Miles Franklin pocket diary, 1915

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Daily diary containing brief records of Miles Franklin's activities and events.

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1915 March. [continued from previous page] Dinner early at Hearth & walked home, rested an hour & went to gym. pretty well considering. made some cocoa & went to bed.

Thurs. 11 Pretty poorly. Pottered around to Miss Mellon etc. Dinner with Rose S. & Editha at Eat Shop on Lake & State & walked home & tippled to bed in pain. Young brutes next door noisy & clumsy.

Fri. 12 Ethel came in in afternoon. Miss H. & I went to court to testify for Waitresses but weren't called. Singing lesson at 1.30. Miss Ryan called. Dinner at Hearth & walked home & started to type Sybyl stories. Lovely weather.

Sat. 13 Got down early worked all day. Lunch at Ursula with E. Pischel & R. Schneidermann. Dinner at Hearth with E Phelps & Miss G. Walked home & mended red skirt.

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March. 1915 Sun. 14 At 3 o'clock walked to Culp concert with Editha. Went to Art Institute for supper & met Miss Henry & Rose S. there. E. & I walked home after. raining. Typed some.

Mon. 15 Did "Life & L" work in morning went to Printer at 1. Back to office. Dinner at Hearth with Editha & walked home. Wet & windy. practised & pottered on Syb story. Went to bed.

Tues. 16 Saul's at 8. Mary A. at 10. Mrs R. at 11. Horrible row. Lunch at Field's with Mrs R. & Miss Eckman Tea with E. Wyatt at 4.30. Dinner at Hearth with Editha & Miss H. all three walked home to Editha's room. V. cold.

Wed. 17 Worked in office. Lunch at Hearth with Miss Henry. Dinner there alone & walked home. Very tired so rested a little & went to gymnasium. Home & [continued on next page]

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1915 March. [Wed 17 continued from previous page] made some cocoa and to bed. Cold day. Wearing fur coat & then feeling none too warm.

Thur. 18 Mrs Robins came in at 2. Pottered. Miss G & I bought my checked spring suit. Dinner at Hearth with Miss Steghagen Miss G & Editha & went to Library thence to meet Miss H. & K. Ryan at "Grumpy" with Cyril Maude.

Fri. 19 Went to bank. Singing lesson at 1.30. Pottered. Ethel came in at 5. Lovely to see her. Full of a project of a house for us. Dinner at Hearth early. Mr Crump came to meet me as I left. Home dead exhausted.

Sat. 20 Foxes from Melbourne called & brought me plate from Miss Midgley in London. Lunch with E. M. at Hearth. In evening Miss H & I went to Amy W. Field's party to Rose Schneidermann & we escaped early thank God.

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March. 1915 Sun. 21 Typed Story II of Sybyl series. Slept all afternoon. Tea at Art Inst. Met Judith Lorwood there & went to concert in Fullerton Hall with Miss Henry.

Mon. 22 School meeting at local office at 10.30. Rose S. took me to lunch at Domestic Science. Life & Labor meeting tried for our lives again. I was the one decapitated this time. Dinner with Miss G. at Hearth & walked home.

Tues. 23 Worked in office for National. Such a relief to be rid of "Life & Labor". Bought new hat lunch with Miss G. at Hearth. Dinner there with Editha & Miss G & walked home with E. Ethel called during afternoon.

Wed. 24 Worked well all day on National. Uber, a charming German called. Rose & I had lunch with Editha at College Club. Mollie Best came & sat down till she & Editha came [continued on next page]

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1915 March [Wed. 25 continued from previous page] to hot words about the war. Dinner at Hearth alone & walked home v. tired. Rested a little & then went to gym. Too tired to practise singing. To bed.

Thur. 25 Got down at 5 to 9 & put in a busy day. Lunch with Miss Galvin at Hearth. Mr Uber called during afternoon. Mrs Robins took me to La Salle for dinner & we went over work & Convention plans. Walked home at 9.30 & went to bed.

Fri. 26 Got down early again to save Miss O'Neil. Worked hard. Miss G & I had lunch at Hearth & went shopping. Then to singing. Dinner at Hearth alone & walked home dead exhausted so threw myself on bed & slept till nine. V. cold day glad of fur coat.

Sat. 27 Got down at 10. Worked all day on report for Gompers. Lunch at Hearth alone. Ethel called. Dinner with Editha at Hearth Walked home & typed & practised a little.

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