18-year-old Helena Muffly wrote exactly 100 years ago today:
Tuesday, February 3, 1914: We went to an entertainment in Watsontown this evening. At first I doubted whether we would really get there. It was inclined to be rainy. T’was very good, but I missed part of it because we occupied a back seat.
Her middle-aged granddaughter’s comments 100 years later:
Hmm . . . missed part of the show? Who was “we”? . . . Since Grandma often did things with her sister Ruth, probably the two of them went to town, but the entry doesn’t really say that.
And, what was the “entertainment”? . . . a movie? . . . a variety show. . . a play? . . . a lecture?
Throughout the diary Grandma has only gone to movies and other “entertainments” occasionally—but only 10 days earlier, on January 24, Grandma went to a movie in Watsontown.
Grandma seems to be having a fun winter. Her social life was the busiest it’s been since she graduated from high school.
Hmmm…..we do tend to try to read between the lines, don’t we??? Glad Grandma’s socializing a bit!
I tried to find out more about Haydon. Couldn’t find anything definitive. But, this is interesting to note.
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/199691/Fabian-Society
Interesting. . . Historically there has been a strong labor movement movement in central Pennsylvania. Maybe that was somehow connected to the Fabian Society
Sometimes one wishes she could have been just a little bit more elaborate 🙂
No longer considered a child and doing grown up stuff I suppose… 🙂
Grandma’s social life is certainly sounding more exciting than mine! Note to self: get out more.
Hurrah for Grandma! I suspect she had a boyfriend she didn’t mention in her diary ….. yet…..
Good Girl!! Go for it and have some fun.