New York
Ther [Thermometer] Saturday, Dec. 26, 1914 [December 26, 1914] Wea [Weather]
 4 [degrees] Fine
Clear & intensely cold with light 
northerly wind.
  C. [Caroline Brewster] had a severe headache & kept her 
bed all day. E.R.S. [Elizabeth R. Simmons] visited her
friend Mrs. Emerson & her nephew,
Will Simmons, in forenoon getting
back shortly after luncheon. Henry
& I breakfasted together and then
started for American Museum by the
Elevated. It proved an off day for
the ornithologists whom we had hoped
to see, not one of them being on duty.
We were told that Chapman was ill
with tonsillitis & Dwight only just
returned from his honeymoon trip.
We consoled ourselves for this disappointment
by rambling through the Museum
& spending upwards of an hour
viewing its superb collection of fossils.
We met Tom Barbone in one of the halls
& he kept with us after that.
Spent P.M. & evening in Henry's room
talking endlessly of many things.

New York - Cambridge
Ther [Thermometer] Sunday, Dec. 27, 1914 [December 27, 1914] Wea [Weather]
Fair
Sunny & cold but with clouds
gathering and temperature moderating
as the day wore on.
  We all breakfasted together at 8.30
and lunched at 1. Henry & I spent
most of forenoon in his room, talking.
We left "The Algonquin" at 2.25
he to take 3.30 train for Washington,
we the 3 o'clock Shore Line one for 
Boston. It was due there at 8.43
but kept losing time because of
its length & weight and some trouble
with the engine, so that we did
not arrive until 9.30. A motor cab
met us at Back Bay & whisked us
out to Cambridge over hard packed
snow & ice which seemed to offer
excellent sleighing although no sleighs
were visible. Little "Tim" gave 
us all a delightfully warm
welcome at the house. I saw
no birds whatever during this
return trip.