Monday—Rainy evening; went to bed early after playing a while with the kids.
Tuesday—Strolled over to see Mollie's brother, who is just back from France; he looks well but would not talk much about the fighting; advised him not to hurry about getting a job, as he deserved a good long spell of rest after the hard campaign.
Wednesday—Left office early; first big league game this year; went around to the club and talked it all over with the boys after supper.
Thursday—Office closed all day on account of parade of returning troops; took Mollie and children to see it; awfully tired and went to bed early.
Friday—Sold my two Liberty Bonds which I had bought on installments; Mollie needed summer dresses and there were several small debts I had to pay; took Mollie to the movies after supper.
Saturday (afternoon)—Whole family went to Seaside Park by steamer—children enjoyed it for a while but soon got tired and fretful; what with the heat and the crowds and the late hour of getting home it really didn't pay.
Sunday—In bed till nearly noon; read the papers; changed the soil in Mollie's potted plants; afternoon, Tom and his wife and Charlie Nichols and his best girl came over and all stayed to supper; strolled over to Mother's and found everyone there.
"Over against that let me put a few lines from the diary of Elihu Burritt:
Monday—Headache; 40 lines Cuvier's 'Theory of the Earth'; 64 pages French; 11 hours forging.
Tuesday—60 lines Hebrew; 30 pages French; 10 pages Cuvier; 8 lines Syriac; 10 lines Danish; 10 lines Bohemian; 9 lines Polish; 15 names of stars; 10 hours forging.