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May Bragdon Diary, 1910 – 1914, p. 349

349DECEMBER 6 Tues 1910 Got down early & worked on N.Y.C. specifications a good deal of the day. Home to lunch & X=stitched tonight. Herma Williams has a new baby boy - born this noon - every- body happy. Up late figuring &c. (Lyons Hunter Williams. Jr) Wed 1911 Lovely day & a perfect whirl. Didn't sleep much last night & shopped &c. all day today. Lunched with Bess & Mary. Jim was nice & glad I'm going. Mary mad (!) & Bess dear - also Lura - was busy at the office too - a long letter for W.H. Mr. Harper got me a nice map of Bermuda. Tonight Frieda Fri 1912 Not so pleasant. A lovely Bermuda-y morn- ing but turned cold & windy. Came down at noon & walked around to Mrs. Allen's for Mother. Howard Nurse took me down West Ave. in his car saw Marguerite tonight. She has news Edith A. (dark) is moving to New York. Read and listened on the couch tonight. Arnold Bennett's "Request" Mother took an autoride with children. Sat 1913 She moved in. I shopped or "looked" all the p.m. Staid at the office till 2:30. The boys worked this p.m. on the shields. Read &c. tonight. Was very tired Sun 1914 Bright & fine. Went with C.U. to VanDyks to dinner & had a heavenly time - nearly alone. Walked to & from car. Then she went back to receive Frank Wisher & I to Davis's & Florences for short calls & then home. Lois

sat by the fire with us tonight.

349DECEMBER 6 Tues 1910 Got down early & worked on N.Y.C. specifications a good deal of the day. Home to lunch & X=stitched tonight. Herma Williams has a new baby boy - born this noon - every- body happy. Up late figuring &c. (Lyons Hunter Williams. Jr) Wed 1911 Lovely day & a perfect whirl. Didn't sleep much last night & shopped &c. all day today. Lunched with Bess & Mary. Jim was nice & glad I'm going. Mary mad (!) & Bess dear - also Lura - was busy at the office too - a long letter for W.H. Mr. Harper got me a nice map of Bermuda. Tonight Frieda Fri 1912 Not so pleasant. A lovely Bermuda-y morn- ing but turned cold & windy. Came down at noon & walked around to Mrs. Allen's for Mother. Howard Nurse took me down West Ave. in his car saw Marguerite tonight. She has news Edith A. (dark) is moving to New York. Read and listened on the couch tonight. Arnold Bennett's "Request" Mother took an autoride with children. Sat 1913 She moved in. I shopped or "looked" all the p.m. Staid at the office till 2:30. The boys worked this p.m. on the shields. Read &c. tonight. Was very tired Sun 1914 Bright & fine. Went with C.U. to VanDyks to dinner & had a heavenly time - nearly alone. Walked to & from car. Then she went back to receive Frank Wisher & I to Davis's & Florences for short calls & then home. Lois

sat by the fire with us tonight.

349DECEMBER 6 Tues 1910 Got down early & worked on N.Y.C. specifications a good deal of the day. Home to lunch & X=stitched tonight. Herma Williams has a new baby boy - born this noon - every- body happy. Up late figuring &c. (Lyons Hunter Williams. Jr) Wed 1911 Lovely day & a perfect whirl. Didn't sleep much last night & shopped &c. all day today. Lunched with Bess & Mary. Jim was nice & glad I'm going. Mary mad (!) & Bess dear - also Lura - was busy at the office too - a long letter for W.H. Mr. Harper got me a nice map of Bermuda. Tonight Frieda Fri 1912 Not so pleasant. A lovely Bermuda-y morn- ing but turned cold & windy. Came down at noon & walked around to Mrs. Allen's for Mother. Howard Nurse took me down West Ave. in his car saw Marguerite tonight. She has news Edith A. (dark) is moving to New York. Read and listened on the couch tonight. Arnold Bennett's "Request" Mother took an autoride with children. Sat 1913 She moved in. I shopped or "looked" all the p.m. Staid at the office till 2:30. The boys worked this p.m. on the shields. Read &c. tonight. Was very tired Sun 1914 Bright & fine. Went with C.U. to VanDyks to dinner & had a heavenly time - nearly alone. Walked to & from car. Then she went back to receive Frank Wisher & I to Davis's & Florences for short calls & then home. Lois

sat by the fire with us tonight.

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