Cambridge.
Ther [Thermometer] Saturday, Jan.1, 1916  [January 1, 1916] Wea [Weather]
Stormy
Raining or sleeting most of forenoon,
snowing fitfully in afternoon. Dark cloudy
all day. Ground now covered uniformly
with five or six inches of icy snow.
Sleighing excellent but not many pungs
out & almost no real sleighs.
  In Garden: No birds whatever
save a few dejected looking House
Sparrows.
  Spent day in Museum superintending
work by Billcliffe, who was making
trifling changes or repairs, & of an
electrician, who came after luncheon
to slightly change the lighting system
in large room.
  We had the usual reading of war
news followed by a Victrola concert,
in the hall this evening. C's [Caroline Brewster] eyes very
dim for past few days because of
writing too many Christmas notes
and letters.
  The keeping of a diary serves to impress
one with the ever swifter lapse of declining years.