July 23rd Thursday.
Gurdon's sixth birthday. We were all up
early - The children to get ferns and flowers to trim his chair and
place at table and make a wreath for him.
Ruth and Marguerite waited at the foot
of the stair and made a triumphal chair, bearing him in state to the
dining room door, where Hester
crowned him as he came through and every one trooped after to
witness his joy as he beheld his treasures - boats, candies, spades,
rakes & hoes, a racquet, a plate &c. &c.
Alice gave him the second Jungle
Book
and Wiltsie a lovely buckboard
with which the children played hilariously all the time they could.
I took a little group of them upon & around it and including
Jeanette (or "Net") Miller. Mrs & Miss
Day and the children came and finally about 9:30 the 4
seated buckboard - and it was loaded with Wiltsie (driving & the driver,
Alice,
Gurdon, Ruth , Bob ,
Hester, Margurite
Ralph ,
Mrs. Day, Miss Day,
Marjorie
and
Stockwell Day and Verne
Perkins. A shower came up as they were starting but
blew over and the clouds were beautiful and the day perfect.
Mrs. Miller, Mrs.
Perrin, Miss Bradley & I intended to
ride our wheel with Mr. Nutter &
Mr. Perrin, but there was a head wind
July 23rd Thursday.
Gurdon's sixth birthday. We were all up
early - The children to get ferns and flowers to trim his chair and
place at table and make a wreath for him.
Ruth and Marguerite waited at the foot
of the stair and made a triumphal chair, bearing him in state to the
dining room door, where Hester
crowned him as he came through and every one trooped after to
witness his joy as he beheld his treasures - boats, candies, spades,
rakes & hoes, a racquet, a plate &c. &c.
Alice gave him the second Jungle
Book
and Wiltsie a lovely buckboard
with which the children played hilariously all the time they could.
I took a little group of them upon & around it and including
Jeanette (or "Net") Miller. Mrs & Miss
Day and the children came and finally about 9:30 the 4
seated buckboard - and it was loaded with Wiltsie (driving & the driver,
Alice,
Gurdon, Ruth , Bob ,
Hester, Margurite
Ralph ,
Mrs. Day, Miss Day,
Marjorie
and
Stockwell Day and Verne
Perkins. A shower came up as they were starting but
blew over and the clouds were beautiful and the day perfect.
Mrs. Miller, Mrs.
Perrin, Miss Bradley & I intended to
ride our wheel with Mr. Nutter &
Mr. Perrin, but there was a head wind
July 23rd Thursday.
Gurdon's sixth birthday. We were all up
early - The children to get ferns and flowers to trim his chair and
place at table and make a wreath for him.
Ruth and Marguerite waited at the foot
of the stair and made a triumphal chair, bearing him in state to the
dining room door, where Hester
crowned him as he came through and every one trooped after to
witness his joy as he beheld his treasures - boats, candies, spades,
rakes & hoes, a racquet, a plate &c. &c.
Alice gave him the second Jungle
Book
and Wiltsie a lovely buckboard
with which the children played hilariously all the time they could.
I took a little group of them upon & around it and including
Jeanette (or "Net") Miller. Mrs & Miss
Day and the children came and finally about 9:30 the 4
seated buckboard - and it was loaded with Wiltsie (driving & the driver,
Alice,
Gurdon, Ruth , Bob ,
Hester, Margurite
Ralph ,
Mrs. Day, Miss Day,
Marjorie
and
Stockwell Day and Verne
Perkins. A shower came up as they were starting but
blew over and the clouds were beautiful and the day perfect.
Mrs. Miller, Mrs.
Perrin, Miss Bradley & I intended to
ride our wheel with Mr. Nutter &
Mr. Perrin, but there was a head wind
