Cambridge
Ther [Thermometer] Thursday, Dec. 10, 1914 [December 10, 1914] Wea [Weather]
Fair
Forenoon cloudy for most part.
Afternoon sunny. Calm & rather
mild. Ice melting from trees to which
it has clung ever since it formed
on Tuesday last.
  Bird life in Garden at low ebb.
Heard a Jay & saw a few H. Sparrows [House Sparrow]
but failed to note anything else.
  Spent day in Museum working on
Arctic Three-toed Woodpecker story.
C. [Caroline Brewster] type-copying it in forenoon. I 
added a couple of pages which she
transcribed & one after she ceased
work. All these were compiled 
from the Journal.
Miss Bishop dined with us 
at 6.30. She & C. went to
Symphony Concert afterwards.
E.R.S. [Elizabeth R. Simmons] & I spent evening in
hall. I played Victrola for her
an hour or more.
Cambridge
Ther [Thermometer] Friday, Dec. 11, 1914 [December 11, 1914] Wea [Weather]
Dull
Cloudy, calm, mild. Ice all off trees,
garden walks muddy.
  In Garden saw a Golden-crested Kinglet,
several House Sparrow & 2 Jays & heard
a Flicker.
  Working all day on Black-backed
Woodpecker story. Finished it at
6 P.M. After adding to it four pages
three of which were compiled from
the journal. No doubt it will have
to be tinkered more or less yet before
it can be condered [considered] satisfactory.
  Henry Endicott called at 4.30 P.M.
to discuss outlay on Mrs. Mc.Millan's
house (6 Riedsel Ave). I have paid
over 330 for plumbing & electric wiring
& Mrs. Mc.M. has an unpaid bill for
papering & painting of $385. It was finally
agreed that the rent should be raised to
850 to capitalize, @ 10%, the larger part of
my outlay. Mr. Endicott is to settle all 
unpaid bills & to send me a cheque for
$210 which plus $250 given me by Mr. Mc.M.
last May will square the rent for the whole year.
Victrola music in hall that for 
C. [Caroline Brewster] & E. [Elizabeth R. Simmons] to hear. No reading.