Nanon" to Kitty. Wrote to Clyde Duniway, who is preparing a biography of his mother, & wanted to know where he could consult a file of the Woman's Journal; & also to E.U. Yates. [Miss] Mrs. Sumpter's daughter Marjorie arrived, to live in the Sea Shell. A tall, fine looking girl. Aug 14. Mr. Stantial went home, & I sent by him, to be mailed, a long letter to Howard & Helen, telling them what I had decided about Anna. They had hastened to answer my request for their opinions; I got their letters last night. Mrs. Sumpter is much occupied with her nice daughter, & breakfasted with her in the Sea Shell. Mrs Wood hasa bad arm with ivy poisoning, got while berrying. Finished reading "Nanon" to Kitty, & began "The Betrothed." She said she had not heard it since Aunt Elizabeth read it aloud to her when she was a little girl, to divert her mind from the pain in her eyes; & and she listened with her face buried in Aunt Elizabeth's lap. Aug. 15. Began to get my things out of Mrs. Boyer's room in expectation of her coming. Got an invitation from Gardner Jackson & Aldino Felicani to preside at the Sacco Vanzetti meeting in the Old South on Aug. 22. Sent word that I would. Mrs. Wood quite ill with her bad arm. Miss Cohen bandaged it. We had a pleasant call from Miss Helen L. Hatch, house mother of the Oberlin Theological School. She told me many interesting things about them, and showed me a beautiful yearbook, with pictures of the old Congregational Church where my mother & Aunt Nettie took their diplomas, & of the old & the modern buildings, & a picture of President Mahan, & one of Profs. Finney, & Fairchild & others. She said some of the theologues "trusted the Lord a little too much," coming without any money. Aug 16. Moved my things out of Mrs. Boyer's room. Read from "The Betrothed" to Kitty. Mrs. Wood's arm is better. Aug 17. We had a call from Mrs. E.E. Marean. Finished getting Mrs. Boyer's room ready. Kitty had understood that Agnes was coming about 10 A.M. to take her over to see Sammy, [but] & we got ready & waited, but it proved to be a mistake: nobody came. Mrs. Boyer arrived & was warmly welcomed. Aug 18. Mrs Boyer & I took a long walk along the shore & exchanged our confidential news, & collected a noble pail of Irish moss. Met on the beach Mr. and Mrs. Brasshard, of Switzlerland (friends of Mrs. George Parker of Cambridge)with their tiny daughter Christine, stark naked & as brown as an Indian. Read "The Betrothed" to Kitty. Aug 19, 1932. Rainy day -- too bad, when Mrs. Boyer has only 4 days here. Wrote letter about India to Springfield Republican, Boston Post and New Haven Journal Courier, & typewrote copies of my speech at the forthcoming Sacco Vanzetti meeting for possible reporters. Read "The Betrothed" to Kitty. Aug 20. Better weather. Wrote a letter for Kitty & read her "The Betrothed." Learned at supper, to my surprise, that the Robinsons had arrived. Walked up for supper & saw Ethel, Alfred & Antoinette. Brookes is expected later. Aug 21. Busy getting ready to start for Boston. Mrs. Boyer & I went by the 5 P.M. boat, Mrs Stantial taking us down. I sat in a comfortable arm chair downstairs, amid piles of luggage; Mrs. Boyer up on deck. At Wood's Hole I advised her to go ahead & secure a seat for us, & I would get a porter & follow with our baggage. But there were too few porters & too much [baggg] baggage; no porter to be had. Seeing my dilemma, a big Indian woman who had been sitting near me kindly volunteered to carry my things ashore; took my heavy suitcases & Mrs. Boyer's much heavier one, one in each [carr] hand, & took them out & set them on the wharf, handling them as easily if they had been feathers. Her kindness & her strength pleased me greatly. Howard met us at the South Station & took me out to Cambridge, while Mrs. Boyer went to Dorchester, en route for Pa. Aug 22. Lain ill in bed, & Helen quite anxious for fear of infantile paralysis. She & Howard both very kind. Gardner Jackson telephoned that he & Felix Frankfurter & Norman Hapgood & a few other friends were to take supper together at the ParkerHouse in advance of the Sacco Vanzetti meeting, & asked me to join them, which I was delighted to do, especially for the sake of meeting Frankfurter. He sat at the other end of the table from me, on the opposite side, & I could not hear all he said; but he remarked, "Our miserable Boston papers do not give us the news." which is quite true. The talk at supper was mostly about the coming presidential election. Frankfurter is for Roosevelt. I understood him to say that Hoover was essentially dishonest, & to agree with someone who said he cooked his figures. After supper we went to the Old South. Pretty good audience. I presided. The speaking was not as good as at the former Sacco Vanzetti meetings I have attended, but the audience seemed pleased. Howard escorted me home, & Mrs. Rubin walked along with us. (Speakers, Norman Hapgood, Gardener Jackson, and Mr. Calverton (obviously a Communist, who was the most eloquent of the lot, & got the most applause) Arthur Garfield Hayes & Arturo Giovanetti. Giovanetti I should judge as an anarchist, though a good fellow. He spoke so fast, so passionately & with so much accent that I doubt if the audience understood more than half he said. - Hapgood gave me a copy of the day's Springfield Republican, which contained [by] my long letter against Fascism, in reply to Lillian Whiting. Aug 23. Went over to Dorchester, found Mrs. Boyer packing her trunk for Pa., went to bank & drew $225., & got certified check for $25. for Sarah Fraser. Lane has been lent a good radio & kept it going to amuse him while in bed. Aug 24. Went into Boston & did some errands. Got a beautiful long nap in P.M. Mrs. Boyer called up to say goodbye, but they did not wake me. Lane better. Howardcame down with a cold, but by passing one morning in bed nipped it in the bud. Read "The Secret Garden". Aug. 25. Came back to Chilmark, Howard seeing me off. The weather has been fine throughout. Mrs. Stantial met me, with Kitty, Jock, Mrs. Sumpter & Marjorie Sumpter in the car. They had taken Kitty to Edgartown, & I think the ride was too long for her. When I left, Lane was almost well & had brought down his own tray. He is now half a head taller than Helen. Aug. [27] 26. Ethel Robinson came to call, with [Ethel, and] Antoinette, & read us two very interesting letters from Brookes & Horace, telling what they had been doing. Then we called on Lizzie Rogers, & Ethel made herself amiable; & I walked on with them to Agnes's, where Nannie was supposed to be spending the day, but we found no one at home. We passed Myrie & his family in their car, & they stopped & spoke; & Toodie took Antoinette for Anna Belden. I walked with Ethel & Antoinette to their gate, & [they] we passed [Af] Alfred, berrying in the bushes. Aug. 27. Made type written copies of the three letters from John in Labrador that Helen had lent me. It was Marjorie Sumpter's last day here, & she left in the late afternoon, with friends who took her back in their car. Aug. 28, Sunday. Florence is to preach, & Mrs. Wood & Mrs. Sumpter have gone up to hear her. I offered to write for Kitty, but she did not feel like it, & presently went & lay down, saying she felt sleepy; so I wrote up this diary from Aug. 21, & must now get dinner. — Florence called in the afternoon, withBrother Johnson, & took Mrs. Wood & Mrs. Sumpter in her car to Gay Head, where the Urban League is holding a meeting. Read "The Betrothed" to Kitty. That is done almost every day. Aug. 29, called on Ethel Robinson, & found her washing one of Alfred's shirts. She said Antoinette had washed one beautifully was better than she at laundry work. Ethel read me some very pretty poems she has composed. Had a call from Agnes in P.M., much disturbed about Annas going to Chicago. Had another bad night. Aug. 30. Warm & bright. Sent a note to Chester Poole about getting the hay off the poison ivy, paid a few bills, clipped papers & wrote some letters. James Hubert of the Urban League called & got me to recall my refusal to speak at the Gay Head meeting; their main speaker for tonight has failed them, & it seems as if I ought to help out -- Went & spoke, but there were plenty of speakers. However, I am glad I went. [Aug 31] Kitty's box of heather arrived from Scotland. Aug. 31. Almost total eclipse of the sun. Mrs. Stantial had kindly prepared smoked glass for us & we watched it from before her cottage. Mrs. Sumpter cut a path through the bushes and planted one of the two "little trees" sent from Scotland with the heather. [Began letters to Babushka & Mrs. Lazaroff.] Sept. 1, 1932. Went up & called on Ethel Robinson. She read me some poems. She expects Brookes, Horace & the Wilsons. Began longletter to babushka & Mr. Lazareff. Sept. 2. Finished letters to Babushka & Mr. Lazareff. Very hot day. Finished reading “The Betrothed” to Kitty. Sept. 3. Wrote letters. Went over to see little Samuel Blackwell Whidden go into the ocean & had a chat with his father and mother. Began to read Kitty “The Heart of Rome”. Sept 4. Sunday, stayed at home. Read to Kitty, & began a letter for her to Mr. Scott. Told her Jock had become hard of hearing. Mrs. Sumpter went to church. Sept. 5. Labor Day. Rain. Reviewed “Playshop Laboratory Plays” for the Christian Register. Mr. Stantial went home. We had a call from Horace & Brookes Robinson, & the Robinsons' friend Dr. Wilson. Sept 6. Mr. Flanders told me when he left the milk that the Grahams had just gone home from Sunset View, & that he thought they had left it unlocked. I hurried over in a pouring rain & found all the doors unfastened & some of the lower windows open. Went on to Chester Poole’s & asked him to come & shut a window I couldn’t. Hurried so as to catch him before he started for the County Fair, but he said he was not going. My black oil cloth suit proved to be pervious to water. I got wet to my skin & had to go to bed while my white waist was drying. Threw the old coat into the foundation. Sept 7. Edna Stantial & Verna Mitchell had very kindly offered to put Sunset View in order for me & put up papers at the windows. As soon as I could get a fire started for Kitty (for it had suddenly turned cold) I hurried over to Chester Poole’s to get the key from him before he got away. For Edna goes home on Sept. 9. She will be much missed. She & Verna Mitchell did a wonderful job of cleaning in the afternoon, for the Grahams hadleft the place shockingly dirty. Agnes & Kenyon called, & Kitty gave Keynon the J. Kenyon Blackwell pamphlet, & Agnes lent me [to] her MS book of poems & asked for suggestions. She has written some very pretty things. Tom says he thinks she is "the poet of the family". She borrowed Kitty's reminiscences, & returned them later. Tom also said goodbye. Meyric is thinking of renting or buying Sunset view: & Lizzie Rogers wants another bit of land. A splendid sunset. Sept. 8. A great storm-- very high wind & fine surf. Had to stay in mostly. Tried to do what typing is necessary, before Edna goes, as she can fix the machine when it goes wrong. A really tremendous gale. The house shook all night. Sept. 9, The sun came out, but the wind blew almost as hard as ever in the morning. It moderated in the P.M. & we were able to turn on the windmill again. We did not dare to yesterday. Edna Stantial & Barbara, & Verna Mitchell, took dinner with us, & then left in their car, carrying the adorable puppy, a baby beagle. They had misgivings whether they could get off the island. Yesterday the boats could not run, except the early morning one, which Tom & Agnes took. I had a better night last night. Have been suffering from insomnia. Had a short call from Anna, & talked over with her the possibility of her coming to me. Leslie Flanders arrived & said that at his house there was a telephone call for me from Mr. Galesian, "very important". He took me up in his car & I talked with Mr. G. at Falmouth. He has arranged for a celebration of my 75th birthday at the International Institute, and have been advertising it for two weeks in the Armenianpapers; so I shall have to go. Sept. 10. Went up to call on the Robinsons. Found that Dr. & Mrs. Wilson are leaving the island by the same boat I am to take, & they will take me down in their car. In P. M. Florence & Mrs. Carr called, & stayed to supper. Beautiful weather. We have a fire for Kitty. Sept. 11. Florence had invited Mrs. Wood out for the whole day -- took her to church at Tisbury in A M & at Chilmark in PM -- & Mrs. Sumpter, Kitty & I were left alone. Mrs. Sumpter got the dinner & washed the dishes. Florence & Mrs. Carter made a call when they brought Mrs. Wood home. Wrote for Kitty & read to her. Sept. 12. Lovely day. Made a call on Ethel Robinson, & she told me sad things about their financial situation & about Antoinette. Busy getting ready to go to Boston. Sept. 13. Dr. Wilson drove me down to the boat, with Brookes in the rumble. He drove lickety-split. He & Mrs. Wilson will not leave till tomorrow. Howard met me at the South Station & took me out to Cambridge. Sept. 14. A young man from the Shirley Studios came & took many pictures of me, which they hoped to sell to the papers. He said he always enjoyed reading my letters in the papers. He made some inquiry about my politics, & when I told him I was a Socialist & meant to vote for Norman Thomas, he brightened all over. He is a Dane -- Johan Durup, Hingham Centre, Mass. Before breakfast I had heard a noise like an irruption of wild Indians. It was the arrival of John, just back from Labrador, & the rejoicings over him. He gave us his impressions of Sir Wilfred Grenfill -- "the most magnetic personality I ever met." Also him impressions of the people,which were not favorable. He drove us over in the evening to the reception which the Armenians were giving at the International Institute in honor of my 75th birthday. Howard and all the family went, including Ethel Martier; also Beth and her family. Mr. Galesian presided and he had got my big portrait by Mr. Slesergain from the headquarters of the League of Women Voters, and put it up in front, with pictures of Papa and Mamma. The editors of the two Armenian daily papers in Boston. Hartwick and Baikar, were there & spoke, & an Armenian priest from Worcester who played a Gregorian chant on the piano & sang, & Dr. Jelalian & Mr. Adadourian & other Armenian ministers, & Mrs. Natalie Rubin was there - she said afterwards that it reminded her of a Zionist meeting. Mr. Aredis B. Selian spoke, and others whose names I forget. They raked up the old story of my selling my rings for the Armenian orphans & presented me with an Oriental prayer rug, & begged me to keep it. I felt rather sad during the evening, thinking of the celebration in Fanieul Hall in 1906, to which several of the speakers referred -- & thinking of the speakers then, who were now gone -- Mrs. Barrows, Wm. Lloyd Garrison the 2nd, Mary A. Livermore and others. The speakers this time, though kind and well-meaning, were not personalities as great as those who are gone. But it was a pleasant occasion. All the seats were filled & chairs were brought in, & people sat all up the stairs. Mrs. Rose Zulalian sang and Mrs.Galisian played, & a young Armenian girl played the violin. Afterwards there was shaking of hands, and I was touched by the real affection they showed me. Young people whom I did not know not only squeezed my hand but [clung] clung to it. Mrs. Babarian was there and Joseph Usklitarian, who used to work for us and his wife, who then knew no English, but now speaks it fluently, & a grown-up daughter. They had given me a big bouquet of beautiful flowers, & John rushed to tell Marguerite she must come & look at me with my flowers - that I was "lovely"!! We had ice cream afterwards, and John drove us home, taking Mrs. Rubin home first. Howard's family were all delighted, & so was Beth. [Sept. 15.] Went into Boston and bought a raincoat & did some errands. (No, I did that on Sept. 14). Sept. 15. Went into Boston again and bought a supply of papers with notices of the [cle] celebration - the Globe had the fullest account and bought stockings for Kitty at Jordan & Marsh's, and saw Marjorie Sumpter there at the book department. Sept. 16. Friday. Came back to [libel?] work, Howard seeing me off. It was raining gently in the A.M., but grew rough after we left Wood's Hole, & when I left the boat it was in a great squall of wind & rain. Meyric Rogers met me & took me up in his car, & I was really afraid that it would blow over, & also that he would catch cold, for he has not been very well. Found a great sheaf of birthdayLetters awaiting me, & the cottage full of beautiful flowers, sent by Ford Hall Folks - just think of it! Sept. 17. Went up & called on the Robinsons, and Ethel & Antoinette walked most of the way back with me. Sept. 18. Meyric, Ann and "Toodie" left. I read two detective stories, breaking the Sabbath disgracefully Sept. 19. Wrote letters & did various things. The stove in the sitting room smoked - the new second-hand one - & Lizzie Rogers came over & showed us how to fix it. Weather lovely. I am waiting anxiously to hear whether Anna Belden decides to go to Illinois or not. Sept. 20. Weather still lovely. Wrote a number of pressing letters, & wrote up this diary for the past week. Mrs. Wood made soap again. Heard from Howard that Anna is not going to Illinois, the invitation having been withdrawn at the last minute; & that she is a present too tired to plan for anything else. Sept. 21. Centenary of Sir Walter Scott. Went up Panorama Hill to call on Ethel. She took me all over her domain, & through the old "Aunt Deborah" house, & I went up the irregular back stairs, in memory of Kitty's vivid recollection of them; & Ethel showed me the patches Brookes has had plowed up (with an Indian & an ox-team from Gay Head) - one very long strip in a valley: & she showed me a tree under which Elliot told them there was a fine spring - quite near enough I should think, for the water to be brought up to the house by a windmill. A beautiful day. Came home tired. Poor Antoinette's mental condition was more than usually visible.Sept. 22 1932. Florence has invited Kitty, Mrs. Wood and me to lunch. She came with her car & got us. Mrs. Paterson, widow of a former minister, is staying with. She says when her husband was a pastor of the Chilmark church 48 years ago, the congregation averaged about 125. She and Mrs. Wood and Mrs. Carter collogued, and I tried to look after Kitty. Mrs. Carter, Florence's new housekeeper was very kind, and Florence gave us a delicious dinner; but I had to eat lightly (except of water melon) having a cold. Borrowed 6 books of Florence, 2 by Lincoln, 3 by Temple Bailey (Florence has a lot of hers) & "A Gentle man of France." We stayed to tea. Sept. 23. Went up again to call on the Robinsons. Ethel was washing, & told me something of her financial difficulties. Antoinette was amiable & sent Mrs. Wood a present of a little pot made of Gay Head clay. Wrote a letter against the sales tax to 4 papers, and some other letters, & wrote up this diary for 3 days. Sept 24. Went up and made a final brief call on the Robinsons, who leave tomorrow. Took up a present to Antoinette of home-made bread & to Ethel of home-made soap, from Mrs. Wood. Ethel gave me a glass of wild plum jam. Sept 25. Sunday. Wrote & sent off a letter about Gandhi to several papers. Am much concerned about his fast. Wrote a letter for Kitty, & read Ivanhoe to her. A pretty hard day. Am reading the books I borrowed from Florence. Sept 26. Mrs. Sumpter & I carried out the mattresses from my bedroom to be aired. Florence called in P.M. I was led to hold forth about Gandhi to Miss Florence Cohen & Mr and Mrs. Nierensee. Sept 27. [The] Miss Cohen, gave me my letter cut out of the N.Y. Herald Tribune. Did a variety of smallthings. In the evening came the joyful news that Gandhi had broken his fast, & that the Hindus had agreed to do away with untouchability, as I lay awake in the night. I rejoiced. Sept 28. Barbara Stantial's birthday. A stormy day, rain & wind. Wrote some letters. Sept 29. The Neirensees came & said goodbye. Florence took Mrs. Sumpter & Mrs. Wood to see the little Adams sisters. I wrote 4 letters to the papers about the blowing up of Judge Thayer's house, & a lot of letters reminding people of Kitty's coming birthday. Felt uncommonly tired. Kitty rejoiced to find she was to have Mrs. Sumpter with her one more day. Signed deed making over an extra piece of land to Lizzie Rogers. Sept 30. It suddenly turned cold. I have privately opened the front door after Kitty had gone to bed. It was closed before she got up: but she said it has been cold in the night, "as if the front door had been open," her nose had been cold in bed! I must not do it again, on a cold night. Wrote to Mme. Breshkovshy, who has sent an urgent appeal for help for her schools & her best students. Wrote a letter to the N.Y. Times Herald about Gandhi, & some other letters. Lizzie Rogers came to dinner. Moved the things out of the front room and opened the window there. Oct 1. Mrs. Sumpter left, & we were up early to see her off. Looked after Kitty and Jock , wrote letter about Gandhi to Christian Science Monitor. Oct 2. Looked after Kitty, & wrote a letter to Mrs. Baker about our chairman of the committee on Living Costs giving undue advantage to a representative of the [chain?] stores. Wrote a letter for Kitty.Oct. 3. Waited on Kitty,, & got Lizzie to invite her to supper for her birthday. Got off a letter about Gandhi to four papers. Mr. Merry put a damper in the sitting room stove pipe. Had a call from Florence. Oct. 4. Wrote review of Mt. Holyoke plays for Unity, & some other things. Looked after Kitty. She got 9 birthday letters & cards, & there will be more tomorrow. Am reading her "Ivanhoe", which she greatly enjoys: & am re-reading to myself Dorothy Canfield's "The Brimming Cup", & am very [wrathy ?] with Vincent Marsh. Lovely weather, & lots of purple & white asters. Oct. 5. Kitty's 85th birthday, Jock presented her with a big water melon. I read her a quantity of birthday letters, & also a lot of Ivanhoe, Florence Mayhew dropped in, & was persuaded to stay to dinner. Lizzie Rogers had Kitty, Mrs. Wood & me to tea at her cabin, gave us very nice sandwiches & cake. & then let Kittly hear scraps of "Pinafore" & other music on her Victrola. Kitty enjoyed it greatly, & beat time. She said she had a very enjoyable birthday. Then Lizzie Rogers & I staggered out to the letter box with a lantern & a flashlight, in a big wind, & got the mail. Oct 6. Read Kitty more birthday letters [ & mo] including a very pretty one from Ethel Martien, & a charming one from Maria. Read her Ivanhoe. Wrote letters. Mild, but a high wind. Oct 7. Cold weather. Frist day we had a coal fire in the sitting-room stove. Lizzie Rogers came over & advised us how to manage it. Wrote some letters, & read to Kitty. She enjoys Ivanhoe. Oct 8. There was a mouse gnawing in my room last night, & he ran across my face as I lay in bed. Weather lovely & mild. Windmill out of order & wouldn't work. Ordered mouse traps fromthe store. Had a call from Florence. Wrote letters. Am re-reading Mrs. Oliphant's "In Trust." Miss Cohen showed me the new windows she has put in at the Smith house. Oct.9. Sunday. Wrote two letters for Kitty, & some for myself. Kitty generally sits out on the verandah in the sun for a while, & when she is there I write letters about Gandhi & other things. Florence Mayhew, Mrs. Carter & Lizzie Rogers took supper with us. Mr. Merry came & fixed the wind mill. Oct. 10. Wrote a letter about Gandhi to the Congregationalist, & other letters. Weather mild & still; wind mill did not move all day. Miss Florence Cohen brought over the big Monday mail, for the last time, & her farewell injunction to me was, "Eat more!" Everybody this summer seems to think I am pale & thin. Lovely moonlight. Oct. 11. Miss Cohen started at 5 A.M. for N.J., Gale driving her & Rajah in the car. Wrote a circular letter about Kitty's birthday. Went over & told Chester Poole that the men who brought our wood had wrenched off the top hinge of the woodshed door. We expected Howard, but he telephoned Florence he could not come till tomorrow. She & Mrs. Carter made a call. Lizzie Rogers took lunch with us. She says she has seen in the paper a notice of Helena Dudley's death,, finished reading Ivan hoe to Kitty. High, cold wind & fine moonlight. Started with lantern to get mail, but met Lizzie Rogers bringing it. Did not sleep. Oct. 12. Columbus Day. Florence brought up Howard, & he packed. Oct. 13. Very busy with packing and sorting. Oct. 14. Got up at 4.30 A.M., made the final preparations, had a hasty breakfast, & Kitty, Mrs. Wood, Howard, Jock & I started off with Bartlett Mayhew about 7.30, in a good car with a finethick [robe ?]. It was a beautiful day. Lizzie Rogers waved goodbye to us from the door of her cabin, with a smiling face. We had sent off 3 trunks & 7 boxes the night before, & parcel posted 2 more boxes on the way to the boat. Returned by New Bedford, Miss Mayo brought us home in her car. Mrs. Boyer was awaiting us & had a good dinner ready. I had had lunch so late I could not eat till supper, but Kitty & Mrs. Wood were glad of it. Soon after, a Mr. Pierre Brodin came with a letter from Effie McAfee: a young Frenchman who is taking a postgraduate course at Harvard on a scholarship & studying up the history of the Quakers in America in the 16th & 17th centuries. A pleasant young man. He wants pupils in French: & I gave him some letters [in] of introduction., & he told me of the good work Effie McAfee has been doing in charge of the Quaker Centre in Paris. A man on the Christian Science Monitor, Marguerite Thomas says, wants to see me as soon as possible. I made an appointment for tomorrow morning. Oct. 15. Mr. Colton Morris of the Christian Science Monitor A pleasant young man, came. He is writing an article about Mamma, & asked lots of questions, about prohibition, & women's smoking, & all sorts of things. Had a list of questions. Said he had never passed so interesting a morning, & stayed till I had to go to the lunch of the [Women's] [Leagu] 20th Century Club, addressed by Gandhi's friend V J. Patel, ex Lord Mayor of Bombay & President of the Indian Legislative Assembly. Afterwards Miss O'Connor (the teacher who went to Iceland) told him who I was when I went to shake hands with him; & he knew my name & smiled on me. Oct. 16 Sunday. Bette came over & took care of Kitty, & Mrs. Boyer & I went to the Community Church &Dr. Patel address a large audience. He spoke well & was particularly good at answering question. He is a tall picturesque old man, with a fine personality evidently. Wore white homespun & a white "Gandhi cap". Even Mrs. Boyer, who is not very sympathetic with India, was impressed. Oct. 17. Mrs. Boyer & I went to luncheon arranged by the Women's League for Peace & Freedom at 3 Jay St. to hear a young Indian woman, Ms. Maya Devi Gangulee; but unluckily I ate too much lunch & went to sleep & lost most of it. Sat next Ms. Lucia Ames Mead. She means to vote for Hoover. Mrs. Boyer was surprised to hear of the heavy cost of the army to India. Oct. 18. Anniversary of Mamma's death -- 39 years ago. Rainy. Worked at home, but went out to P.O. & to do marketing. Mrs. Wood came home from Chilmark with terribly sore feet, & men have been here whitening the kitchen ceiling and painting the kitchen, which has been a great bother to her, & she is "all in," & is going to take a week or two of holiday, & perhaps not come back. That will be as she pleases. Did some unpacking, and wrote a long letter to Florence And a letter about Edith Berkman to the New Haven Journal Courier Oct. 19. Great storm & gale. Had meant to go to meeting of Fellowship of Reconciliation to hear the woman at the head of the settlement house where Gandhi stayed in London, but gave it up on account of the weather. Did much more unpacking. Wrote to Mme. Breshkovsky. Mr. Lazareff & Hattie Turner, & a letter about India to two papers. Oct. 20. B. U. Trustees' meeting followed by reception & dinner. With several bishops & others. I was "promoted" to be an Honorary Trustee, & didn't like it. I lose my vote on the Board; but, as during the many years that I have been a Trustee, my vote has never made any difference. I suppose it doesn't matter. The Trustees' meetingwas in the Gamma Delta meeting, & after it was over the three woman trusties present Mrs. Fisk, Miss Northrup + I - stayed & had a little pow-wow. It is always a pleasure to see Miss Northrup's sweet face. Dr. L. O. Hartman of Zion's Herald thanked me for having got him the chance to meet Gandhi's friend V.J. Patel, + said he had an interview in Zion's Herald. President Marsh said that on his recent trip to South America he had heard much about my book of Spanish American poems. Dr. Samuel Guy Inman had mentioned it in an address on shipboard; so had he; & in Buenos Ares Dr. Marsh had made an address at some institution where "The better sort of North Americans" come together, & he spoke of my book, & they were much interested, & afterwards "flocked around him" to ask questions. The reception & dinner were over at the B.U. School of Education, & [we] were tiresome [naturally] as usual. President Marsh's speech was too long, but was interesting & enthusiastic. He told a funny story about meeting a man on his South American trip who looked like an American, & he proved to be a Prof. Bull of the [Univ] University of Illinois who had gone to Ecuador to found a model dairy for the government. He was Professor of Animal Husbandry in the agriculture department of the University of Illinois. Oct. 21. Worked at home. Mrs. Wood was getting ready to take a week's vacation. Oct. 22. Worked at home. Mr. Colton G. Morris of the Christian Science Monitor brought the article he has written about Mamma, & we went over it. The Herald had my letter about Gandhi. Agarnie [L/Y?]eghenian telegraphed from 600 Lexington Ave., N.Y., asking leave to include the translation of "Tears of Araxes", in a forthcoming book of travels in Armenia.Oct. 23 Sunday. Took dinner & spent the afternoon at Cambridge. George was at home for the weekend, & told us about the plans for his wedding & the honeymoon & the quarters he & Ethel are to occupy at Lenox Academy. Anna & Alison came to dinner, & with Kitty & me, & Lawrence, who is staying at Howard's, we were 11 at table. George had to start back for Lenox after dinner, & they pelted him with confetti. Marguerite Thomas told me a little of what [Ma] Miriam Lester said about Gandhi. She was the head of the settlement where he stayed in London while attending the Round Table Conference Babies in East London were dying of starvation. Miss Lester asked him what they could do about it. He suggested that all the poor should refuse to accept charity. On a walk with him in Switzerland, with Gandhi & a young Swiss, he had a heart to heart talk with them. They asked him what he meant by a leader & he said "One who is in Touch with God all the 24 hours." "And what do you mean by God?" "Truth." And he added, "The slopes of the Himalayas are whitened with the bones of hermits who have sought for the truth, & that is what they found" - or something of that sort. Lawrence drove us home. I got Kitty's supper. Oct. 24. Mrs. Wood away on vacation. I got Kitty's meals & washed the dishes, wrote a long letter to Effie McAfee in behalf of Mme. Breshkovsky's schools & a letter to the Transcript about India, & went over a number of papers. The Post printed a short letter of mine about India. Got a letter from V. [P] J. Patel. Oct. 25. Went to School of Politics in P.M. conducted by Mass. L.W.V., & heardBruce Bliven, editor of the New Republic, & H. V. Kaltenborn. Both spoke well. Oct. 26. Worked at home, clipped papers, wrote letters & looked after Kitty. Oct. 27. Rainy. Worked at home. Beth came over & helped. Mrs. Boyer & she laid down the rug the Armenians gave me, in my bedroom. [Mrs] Miss Katherine Foote called to see me about the M.V. branch of the Animal Rescue League. She is at 30 Humphreys Place, Dorchester. Sent off Halloween cards for Kitty & self. Oct. 28. Went to Dr. Johns. She [say] says my eyes have grown no worse during the summer, & that I need no longer come to her once a month; once in two or three months will do. Got some copies of the Congregationalist with my letter about Gandhi. Oct. 29. It is announced that Edith Berkman is to be released & allowed to go to Russia. That is at least one good result of the impending presidential election. Worked at home. A woman came to ask me if we could not do something to stop cruel vivisections by young men calling themselves [md] medical students. I wash up the dishes daily. Mrs. Wood telephoned that she would come home Monday. Oct. 30. Sunday. Wrote two letters for Kitty & some for myself, got her meals & sorted papers. Oct. 31. Worked at home. Mrs. Wood got back after a week's absence. We were glad to get her back. Sent the Post a letter about value of Spanish. Nov. 1. [Went to Dr. Johns. She] Worked at home. Wrote letters &c. Gotbig roll of Christian Science Monitors with article about Mamma & me. Nov. 2. Worked at home. Read "The Grey Room," a pretty good mystery story by Eden Philpots. Nov. 3. Attended long meeting of Board of Mass. L.W.V. Had late dinner. Nov. 4. I had written to Dr. Evelyn G. Mitchell asking her advice how to vote on the chiropractic question, & she came over to see me, & stayed to lunch, & told me a lot of interesting things, as she always does. Her specialty is mental diseases & she told how, when she was at the Ring Sanitarium, a nurse reported to her that a patient refused to eat, & would have to be forcibly fed. Dr. Mitchell spoke German enough to communicate with the woman, & found she was an orthodox German Jewess, & refused to eat only because they had brought her butter & meat on the same plate, she was told that another patient, a charming middle aged woman, would do nothing but stand at the window & pick her fingers, & wouldn't speak to anyone. Dr. Mitchell watched her, found she was saying a rosary in Latin, & telling off the prayers on her fingers. She brought her a couple of rosaries, gave her one, which she was glad to use, & sat with her & used the other. Found a prayer to St. Agnes among her things. Asked her if she had read somebody's life of St. Agnes. She had not, but said she would be glad to. Dr. M. got it for her, & afterwards got her to read somebody's life of St. Francis. Then said "Father O'Conner is just finishing a new church down thestreet here. Wouldn't you like to embroider some alter cloths for it?" She thought she would, in three months she went home cured. Dr. M. says it is like the man whose horse strayed away & got lost, & nobody could find him. The town fool asked leave to try. He sat down in the stable for a while & meditated, then strolled away & came back with the horse. The owner asked how he found him. He said, "I thought suppose I was a horse in that stable, & found myself loose, where should I go? And I went there, & there he was." Dr. M. says you have to put yourself in the place of the person who is deranged, & go with him as far as you can, in order to bring him back. And she reviewed the case of that Armenian girl who was temporarily insane & whom Mrs. Tellinghatt was determined to deport, & whom Dr. Mitchell saved, with Gov. Allen's help. Nov. 5. Worked at home. Nov. 6. Wrote a letter for Kitty. Howard came to lunch. Went to Ford Hall Forum & heard Prof. Douglas C. Mackintosh, who is refused citizenship because he says he wouldn't fight in an unjust war, & Fritz Kanz who spoke on "The Way of Civil [Disibd] Disobedience." Nov. 7. Prepared the "copy" for my Christmas card. Nov. 8. Presidential election. Mrs. Boyer & I went together & voted, she for Hoover & I for Norman Thomas. Then I went into Boston & arranged for the printing of my Christmas cards. Nov. 9. Strong wind & some rain, & we were afraid Florence Mayhew might not be able to come, but she arrived in the evening. I rejoicedin the defeat of Hoover & the Republicans. Landslide for Roosevelt. Stormy all night. Nov. 10. Stormy morning. Was glad I had stocked up with various canned foods the day before It stopped storming in P.M. Wrote to Babushka & George Lazareff Nov. 11. Armistice Day. Went with Mrs. Boyer & bought a hat & a pair of gloves. Florence was here. Got a touching letter from Babushka & Mr. Lazareff & a pleasant one from Dr. J.T. Sunderland. Sat up till [na] nearly midnight reading "The Window," by Alice Grant Rosman, & then took a bath & lay awake Nov. 12. Kitty & I gave Jock a bath before dinner, as June Adkinson was invited to supper, & we are going to Cambridge tomorrow. Did marketing in P.M. several trips. June, Beth & Florence were all at supper. Nov. 13. 1932. Mrs. Boyer & I went to the Community Church & heard Henry Raymond Mussey speak on conditions in Germany. Met Mrs. Glendower Evans afterward. She said she thought I looked younger! I spent P.M. at Cambridge. Horace Robinson was [*there. Spoke to Lane about contributing items to "The Observant Citizen"*] [*there. Spoke to Lane about contributing items to "The Observant Citizen."] Nov. 14. Florence went over to stay a day or two with Anna, before going to Connecticut. Went to lunch of B.U. Woman's Council. Sat with Mrs. Prof. Giddes & a nice Mrs. Ella Brown, who had taught at Fisk University, & Kansas State University & Pomona College, Cal. She was an old suffragist, had heard my mother speak, & said she had come to the Council meeting for the sake of meeting me. Said she had been struck by the different between the students in Kansas and in California, those in Kansas were so much more earnest, frank, straightforward, & interested in serious things. She thought it was because their parents had gone to Kansas tomake it a free State, & had afterwards gone in on a crusade against liquor, & the young people had been [brou] brought up on a moral issue; whereas [in] the parents of the Cal. students had gone to California simply to make money. She thought there ought to always to be a woman living in the boys dormitories, to give them some motherly influence, & she ought to be a member of the faculty, to give her standing, or she would be looked up on merely as a matron or housekeeper. I believe she herself had been at the head of the English department. She & Mrs. Calverly (,?) wife of the Brookline Superintendent of Schools, who came with her, said they had been reading "Lucy Stone" & enjoyed it much, & found it in inspiring. Miss Jordan supervisor of children's work at the Boston Public Library spoke to us after lunch, & Mrs. Fisk urged the selling of tickets for the children's plays. Had eaten too much lunch (though not much) & went to sleep. Nov. 15. Got off a letter to 3 papers, & started to revise my list of addresses for xmas cards. Sent off items to "Observant Citizen". Nov. 16. Worked at home. Wrote some letters. Nov. 17. Attended board meeting of Boston L.W.V. & had lunch afterward & heard Dr. Miriam Van Waters, head of Sherborn Reformatory. Very interesting. Nov. 19. Morning paper brought news that Col. Raymond Robins is found - not killed by boot-leggers, but suffering from lost memory. Worked at home. Wrote to Mrs. Breshkovsky & George Lazareff. Beth came & got Ketty's supper. Nov. 18. Went to Dr. [Pre??] & had the wax taken out of my ears, a lot of it. It was 4 months since it has been done. He says I had better come oftener. Nov. 20. Sunday. Wrote a letter forkitty in A.M. , & in P.M. went to a memorial meeting for Helena Dudley at Denison House. large crowd. Very interesting. Wore my new coat because it looks better but it is thinner than the old one & I felt chilly. Nov. 21. Had an ache about 3 A.M. neuritis or kidney trouble. Drank Pluto Water, & fasted all day. Received $100 for Mme. Breshkovsky from her friends at the Westover School Nov. 22. Sent off the $100 to Mme. Breshkovsky. Drank a glass of warm milk for a breakfast & another for dinner: felt rather worse for it & returned to water. Nov. 23. Telephoned to the doctor, rather against my will. She came & felt me all over, & said the trouble was mostly "in the cage + not in the bird," i.e. in the nerves & muscles, not in the vital organs, though I have a sore kidney, & have caught a cold, & ought to stay in bed. She gave me leave to sit up for an hour & get Kitty's supper, but Mrs. Wood insisted on doing it, before going home. When she was gone, I got my own. Tried Vegex by Dr. Duckering's advice. Rather flat. Nov. 24. Thanksgiving Day. Mrs. Boyer wanted to stay at house & look after me, but of course I wouldn't hear of it. Her son & daughter in law took her & the big turkey away. I was busy most of A.M. getting my breakfast, & Kitty's, & getting Kitty ready for Miss Mayo, who came & took her to Cambridge. Miss Mayo also wanted to come back & look after me. Everybody very kind, but not necessary. Lay down a little in A.M. & almost all the P.M. Dr. Duckering had given me a recipe for an egg with vegex & butter & a little cream, cooked over boiling water, which she said tasted like chicken. I tried it for my Thanksgiving dinner. I could not see that it tasted like chicken, but it was pretty good. Baked two potatoes. Lay down & re-read "Dr. Nye." Rita Boyer brought back my xmas cards.envelopes, addressed. Howard brought kitty home & stayed to supper. Nov. 25. Dr. Duckering came again & pronounced me much better but orders me to stay in the house for the present. Forbids my going to 20th Century Club tomorrow, but says I may go to Cambridge Sunday because we go in a clossed car. Must not "stand around waiting for a street car" for a week! Nov. 26. Rain in the night & a very dark [mr] morning. I heard everything strike from 2 AM on, & felt not good for much. Wrote some letters & clipped some papers. Mrs. Bayer heard Ernest [Greening?] at the 20th Century Club & told me about it. Very interesting. Nov. 27. Very cold Sunday. Put on plenty of clothes & went to Cambridge with Kitty. Helen had provided, very kindly, a "juicy" detective story, but it had no human interest, & I did not care for it. Marguerite Thomas told me some of the things Miss Lester had told her about Gandhi - how well the people in London slums understood him, And Marguerite says the people of the slums, during the war, organized great demonstrations against starving the German children. Our boys were lively & lovely. Nov. 28. Stayed in, per doctors orders. Started to type write report of the memorial meeting for Helena Dudley, to send to Catherine Breshkovsky. Nov. 29. Went to see Dr. Duckering who expresses herself well pleased with my condition. Received a pitiable, almost illegible scrawl that Mme. Breshkovsky had tried to write me with her own hand, now that she is practically blind. Got off her letter of appeal to N. Y. Times & Herald Tribune. Sent my wedding present to Esthel Martien (I should have mentioned that on Sunday Kitty's talking machine got left behind in the car. She didn't notice it that night, but the next morning she got into a state of great indignation because I didn't answer her questions. She said, in substance, that myconduct was inexplicable and atrocious; & I could not explain. It was very funny. When the machine was brought over by special messenger, I unpacked the parcel in her lap and cleared up the mystery). Nov. 30. Sent off several copies of Babushka's appeal, & finished typewriting the account of Helena Dudley's memorial meeting for her and Mr. Lazareff. Nov. 30. Busy getting off Xmas cards and appeals for Catherine Breshkovsky Dec. 1. Ditto. Dec. 2. Ditto Dec. 3. Ditto. Am still under orders to take things easy, Beth came in P.M. Dec. 4. Sunday. Wrote a letter for Kitty, & heard a very interesting talk from Scott Nearing at Ford Hall on "Must We Starve?" Sat between Zara Du Pont & Frances Kelly. Saw Belle Davis and Mrs. Grosser afterward. Dec. 5. Busy with Xmas cards and appeals for Mrs. Breshkovsky. Dec. 6. Ditto. Mrs. Wood was ill in bed - a touch of intentional grippe, I think. Dec. 7. Went to dentist - Dr. Dimmitt, Dr. Knight's successor. He found no cavities. Mrs. Wood in bed in A.M., but got up and walked the d[??]ties in P.M. Dec. 7. Busy with Xmas cards & appeals [of] for Mrs. Breshkovsky . Dec. 8. Ditto Dec. 9. Ditto. Mrs. Wood ill in bed again. Dec. 10. Went to an "A Little Princess" (Sara Crewe) at Jordan Hall, given for benefit of B.U. Very small audience, alas! Went up to Little & Brown & autographed book for Alice Blandiare. Dec. 11. Snow storm. Had meant to go to hear Scott Nearing at Community Church, but gave it up because of weather, and because Kitty had a little cold & would have felt rather uncomfortable if I had not made the journey to Cambridge with her. Found a Miss Lisa Clark, a Wellesley senior, there, whowas in Labrador last summer, & seems very friendly with John. Miss Mayo had to take us home because the car was need in the P.M. Large & merry company at dinner, then a nap for me, & Xmas carols afterward. A letter announced that George & Ethel had accepted a Belgian police dog puppy, & , as they had rec'd three $25. checks, had bought a combined Victrola & radio, for $50., marked down from $650. And a letter from the Martiens urged all the Blackwells to come to the wedding & stay over Sunday, & they think they will. General excitement. Dec. 12. Kitty was taken ill in the night with vomiting. I got her a clean nightgown & clean sheets. She stayed in bed all day, & took nothing but a glass water. Worked on Xmas cards & appeals for C. Breshkovsky. Congregationalist came with my second letter about Gandhi. Pleasant letter from May Robinson. Dec. 13. Kitty much better. Says she feels a as if she could "eat a cow." Anna Belden sent 2 interesting letters from Elizabeth, & an invitation to Kitty & me for Xmas. Alice Philippa Chase sent $50. for Mme. Breshkovsky. Went to Dr. Johns, who is encouraging as to my eyes, but says that they show fatigue & that I have lost flesh. Very interesting letter from George Lazareff. Mrs. Wood returned from her son's before we had had our breakfast. She was very welcome. Met Margaret Foley in street. Dec. 14. Got off a number of Christmas cards & appeals for C. Breshkovsky. At 10:30 P.M. Jock implored to be let out. I took him down, & he relieved himself, out in the snow. Coming up in the elevator he wagged his tail & looked at me with most eloquent gratitude. Dec. 15. Got off more Xmas cards + appeals for Mme. Breshkovsky. Have sent her $65. more. Sent 3 books to Chilmark libraryDec. 16. Sent off more Xmas cards + appeals for Mme. Breshkovsky. Drew some money from bank. Dec. 17. A young Armenian poet came + wanted me to revise his work + help him to bring it before the public. Took up a good deal of my time, but I got off a good many cards. Dec. 18. Sunday. Wrote a letter from Kitty's dictation, + got off some cards + appeals. Howard came to lunch + spent the afternoon, + told me about the preparations for George's wedding. Hot water heater blew up in cellar. Dec. 19. Worked on cards + appeals. A man who said he was just out of State's prison came + urged me very strongly to give him the bus fare to take him to N.Y., + when I wouldn't, he grew abusive. A good lot of money came in [from] for Mme. Breshkovsky. An Armenian who had been very unfortunate came with a letter from a woman who wanted me to write to the Transcript in his behalf. I promised to, + gave him $5. A good fellow, I think. That was before the States prison man came. Dec. 20. Mrs. Reyerson told us that her only son had dropped dead of heart failure, + she wanted Mrs. Wood to come + sit with Miss Liliquist in the evening, while she went over there. Busy with cards etc. Dec. 21. Got off $157. more for Mme. Breshkovsky, + got off cards + appeals. Mr. Gulesian came, tired + worried + fearing he was threatened with heart disease, + paid me six months interest--$750.--in cash, + took me over to the bank in his car to deposit it. Mrs. Wood's feet had grown very painful, + she went to the chiropodist, who hurt her badly. A Porto Rican poetess has written me a very pleasant letter. Shortest day of the year. Last night I dreamed that Ethel Robinson took me up to a high place + instructed me in atheism! Dec. 22. Got off more cards. Olive Tilford Dargan wrote me of her new book,"Call Home the Heart" : "My book has paid me $1100, and it saved my life, for I had already cashed everything possible. This paid for my trip to N.Y., put in a heating plant, + paid my taxes! Of course I didn't write it for the money, but it sure came in fine. I'll not freeze this winter, + I don't mind taking care of the furnace. That seems easy, so far." Kitty told me incidents about Uncle George in his youth which convinced me that he was a limb. l i m b. Dec. 23. George's wedding day. Got off more cards. Am nearing the end. Have been enclosing an ad. of "Call Home the Heart" with the cards. Dec. 24. Got off cards. A nice young Communist named Ginsberg came to get me to serve on a committee for "United Front" meetings in behalf of the Scottsboro boys and Tom Mooney : but I couldn't sign the manifesto because I don't believe it was "mass protests" that saved their lives. However, I gave him a letter expressing warm sympathy with the general object. He seemed clear-headed, courteous, + considerate : + very sincere + much in earnest. Mrs. Wood went to her son's for the holiday. Beth was here for the afternoon. Dec. 25. Kitty, Jock + I spent the day together. When Mrs. Boyer's young people came with their car to take her to Newton, they brought up Dickey's dog "Magda" for Kitty to see. I gave Kitty chicken pie + plum pudding for dinner, + Jock had the other half of the chicken pie. I had meant to stock up with potato salad at Freind's restaurant Saturday, but they had none that day, + I was quite disappointed. Henrietta heard of it, + she made me some + sent it over this morning by Robert. Very kind of her. Dec. 26. A holiday, because Xmas came on Sunday. Kitty + I spent the day together. I wrote letters of thanks for various presents. Very mild weather. Dec. 27. Began to get our mail again. Got a box of lovely candy from Florence Cohen (Marina Topoozian had sent a big box of new dates), + $25. camefor Mme. Breshkovsky. In the evening had a pleasant call from Sally Kitchen. She is teaching in the State Reform School for Boys at Industry, N.Y., very successfully. Dec. 28. Ethel, no longer Martien but Blackwell, called up from Cambridge, she + George having got so far on their way from Md. to N.H. They came to call on us in the evening, beaming with happiness, + gave us a lively + colorful account of the wedding, + various funny incidents connected with it. It was a great treat for Kitty + me. We kept them to supper. Deposited $40. more for C. Breshkovsky. Dec. 29. Wrote to Mrs. H. E. Patchin of Weyanwega in behalf of Mme. Breshkovsky, got another $10. for her, + sent $50. for her to George Lazaren. Wrote a letter about India. Had my hair shampooed. Poor Miss Dwyer was seven weeks in hospital, + is hard up. I bought $2. worth of her leftover books. Anna told me over the phone that Hastings was hovering between life + death in the hospital in Bradentwon, Fla. There has been an accident, + the young teacher who invited Hastings to go to Florida with him in his car for the holidays - a fine young fellow about George's age - was killed, + Hastings had his spine injured. Anna started South to join him. Dec. 30. John telephoned that Hastings has died. Poor dear Anna does seem to have more than her share of trouble. Got off the letter about India, written yesterday; received $10. more for Mme. Breshkovsky. Dec. 31. Got off last minute cards, + paid Charles W. Merry's + Chester Poole's bills. June Atkinson dropped in + brought roses, + stayed to supper. She + Beth + I agreed that it was best not to try to go over on Jan. 1 for her mother's birthday. Her mother would not remember it, + both June + I were overwhelmed. Jan. 1, 1933. Kitty, Jock + I kept the day together. Got off a few more cards I wrote a letter for Kitty, & she and Jack shared a chicken pie. At supper she had some of Henrietta's sand wiches. which I had asked Beth to bring over. Jan. 2. This is holiday, too, as Jan. 1 came on a Sunday. No mail, but Mrs. Sumpter came & read to Kitty. Busy with letters of thanks, etc. Wrote letter about India. Anna has looked at the barn chamber at Pope's Hill & thinks she does not want to store her furniture there. Jan. 3. Memorial meeting for Hastings Belden at parish house of Jamaica Plain Unitarian church. The family went over and sat and talked at Anna's house afterwards. Her hair looks grayer & her eyes larger, but she is very brave. I walked to the house with Miss Murfitt, & Howard walked to the car with me. Jan.. Rec'd $150. from U. L. Garrison. Sent $35. to C. Breshkovsky. Got off 3 letters about India & sent notice about Hastings to Vineyard Gazette. Jan. 5. Board meeting of Mass. League of Women Voters. There is going to be a hard fight in the Legislature to do away with all we have gained in social welfare legislation, & to cut down on the schools on the [?] of economy. Ate my lunch at the Tavern Room & then did errands. Sent notice about Hastings to Boston Port. Jan. 6. Worked at home. Paid $5. more for C. Breshkovsky. Mrs. Boyer attended the white sales & bought sheets & pillow cases for us. The papers are full of praises of the late Calvin Coolidge, our thoroughly despicable ex President. Jan. 7. Worked at home. Did marketing, mostly in A.M. Beth came in P.M. Wrote full account of the memorial service for Hastings to the cousins. Jan. 8. Kitty & I dined at Cambridge, the first time since George's wedding. Took over accumulation of xmas cards, & the plum puddings originally got for the New Year dinner to which Anna had invited us before Hastings was killed. Marguerite Thomas told me Helen had been putting off her dentist till now she has 30 teeth and 32 cavities! Miss Mayo took us both ways. After getting home, I wanted to vomit, & and ate no supper. Jan. 9, 1933. Took a big dose of Pluto Water, ate no breakfast, + stayed in. Lay down a good deal. Jan. 10. Continued to stay in. Got off box of Kitty's old clothes to Sarah Fraser. Read "Eddy + Edouard". Jan. 11. Still stayed in. Received $25. more for Mme. Breshkovksy, + wrote a letter to her + Mr. Lazareff. Mrs. Boyer went into the city + did shopping for us, + Mrs. Wood went out + did marketing. Springfield Republican published my letter on India, after long delay. Must write shorter. Midora Eastwood brought home Aunt Elizabeth's black satin skirt. Jan. 12. Went out, for the first time since Sunday. Went to bank + sent off $30. to C. Breshkovsky, + did various marketing. Felt weak, + as if I had gone out too soon. Jan. 13. Mr. Gulesian called, + asked me to lower the rate of interest on his daughter's mortgage, + to extend the date. I promised to. Went to P.O., but seemed in P.M. to add to my cold. Had letter in Post. Jan. 14. Mrs. Sumpter was here in A.M. + Beth in P.M. Beth tells me Henrietta is putting on a little fat. Mrs. Wood went home. Jan. 15. Sunday. Wrote letter for Kitty, + blocked out article on "Petofi" for "Books Abroad". Howard made a call in P.M. + brought us some of George + Ethel's wedding cake. My supper disagreed with me + I slept badly. Jan. 16. Type wrote first part of article on Petofi. Got some maple sugar candy from Alice Blanchard + "The Red Flag at Ararat" by A.Y. Yeghenian. Went over Sunday N.Y. Times. Jan. 17. Sent off the article on Petofil to "Books Abroad". Got some pressing letters written. Jan. 18. Wrote letter about India to the Boston Post; sorted some of Kitty's things. Had a call from Dr. E. G. Mitchell. Sent her another $10. for Dr. Mary Jones. Wrote some pressing letters. Jan. 19 Got a pleasant letter from Dr. J. T. Sunderland praising a letter of mine Springfield Republican + saying I was doing more forIndia tray anyone else in America, even Mr. Gregs, wrote letters & sorted some clippings. It [?], as I didin't go to board meeting. Jan. 20. Recd $10 more for Mme. Breshkovisky. Planned to go to Dr. [P???], as it was sunny, but when I went out to do marketing & found how cold & windy it was. I gave up the idea. Jan. 21. Mrs. Sumpter came in A.M. & Beth in P.M. Paid the wages, & did some marketing, wrote a few letters. Got an invitation to be in the International Committee for India Real. "Mr. Wu". Jan. 22. Accepted the invitation. Kitty & I denied at Cambridge, & she distributed Grandma Blackwell's wedding clima, & Johen came in while I was lying on the couch & gave his young lady a glowing account of it over the [?] supped on some rice I had boiled myself. Jan. 23. Went to Dr. Prew & had the wax taken out of my ears before they got all stoppedup. Began to pay him, though he protested. We had a call from Lizzee. Roger & she stayed to lunch. Jan. 24. Wrote to the Republica on India & to the NY Herald Tribune on Mussolini. Finished "The Red Flag Ararat." Jan. 25. Went to Round Table [lunch???] on "Whither India?" at the Mass. League of Women Voters' School of Foreign Relations in Cambridge. The only speaker wasa young [?] student, Mr. Muliar, who devoted his whole addresses to disparagine Gandhi. I kept thinking "you despicable little reptile!" - a sentiment that Gandhi would not have approved of. I got in a few questions. Jan. 26. Second Round Table [lunch??] on "Whither India?" Miss Leslie Hopkinson presided, & meant to be fair, but was decidedly pro. Bretesle. Mr. A.S. Dhillere, anather [Sil??] student, who had given a pro. India address at the general meeting, while unfortunatelly I did not hear said some good things, & Ms. Mubar was there & held forth repeatealy. I went home [?]Jan. 27. Mr. Gulesian called, + paid the $600. due to Kitty. Snowy + blowy day. Worked at home. Jan. 28. Carl Rubin + Assistant Dean Welsh came to see me about an international track meet that B.U. is to have. Mrs. Boyer did our marketing. Mrs. Wood's cold was so bad she decided not to go home. The N.Y. Herald Tribune has printed my letter about Mussolini. Got off one about India to the Transcript. Jan. 29. Kitty ill with influenza : says she had a miserable night. She slept most of the day; vomited repeatedly; would not eat or drink anything. Mrs. Wood also in bed, but not nearly so ill as Kitty. Tried to review "The Red Flag at Ararat." Copied "The Teacher's Prayer" for Miss Bernette Bachelor, + started a new serap book on India, + wrote to Mrs. Roland Baker that I would address any of the Leagues of Women Voters on "My India Wants Home", for my expenses. Jan. 30, 1933. Kitty still ill with influenza, Mrs. Wood also. Tried again to review "Red Flag at Ararat." Wrote some letters. Jan. 31. Kitty a little better, but still very weak. She wanted Mrs. Sumpter, who came but Kitty couldn't listen to reading. Clipped a lot of papers, + tried the onion cure for cold : Take a big onion, slice it thin, sprinkle liberally with sugar + bake till it turns to syrup: then eat while hot. Mrs. Boyer fixed it for me, + it seemed to do my cold a lot of good. Feb. 1. Took lunch with Miss A. Y. Yeghenian, author of "The Red Flag at Ararat," at the Pioneer Club, also with two of her friends. Had a very interesting time, + ate chestnut croquettes for the first time. Feb. 2. Went to Mass LWV board meeting, + offered to speak for any League on "My India Wants Home Rule." Feb. 3. Wrote a letter about India to N Y Herald Tribune. Looked after Kitty. Spoke in the evening on the progress of women at a parlor meeting in Roxbury arranged by Mrs. Rubin. Very nice people, intelligent,unaffected, simple + sincere. It was the local "[?] Club", an organization of women for sending help to the Jewish district of Soviet Russia. They brought the refreshments, + afterward sold a cake - "The last nickel takes the cake." Got home at 12.30. Kitty had got the bedclothes off her + was cold. Feb. 4. Worked on reviewed of "The Red Flag at Ararat", + wrote some letters. Mrs. Sumpter came in A.M. + Beth in P.M. Kitty enjoyed them both. She is very weak, but a little better. Mrs. Wood went home for the weekend. Ate a big roast onion. Feb. 5. Sunday. Have caught more cold, + some neuritis, + don't feel good for much. Lay down for a while, both morning + afternoon. Howard came over + gave Kitty a happy afternoon, + washed the dishes. Wrote three letters to Boston Post. Feb. 6. Took a dose of Epsom salts, prepared by Mrs. Boyer. Developed sharp cold in my nose, with need of many handkerchiefs. Didn't feel good for much. Clipped papers, looked after Kitty. Mrs. Wood is ill at her son's. Feb. 7, 1933. Wrote review of "The Red Flag at Ararat" for Zion's Herald, with some difficulty. Bad cold in my head. Wrote to Catherine Breshkovsky + Mr. Lazareff. Looked after Kitty. Am afraid she is not quite so well. Nice letter from Marion Beeman. Feb. 8. Kitty very weak. My cold pretty bad. Wrote some letters etc. Feb. 9. Had Beth come over + give Kitty a bath. Kitty said if Mrs. Ryerson attempted it she would "give her a kick". sat up late reading "The Breaking Point", by Mary Roberts Rinehart. Not very good. Feb. 10. Kitty so weak she told Mrs. Sumpter she "could not go to Scotland today, even with Waverley" - i.e. could not listen to reading, but she says Mrs. Sumpter's presence was a great comfort to her. Mrs. Thyne came + washed + cleaned. Wrote five begging letters for Mme. Breshkovsky + various other letters. My cold is better but I feel increasingly worthless. Very cold weather.Feb. 11, 1933. We woke up in a snow storm & Mrs. Boyer & I decided not to go to the 20th Century Club to hear about "Old Chinese Gardens." Milder weather. Mrs. Sumpter came & read to Kitty, but Bette is ill in bed with a cold. Kitty drank hot milk whenever it was suggested, & seems a little stronger. Marked some papers & wrote some letters, but did not accomplish much. Feb. 12. Got off my Valentines, & some letters. Kitty seems a little better. Howard came to lunch & spent part of the afternoon. Kitty drank her final glass of milk "to the health of Abraham Lincoln, & may he better & better understood." She has been wishing for the cup, the Bear of Bradwardine, full of ale, * says it would cure her. Anna phoned that Prof. Sayre had engaged her to [???} his children. Feb. 13. Beautiful mild day. Kitty did not feel able to listen to Mrs. Sumpter's reading but in the evening sat up a while & I read to her. Mrs. Wood got home, after a week's absence. Wrote more about Petofi's life for "Books Abroad". Mrs. Dauchy of Chicago wrote that she would try to raise money for Mme. Breshkovsky. Feb. 14. Worked at home. Kitty still very weak. Did a few errands. Howard brought over chicken soup & Pabst's malted something. Finished "Freckles". It is nowhere near equal to "A Girl of the Limberlost". Mrs. Boyer is coughing a lot. Unity & Springfield Republican had my letters about India. A magazine was sent me disparaging Gandi; & Upton Sinclair's latest book. Feb. 15. To gratify Howard, Kitty let Dr. Hyde come to see her--a nice woman doctor whom Howard & Helen think highly of. Kitty has been very silent most of the time since she has been ill, but she talked persistently while Dr. Hyde was here, even while Dr. H. asked her to be silent so that she might listen to her heart. The doctor says there is slight congestion of one lung, but nothing alarming. Jack tried to get on the bed & was shut up in the kitchen, which annoyed Kitty. Feb. 16. Kitty refuses to take Dr. Hyde's prescriptions, though I tried to persuade her. Had a call from Martha Schofield's niece, Mrs. Herbert Jeu[?]'s daughter, & she gave me a dollar for Mme. Breshkovsky. I find she & her mother are Christian Scientists. Finished review of "The Red Flag at Ararat" for Unity. Feb. 17. Evacuation Day & St. Patrick's Day. Finally got that review mailed, & a carbon copy to Miss Yeghenian. Kitty takes frequent little meals. We try never to give her the same thing twice recurring. Gave her ice cream for supper. Mr. Henry has at last sent in his account, says he has been ill for a month. Feb. 18. Beth came, & with much difficulty & after repeated refusals Kitty was persuaded to let Beth give her a bath. all the accumulated N.Y. Times, including Sunday's. Feb. 22. Kitty a little better, & enjoyed hearing Mrs. Sumpter read from "Waverly," I got off three begging letters in behalf of Mme. Breshkovsky ( I sent her $31. yesterday in various contributions). Felt rather good for nothing, but inhaled, & did some writing. Jock is courting. Feb. 23. Got off several letters, "inhaled" and worked on my income tax. Feb. 24. Went to the bank to make out my income tax. Instead of the young man who used to do it, & who knew how, there was an old man who said he didn't know how very well, but he did what he could, & said if I would come tomorrow A.M, he would have it ready for me. Mr. Gulesian called & paid $150. interest. Said he was going home and going to bed. I fear he's not very well. Kitty continues better. Read the "India Bulletin," & a lot of material from Richard B. Gregg, & the new edition of "India in Bondage," & a pleasant letter from Ellen Horup. The Springfield Republican printed my letter about Gandhi. Feb. 25. Finished making out my income tax. Kitty seemed worse in A.M. but brightened up very much in P.M. when Beth came. But she would not be washed. Beth & I gave Jock a bath. Beth says she feels "1000 percent, better" than two weeks ago. A big dog named Bobby attacked Jock. Feb. 26. Sunday. Snow storm. Kitty seems better; my cold in the head a little better too. Went out & got some more "Paket Extract" for Kitty. Herald had my letter about India. Feb. 27. My cold a little worse, but Kitty better. Mrs. Sumpter too ill to come. Went to bank & to Friends bakery. Pretty sharp & cold. Mrs. Sohigian came & told about her troubles & consulted me about work for her nieces. Got off another letter on India.Feb. 28, 1933. Kitty is certainly better. She walked to the bed room - the first time for weeks. Cold in my head still pretty bad, Mrs. Sumpter ill in bed. Wrote better. Went out in cold wind for Pabst's Extract for Kitty. March 1. Kitty continues better. Am studying up for for my lecture on "Why India Wants Home Rule." March 2. Snowstorm, & Jock had to be dried repeatedly. He is courting, Kitty walked across the room carrying two pillows. She now calls me "the angel of the domestic hearth," which she says is a quotation from my father. Wrote to Babushka & Mr. Lazariff, & studied up on India. March 3. Kitty decidedly better. She went to the bathroom & took a bath. She received snowdrops from Aunt Elizabeth's grave. I am still reading up for my lecture on India, and considerably and scared about it. March 4. Inauguration of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Two days of snow and rain have cleared away. I started for the bank and heard a newsboy calling "All banks in Mass. are closed!" Found First Nat. Bank closed, & a group of police about the door. They said there was to be a bank holiday of 2 days. So I could not pay Mrs. Wood her wages but she says it does not matter. Kitty sat up most of A.M. & took another bath. Beth came in P.M. March 5. Sunday, Kitty is certainly better. I wrote a letter for her, & Howard came over & gave her a happy time, & stayed rather late. I did not get to bed till midnight. March 6. Gave talk on "Why India Wants Home Rule" at Mrs. Lasall's at Whitinsville. 50 or 60 women & a few men, in a parlor. I thought the audience would be hostile, but no one pressed opposition, & a lot of the womencame up afterwards to shake hands & say how much they had enjoyed it. But i doubt think I gave them a very good table. We had sandwiches & cake afterwards. A bright day, though cold. March 4. Much relieved to have that lecture over. Wrote letter on India to the N.Y. Herald Tribune, & went through all the accumulated N.Y. times. As our bank deposits are tied up, am husbanding my cash. Kitty sat up most of the day. Read to her from Kipling, Mrs. Sumpter still ill. March 8. Read to Kitty again from Kipling. Baules still tied up. Stormy weather. March 9. Mrs. Sumpter came, the first time for mearly a fortnight. She broke pale. Day bright, but with a cold wind. Went to library & returned Sherwood Eddy's "Challenge of the East" - 34 cents due- & did some marketing. March 10. President Roosevelt has prolonged the bank holiday indefinitely. Went up to bank to see if I could get any money, but couldn't. Mrs. Geliquist was there, & said she would lend us some in case of need. She is a good neighbor. So i bought only paper napkins & "Pabst's Extract" for Kitty. March 11. Mrs. Sumpter came in A.U. & Bette in P.M. I could not pay either of them, but both were willing to wait. Did some marketing & wrote letters. March 12. Sunday. Wrote a letter about India to the Congregationalist, & one for Kitty to Sir Paul Harvey. Kitty announced she would take me more beef tea. Howard arrived about 7 P.M., made a call & stayed to supper. March 13. Banks were opened again, & I got some money & did some marketing. Mrs. Gertrude Jacobs nice niece Maud spoke to me at the bank. Sent off 2 letters to Post. March 14. Springfield Republican contained my letter about India. Am not satisfied with the material formy Easter card, & am looking for something better. Nice Armenian woman came to see if I could help her son to find work. March 15. Wrote to Catherine Breshkovsky & Mr. Lazareff. Find that we are not allowed to send any money our of the country; & I have $5. for C.B. March 16. Went to A.T.Bliss & arranged for printing my Easter cards. March 17. Letter from Ellen Burns Sherman in Springfield Republican expressing indignation about India. Ate too much lunch & felt dizzy afterwards. Mrs. Wood started for a two-days' holiday. Ate no supper. March 18. Mrs. Sumpter came in the morning & Bette in the afternoon. Ate no breakfast, but began to eat again at lunch, after 24 hours' fast. March 19, Sunday. Took care of Kitty, & wrote a letter for her. Howard came in the evening, & took supper. March 20, 1933. Snow storm. Mrs. Wood did not come back. Engaged a room provisionally for Florence, who has been taken ill at Attleboro Springs, & expects to come to Boston to see the doctor. March 21. Florence rode to Boston with Dr. Bartholomew, lunched with Lizzie Rogers, saw the doctor & rode back; so I merely had a few words with her over the phone. Went to Boston & arranged for multigraphing an ad of :Sunset View" to enclose with my Easter cards. Probably I overate at lunch, for I find myself dizzy again this P.M. & shall omit my supper. Subscribed for Boston Herald for Hattie Turner, who likes that despicable paper, & also for "Soviet Russia Today" for Marguerite Thomas. Have had a good letter from Laura M. Johns, who is on the scene of the California earthquake. Our good janitor, Mr. [Haso] Hanson, is going to leave. Mrs. Wood got home.March 22, 1933. Sunshine after several stormy days, but cold. Omitted my breakfast. Did various small jobs, but could not settle to any thing. Sent 2 letters to Springfield Republican. Miss Liliquist & I wrote 4 letters to our landlord urging him not to accept Mr. Hanson's resignation. March 23. Made out at last the list of donors to Catherine Breshkovsky Mr. Harper brought out Kitty's oriphone, rebuilt, & showed us a "Midget" radio with an attachment which enabled Kitty to hear by putting the receiver against her forehead or cheek: price $65. March 24. Had Dr. Prenn take the wax out of my ears. March 25. Mrs. Sumpter came in A.M. & Beth in P.M. Did various small things, but did not feel very well. March 26. A good deal of discomfort in my bowels. Took care of Kitty. Howard was too ill with a cold to come. Marjorie Sumpter reported the other day to her mother, & her mother to me, that President Marsh of BU was the speaker before the Authors' Club, & he praised my poems highly. He is latel [just] back from South America. Took nothing after breakfast but water. March 27. Worked on Easter cards. March 28. Went to hearing at State House before Public Health Committee on Reconstruction Clinic. They did not get to our case till P.M. so it took all day. March 29. Went to the oculist - Dr. Johns - who was on the whole encouraging. March 30. Worked on Easter cards. March 31. Went to dentist - Dr. J. Stephen Scott - & had two fillings. April 1. We lose our good janitor & his pleasant little wife, Mr. & Mrs. Hanson. Mrs. Sumpter came in A.M. & Beth in P.M. Beth is happy because her sister is coming east - first time in 10 years - to get away from the shaking of the earth in Cal.April 2, Sunday. George & Ethel & John came in the afternoon and George & Ethel took away Kitty's wedding present, her Household Edition of Dickens in 30 volumes. John stayed & read his Labrador journal to her. It was very hard to make her hear. I went to a meeting of the International Students' Club at 3 Joy St. It was "Armenian Night." There was a supper, followed by speeches & music I said a few words at the end. Rev. George Paine was surprised to see me there--not knowing that I had anything to do with Armenians-- & the young woman who presided said, "She is our mother". But when she came to introduce me she said I had spent most of my life in Armenia working for the Armenians! I believe she thought I was a missionary! April 3. Worked on Easter cards. In the evening spoke at big protest meeting in Faneuil Hall against the persecution of the Jews in Germany. A woman dentist brought me home in her car, & when she saw that the elevator was stuck, she kindly climbed to the top floor & shut the door that someone had left open. She was Dr. Min [Aug. 4] April 4. Stayed at home & worked on Easter cards. Dr. Cohen & Dr. Evelyn Mitchell came, & persuaded me to serve as a Director of the Reconstruction Clinic, for a time. Got letter from Bishop Hamilton asking me to write the chapter of his life about his work for equal rights for women. April 5. Worked on Easter cards. April 6. Mass. L.W.V. Board meeting. Got home about 2 P.M. April 7. Worked on Easter cards. April 8. Worked on Easter cards, & did a lot of marketing. April 9. Sunday. Wrote a letter for Kitty, & worked on Easter cards. Mrs. Thyme came to see me, & agreed to go to Chelmark with me this summer. Howard came out about 7 p.m. April 10. Had a very uncomfortable time with the dentist, who hurt me more in taking off the tartar than my other dentist ever did, & made by gums bleed more. April 11. Worked on Easter cards. A nice Armenian called, seeking work. April 12. Annual meeting of the Lucy Stone Home. It was storming so that Mrs. Boyer & I took a taxi to get there. Harold Apollonia was among those present. He has grown very fat. April 13. Worked hard on Easter cards. April 14. By request of Dr. Cohen & Dr. Evelyn Mitchell, went to hearing before Commissioner Conant, at the State House, on granting a charter to the Reconstruction Clinic. He seemed a little less savage than heretofore; but asked me if I meant to stay on the Board of Directors. I said yes. They took me in in a car, & afterwards I went over to Mrs. Jennie Loitman Barron's office & signed a codicil to my will, & then found I had left my purse at home, & had to borrow a dime for car fare to get back. April 15. Worked hard on Easter cards. June [???son] brought lovely flowers from her mother's garden. April 16. Easter Sunday. Wrote a letter for Kitty. Howard came about 7 P.M. to supper. Gave Kitty & Jock an Easter dinner of chicken pie. Mrs. Boyer too stayed at home. April 17. It was a relief to be unable to address any more Easter card. Received a good many. April 18. Mrs. Boyer & I went with Mrs. G.E. Henry, & Mr. Moore, treasurer of the Morgan Memorial, & Mr. Trenethen, the Superintendent, to the Lucy Stone Home, & went over it to see what it needs in the way of paint & repairs. It needs a good deal. Felt sad. There are so many associations with every room, &things are so changed. But it is said to be doing a lot of good; & Mrs. Henry & Mrs. Fisk have a plan for getting the painting done by dome of the men who are being given relief work. April 19. Paul Revere day. I wrote a letter to Catherine Breshkovsky & Mr. Lazareff. Am trying to put in an hour of sorting every day, but can't manage it. April 20. Wrote some letters about India, & marked papers, & wrote some letters. Walked around Monadnock & Virginia St. with Jock, this evening & yesterday. It is good to see the sun out, after long rain. April 21. Sunny & cold. Did errands, & finished one of Joseph Lincoln's stories which Mrs. Boyer had got from the library, & began another. April 22. We returned the commode that Miss Liliquist & Mrs. Ryerson had lent us, after we consulted Kitty & got her approval. And in the afternoon she complained to Beth that it had been taken away without consulting her; & we brought it back again. Her memory of recent events is certainly failing. I sat up till nearly midnight to finish a preposterous anti-Bolshevik tale that Mrs. Boyer had brought me from the library. Beth & I gave Jock a bath, & Kitty never found it out. April 23. Sunday. Had Jock out on the roof at 4.30 A.M. & was sleepy all day. Wrote a letter for Kitty. Mrs. Boyer found a bedbug in the bath tub & several in Kitty's room, after we had been free from them for a good while. Had a call from Bertha Papagian. Howard came in the evening. He took Jock out for a late walk. Felt dizzy & rather good for nothing. April 24. Went to luncheon of B.U. Woman's Council. Admiral Peery's daughter spoke. April 25. Went to luncheon & sale of Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, at Hotel Westminster. Had a talk with Mrs. Mead. Sat with Marguerite Thomas. Mr. Hobberman of Brown University spoke of the movement in 65 colleges to refuse to fight except in case of invasion. April 26. Went to dentist. April 27. Worked at Home. Sent $10 to Sarah Frasers dances. April 28. Worked at home. Did marketing &c. I have told Vincent McGuinis that he need not take Jock out till the shorter days come. Medora Eastwood came & borrowed Aunt Elizabeth's satin shirt, & told him few clinics are open to the women medical students. Wrote to Mrs. H. E. Patchin. April 29. Mrs. Bayer & I lunched at the 20th Century Club & heard Olin Wannamaker on Alina & Japan. Very interesting. April 30. Sunday. Wrote a letter for Kitty. Howard came to supper in the evening. May 1. Beth undid the packages of books in Kitty's room. I made a list of the contents of each, and she did them up again & pasted the lists on the outside of the packages. I also made a list for Howard & Helen. May 2. Went to the supper of the Mass. Society for the Abolition of the Death Penalty, at 3 Jay St., met Mrs. Glendower Evans, Dr. Mary Takeman & other interesting people. Lo was cloudy & I wore my everyday dress, but Mr. Herbert Parsons, who presided, made me stand up & he introduced. Said he used to attend the suffrage hearings for the pleasure of seeing the masterly way in which I "laid out" the members of the legislative committee. A very striking anti-capital punishment play was given, written for the occasion. May 3. Worked at home. Am distressed about Gandhi's threating fast. Wrote letter to Boston Transcript.May 4. Boston Post had a little account of Papa, which I sent it. Attended Board meeting of Mass. L. W. V., during which I wrote a lot of letters. May 5. Had a bad two hours with the dentist. The world is looking lovely now. Every tree with its young leaves is as beautiful as a bouquet. May 6. Worked at home. Beth & I made list of books in Kitty's room. May 7. Sunday. Kitty & I went to Cambridge, the first time for several months. She hated to go, & cursed her folly 20 times for having consented. But she enjoyed her visit, & was none the worse for it. George & Ethel were there. Ethel was to be confirmed that evening. Tom has grown visibly; & I think Lawrence too. May 8. Got off $22 to Babushka through the Cunard Geo. & $10 to Archibald Armour for Kitty. Worked at home. May 9. Went in to Board Meeting of Reconstruction [?] at 5 P.M. Looks as if we were not going to get our charter at this session of the legislature. Am reading Maud Nathan's autobiography. May 10. Worked at home. Rainy day May 11. Went into the city with Mrs. Boyer & got a new hat. Left at [?] Herald office the bundle of Indian newspapers full of Gandhi's articles which Richard B. Gregg wanted me to pass on to Dr. Hartman. May 12. Had an uncomfortable time with the dentist. Read a spooky serial in "Collier's" in his office. May 13. Mrs. Rubin brought me red tulips & some nice cake because of "Mother's Day." Beth brought cookies. Miss Hoogs made us a call. She looks well & says she is happy. May 14. Sunday. "Mother's Day". I spoke about my mother at the Armenian Church in Arlington. Mrs. Baharian - now Mrs. Meloian - took me there & back, with her husband, intheir car. The pastor said I had been a "spiritual mother" to many Armenians, & I was given one of the carnations that were distributed to the mothers of the congregation. The Armenian-speaking Armenians use the church in the A.M. & the Turkish-speaking Armenians in the afternoon. They come from about 25 suburbs of Boston & from as far away as Lynn & Strahan. Beth took care of Kitty while I was gone, & got her dinner, & would not accept any pay for it; & tailed Kitty to ice cream. May 15. Worked at home. Mrs. Bayer keeps bringing me detective stories from the library though I tell her it is like tempting a drunkard with liquor. May 16. Worked at home. The Boston Transcript published a letter from me about India. May 17. Worked at home. Kitty has a bad cold, spent the morning in bed & declined any supper. We had a call from Miss Liliquist. May 18. attended meeting of Boston L.W.V. May 19. Went with Mrs. Bayer by her invitation to see "Gabriel over the White House." May 20. Worked at home. Mrs. S[im?]fter came in A.M., Beth in P.M. Told Beth I could not afford to pay for her family's vacation this summer. May 21. Sunday. Wrote letters for Kitty & tried to write one on India, but was switched off. Howard came to supper rather late. Stayed till after 11, then Kitty said she was hungry. I got her a second supper, & then finished a Joseph Lincoln story & got to bed at 1 A.M. Mea culpa. May 22. Had my final session with the dentist - Dr. J. Scott Stephen. A pretty uncomfortable time. Paid his bill, $54. Read queer serial in Cullier's, Dr. Fu Manchu's Bride, by Sax Rohmer. May 23. Got up early, wrote letterabout India to Boston Herald & went to annual meeting of the Mass. League of Woman Voters at Hotel [?] Cambridge. Ms. Roland Baker made a rippinggood speech. In P.M. the different sections met in private houses. I chose the publicity section, held in the old Asa Grey house. Cambridge is looking lovely now with wisteria & flowering shrubs. Mrs. True Worthy White told them Robert Lincoln O'Brien [?] told her there was only one woman in Mass. who could write a paragraph, & that was Alice Blaclwell. Very far from the truth, but pleasant. Dr. Everlyn G. Metwell borrowed a little money. May 24. Got up rather early again & wrote article on India for the Christian Century. Attended 2d day of annual meeting of the Mass. L.W.V. Various people said pleasant things. A woman who looked like Helena Dudley sat opposite me at lunch. I asked her afterwards if she had ever been told she looked like Helena Dudley, & she said many times. May 25. Went to Bank of Nova Scotia & got checks for Sarah Fraser & Mrs. H.P. Cerasby. May 26. Worked at home. Got notice of "leather satclub" sent me from Prague, with small import duty & he paid. Mrs. Bayer took me to see "[Ce?????]." May 27. Long letter from George Lazareffe telling about the remarkable leather present they sre sending me. May 28. Sunday. Wrote a letter for Ketty. Howard came in the evening. May 29. Worked at hone. Mrs. Wood away. May 30. Mrs. Wood still absent. Gandhi meeting in the evening at 6 Byron St, to [?] his surviving his 3 works, fast, clarence R. [?] presided, & teh speakers were Dr. L. O. Hartman of Zion's Herald, Mrs. Ernest Hocking Mr. Dhillon, Richard B. Greg & myself. Hall was pretty well filled, despite rain, but the speeches were not up to the ocasion; I am sure mine wasn't. Kitty had an indigestion in the morning, fainted, vomited,and had a horrid time. Poor dear: but sat up in P. M. to hear Mrs. Sumpter read, and was safe in bed before I went to the meeting. Mrs. Wood telephoned she would like to take a while off and I said she must. May 31. Kitty much better. Wrote a review of Maud Nathan's autobiogra- phy and wonderful portfolio of handcarved leather came in A.M. and a wonderful deluxe leather-bound edition of "The Little Grandmother" in P. M. from C. Breshkovsky and G. Lazariff Was pretty tired. June 1. Board meeting of Mars. L.W.V. One woman wanted to make high-school pupils pay for their books! Aunt "Lucy Stone" to Audra Arnold Browman. Gave Kitty a late dinner, had a very late one myself, and took a long nap. Forward that my bank account is down to $434. June 2. Wrote review of Maud Nathan's autobiography June 2. Type wrote the review and got it off : also a letter about India to several papers