Cambridge.
Ther [Thermometer] Saturday, Dec. 12, 1914 [December 12, 1914] Wea [Weather] 
26 [degrees], 34 [degrees] Fine.
Clear, calm, rather cool. Everything
white with hoar frost at sunrise.
  In Garden 2 Jays, A Flicker (heard),
several House Sparrows and a Downy [Downy Woodpecker]
(in top of tall tree in Jungle).
  Spent day in Museum working on
Banded Three-toed Woodpecker story.
Composed two opening pages of
general matter for it. This sort of
writing seems to come just as
hard as ever.
  The Cobb-Fullers came in just after
dinner to hear Victrola records.
I played many of our more recent
ones but hardly any of them
sounded quite right to me.
  Everyone dumbfounded by the
news that Molly Wyman was married
in Cambridge this noon to Prof. W.M.
Davis [William Morris Davis] to whom she was not even known
to be engaged.

Cambridge.
Ther [Thermometer] Sunday, Dec. 13, 1914 [December 13, 1914] Wea [Weather] 
Dull
Second heavy hoar frost presaging near
approach of stormy weather. After shining
brightly for an hour & melting all the
frost the sun retired into a bank of clouds
about 9 A.M. Remainder of day cloudy 
& calm. Heavy rainfall beginning soon
after dark & continuing far into night.
  A single chattering Sparrow on the
Museum roof and a solitary cawing
Crow perched in the lindens were literally
all the birds noted by me about our
grounds to-day.
  Recalled by the illness of one of our maids
C. [Caroline Brewster] returned from St. John's [St. John's Memorial Chapel] just as I was
about to start for it at 10.30. So I spent
remainder of forenoon in Museum writing
letters & cheques for bills. We had the
Fairchilds & Miss Allyn at dinner. They
all left before 3. At 5 I went to the
Almy's for afternoon tea with the Putnams
& Shafts. George & Mary Dana came
down this evening to hear "Victrola. I
played many recent records for them.