Wednesday January 7, 1925 - The Earth was Beautiful

Arose at 6:55. A trifle colder today.
Washed Clothes today. Borrowed 25c from D.1
Bill went to Pl.S.2 Ret'd at 11:00.

The earth was beautiful. Large flakes of clinging snow fell + everything was covered.
Pressed 3 waists3 + 2 skirts this eve.

Times + B.J. $.04
T. Paper4 $.15
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$.19
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1. Dinah - writers school age daughter. The writer underlined this line, but in "blogworld" I had to bold it.
Must have been hard for the mother to borrow $.25 from her young daughter.

2. Pl.S. - Plumbing School, as opposed to P.S. she uses for Picture Show. Seems that husband Bill stays late at Plumbing School quite a bit.
3. Waists - presumably she means waistcoats, or vest.
4. toilet paper - pretty pricey

3 comments:

  1. "Waists" were also an article of clothing for women at that time. I can't find anything online to back that up, but various authors from that time mention "waists" and "collars".

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  2. I have been looking at some 1920's era sewing catalogues and fashion magazines, and the closest I can find are the waistcoat vests that women wore with slim skirts. I had originally thought about Shirtwaist dresses, but they did not appear in fashion until about 20-30 years later.

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  3. In the early 20th century, "waist" or "shirtwaist" referred to a blouse.

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