Grace Ware Holbrook Journal Entry - Post 16

June 12th [1918] Heavy rain & thunderstorm through the morning & afternoon. Wrote letters, walked with the Dabneys & Miss Lubovitsky.


June 13th [1918] Cold & overcast in the morning, when all but Miss Lubovitsky, Miss Kehl & I went off to Cornish [?] for the day. I saw Miss Wellman, & we all did errands in the village till lunch time.
     We napped, wrote letters, typewrote & played the piano in the afternoon. Later, it cleared off finely, & the afterglow was beautiful - At twilight a bright new moon shone through the clouds over the tree tops over our hill.

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Grace Ware Holbrook Journal Entry - Post 15

June 11th [1918] - clear
     Michael left for New York and Mrs. Delano, Miss Kehl & I saw him off at the station. After the errands were done, we went across the river to get mountain laurel, and found quantities, although much had already been picked.
     In a beautiful grove, I found maiden hair fern in great clumps, and gathered a small amount of it.
     Mrs. Delano was absorbed in the Boston American headlines, while Miss Kehl & I joined forces on the laurel hunt.
     The others motored, & I wrote letters etc.

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Grace Ware Holbrook Journal Entry - Post 9

June 4th [1918]
     The Maydells left at seven o'clock for New York, and all but Miss Lubovistky arose to breakfast with them and to see them off at the station.
     Later in the morning Miss Kehl, Michael and I went to the village in the Franklin to do errands and call on Aunt Molly. Michael drove the car for the first time on the way home, and poor Miss Kehl did not enjoy the strain of watching the process.
     Michael & I went to walk, by Robbins Farm to the Black Mountain Road and back through Dummerston. We talked of many things - of Russia, America, traveling, families and friends. At the end we were more congenial - having more in common than before.
     In the afternoon and evening it rained a little, and grew very cool at night.

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Grace Ware Holbrook Journal - Post 8

[Grace Ware Holbrook Journal Entry]
June 3rd Brattleboro
     A wonderful June day, deliciously cool and most enjoyable. After breakfast was over Mr. Gerebsoff & I prepared to play tennis in an impromptu fashion. Impromptu because of the court not being in condition, and the net, rackets  & balls all of a secondary nature. We played three sets, all of them 6 - 1 games sets. By that time it was almost already the lunch hour. Mr. Grinnell & a Mrs. Davis from Jaffrey lunched with us - also Aunt Molly drove up with her horse.
     Miss Kehl, Mr. Gerebsoff & I acted as waitresses & waiter for the others and all went most expeditiously. It was amusing - as we wore caps & aprons, and Mr. Gerebsoff wore the Turkish cap. Afterward Baron Maydell waited on us in a truly dignified fashion, without so much as a smile, like as a butler would. 
     Cook arrived in the afternoon from Boston, having left Cabot and Way Sung at their respective domiciles. We went to drive in the touring car to see Dutton Farm, and went on through the Black Mountain Road to Dummerston and Putney.
     We all walked a little in the evening & then Mr. Gerebsoff & I danced. We tried the Maxixe & tango, and Russian dances - for a short time - to the disappointing Edison records which skipped back & repeated continuously.
     Mr. Gerebsoff talked of Russia and of his family and showed me his mother's picture, & we discussed various subjects.

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