Miles Franklin pocket diary, 1910

TUES. FEB 15, 1910 35° - 51° Office meeting at Mrs Robins at 9.30. Lunched there home via office.

WEDNESDAY 16 Worked at 12 E. Indiana all day.

THURSDAY 17 21° - 10 Went to Mrs Robins for lunch. Home via office. Fearfully cold.

FRI. FEB. 18, 1910 Worked in morning. Went to office after lunch thence took 2nd lesson at 3.30 at Am. Conservatory. Miss H came after dinner.

SATURDAY 19 39° 17° Went down town. Then to Mrs R. for lunch then straight home.

SUNDAY 20 Worked until 4.30 then went to Newsham's for tea. Walked round to see St Andrews with Arthur on way home

MON. FEB. 21, 1910 Went to office after lunch. At 9 p.m left on C. & Alton for St. Louis. Uneventful journey

TUESDAY 22 Arrived in St. L at 7a.m. Met by Mr & Mrs Knofler. Miss Somerville out for dinner.

WEDNESDAY 23 Worked on manifesto's St. L. Ex. Board came out after dinner. [x with line running up to top of next page] Very cold. pleasant day

THURS. FEB 24, 1910 ['Aft' crossed out] Went to lunch at big store with Miss S. & Mrs K. [line drawn around previous sentence, and down to 'x' on previous page] Lunched with Mr & Mrs K. down town went to see Nellie Quick & Brewery

FRIDAY 25 31° 14° Lunched at Social Conference. Spoke. After lunch left for Spring -field on I.C. Mrs Lee met me.

Saturday 26 30-41° Lunched down town with Mrs Lee & Miss Lawrence & Mrs Cook. Left at 2.45 on C & A. Arrived at 9.10. Wet day.

SUN. FEB. 27, 1910 40 - 29 Went to hear Miss Henry speak at Garrick at 10 a.m. Then to bed for rest of day.

MONDAY 28 32° - 27° Quite ill during fore noon. Mac rang up about 11 & 4. Met him at Brevoort & dined at Roma. Great delight to renew old acquaintance.

TUESDAY, MAR.1 40° - 32° 3rd music lesson at 9.30. Thence to office lunch with Miss S. Went to Majestic with Mac after dinner.