Miles Franklin pocket diary, 1909

Sat. Nov. 27, 1909

63° 48 At office. Exhausted so came home & slept all afternoon. After supper typed on Love Machine.

Sunday 28

Wet day. Slept and worked a little.

Monday 29

Worked on typing of Love Machine in the morning. Saw about pianos, went to office and Mrs R.'s for proceedings in afternoon. Typed on Love Machine after dinner.

Tues. Nov. 30, 1909

Miss Henry came to 12 E. Indiana & we spent the day on the Convention proceedings.

Wednesday Dec. 1

49° 44° Went to the office after lunch.

Thursday 2

Went to office then to Mrs Robins for lunch

Fri. Dec. 3, 1909

53°.44° at office. had lunch at the Arbutus with Isabel Newsham

Saturday 4

called on Mrs Dresden early in morning - went to office. In afternoon Mrs R. took me to bazaar at Gertrude Hse. She came and saw my abode.

Sunday 5

51°28° Wet, wet day. Stayed in, slept & read Ann Veronica by Wells.

Mon. Dec. 6, 1909

28°-18° Went to office. Took Mrs Dresden to Lunch. Stayed late at office. Spent evening with Miss White Practised on my piano.

Tuesday 7

Terrible day - snow & wind & cold. Stayed in all day.

Wednesday 8

11° - 3° Went to office to see proceedings with Miss H. Went home to dinner. With Mrs Robins. Went to Miss Stout in morning cold - cold.

Thurs. Dec. 9, 1909

11°-2 Went to office in afternoon & took Convention Proceedings to Saul Bros. Very cold.

Friday 10

22° 7° [27° 11° crossed out] Kept my room all day.

Saturday 11

30° 20° Kept my room all day. Wrote a story about Phillip Bohrer.