May 28, 1938 “It’s the Dionne Quintuplets birthday today. They are four years old! Imagine that. Apparently today, they are going to taste ice cream for the first time. Can you remember the first time you ate ice cream? I loved it ....” She stifles a yawn. S. is going on and on about these …
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Divorce Bill
May 26, 1938 She is filled with curiousity and must remember to ask A. about her contacts in the political world. The word divorce is terrifying and yet. ------------- J. notices that she has split her coffee and admonishes her for being careful. Always the newspaper is somehow …
Victoria Day
May 22, 1938 J. has been wanting a new car for eons. I try to persuade him otherwise and then there is a sale on this long weekend. He was all set to go down there, when one of his work mates knocked on the door. On a weekend! I was not impressed. I couldn't quite hear what they were saying. …
Dick Jones Earns $140 a Month…
May 20, 1938 [Sidenote: 38 years earlier: Saw a shoal of Dolphins . ... on board a Rev with a family of 10 small children who preached to the women in the morning & the men in the afternoon. ] …
The Nervous Climax
May 16, 1938 Antidote for lunatics. Go on, my dear Americans, whip your horses to the utmost—Excitement; money! politics!—open all your valves and let her go—going, whirl with the rest—you will soon get under such momentum you can't stop if you would. Only make provision …