19-year-old Helena Muffly wrote exactly 100 years ago today:
Sunday, October 4, 1914: <<no entry>>
Source: Milton Evening Standard (October 1, 1914)
Her middle-aged granddaughter’s comments 100 years later:
Yesterday, I wrote about the suffragettes’ booth at the Milton Fair. Since Grandma again didn’t write anything a hundred years ago today, I’m still thinking about gender issues. Sometimes I’m amazed by the things that women could and couldn’t do a hundred years ago. Women couldn’t vote, but they could hunt—go figure.
19-year-old Helena Muffly wrote exactly 100 years ago today:
Saturday, October 3, 1914: <<no entry>>
Source: Milton Evening Standard (October 1, 1914)
Her middle-aged granddaughter’s comments 100 years later:
Is Grandma still remembering all the fun that she had at the Milton Fair earlier in the week? When she was at the fair, did she stop by the suffragettes’ booth?
I love how the women’s suffrage question was framed — Motherhood has become a public function; therefore women need to be allowed to vote.
P.S. There’s a new Friday Update on my author website, Sheryl Lazarus. com. This week I’m thinking about the nuts and bolts involved in developing a new blog that tells the story of my Great-Aunt Marion who was in the Women’s Army Corps (WACs).
19-year-old Helena Muffly wrote exactly 100 years ago today:
Tuesday, September 29–Wednesday, September 30, 1914: Guess I’ll have to commence writing about the weather. Well the weather should come in for its share of notice. You see this is fair week. I mean one with a capital F.
Source: Milton Evening Standard (September 21, 1914)
Her middle-aged granddaughter’s comments 100 years later:
Grandma—
Yeah! It’s Fair (with a capital F) week! The Milton Fair will be sooo much fun. According to last week’s paper there will be a band, a public telephone booth, and fast horses . . . AND (sigh) to keep parents happy, the fair will have a moral tone with no wheels of fortune.
19-year-old Helena Muffly wrote exactly 100 years ago today:
Tuesday, September 22, 1914: <<no entry>>
Source: Milton Evening Standard (September 22, 1914)
Her middle-aged granddaughter’s comments 100 years later:
Grandma has not mentioned World War I in the diary. How aware was she of the War? The Milton Evening Standard, her local newspaper, had regular stories about it. Since Grandma didn’t write anything a hundred years ago today, I thought that you might enjoy reading what the paper said on September 22, 1914 about the War.
19-year-old Helena Muffly wrote exactly 100 years ago today:
Thursday, September 10, 1914: Called on Carrie this afternoon.
Source: Ladies Home Journal (September, 1914)
This design is the ever-useful “hug-me-tight,” of waist length and with a pretty variation in collar and sleeves.
Her middle-aged granddaughter’s comments 100 years later:
Carrie Stout was a good friend of Grandma’s who lived on the nearby farm. In my mind, I picture Carrie and Grandma sitting in a quiet corner of the living room, leaning forward towards each other while excitedly chatting about Grandma’s recent trip . . . guys . . . neighborhood gossip. . . whatever.
Were the days starting to get cooler? The house may have had a chill since the heating stove in the living room probably wasn’t yet operating. Maybe Grandma and Carrie wore “house jackets” (I think that I’d call these sweaters, sweater vests, or short-sleeved sweaters, but the September, 1914 issue of Ladies Home Journal called them house jackets.)
House jackets of soft fleecy worsted are as popular as ever and each year brings to us some dainty new designs. The one in pale blue is made in almost straight lines and designed to wear in the house or under a coat. The revers form a good chest protector if one is needed with an open coat.
An adorable kimono which every woman loves is unmistakable in the pink-and white-garment.
19-year-old Helena Muffly wrote exactly 100 years ago today:
Tuesday, September 8, 1914: Went to town again and got some of the things I wanted. Did manage to forget some too. When I got home Carrie was here.
Source: Ladies Home Journal (May, 1914)
Her middle-aged granddaughter’s comments 100 years later:
Grandma—
More details please! What did you buy? Did you buy some Daggett & Ramsdell Cold Cream? You recently got a ride in an auto—and maybe are hoping for another one. It’s vital that you’re prepared!
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The previous day Grandma went to town with her father—but had forgotten that stores were closed because it was Labor Day.
Carrie Stout was a friend of Grandma’s who lived on a nearby farm.
House jackets of soft fleecy worsted are as popular as ever and each year brings to us some dainty new designs. The one in pale blue is made in almost straight lines and designed to wear in the house or under a coat. The revers form a good chest protector if one is needed with an open coat.
An adorable kimono which every woman loves is unmistakable in the pink-and white-garment.
