Cambridge - Boston
Ther [Thermometer] Monday, Dec. 11, 1916 [December 11, 1916] Wea [Weather]
Mixed.

  Forenoon sunny & calm. Clouds gathering
in afternoon. Rain falling briskly not long
after dark.

  The Garden apparently well-nigh deserted
by birds. Noted there only a Chickadee (heard)
a Downy [Downy Woodpecker] & a few House Sparrows.

  Wrote letters for a couple of hours after 
breakfast and then went to Notman Studios,
Harvard Square, to be photographed - for the
first time by a professional in many years.
More than a dozen plates were used &
the light was good. Thence I went by
subway to Boston & our office where I
saw Arthur & Galloupe [Frederic R. Galloupe]. Lunched at Marston's
& called at 53 Devonshire St. where I saw
Mr. Leverett & Mr. Brown & requested the
latter to change, somewhat, a clause in my
will relating to the disposition of my books.
  Finally went to Vendome Hotel & engaged
rooms for our Christmas there. Home by
4 P.M. Usual reading aloud & Victrola
concert this evening.

Cambridge.
Ther [Thermometer] Tuesday, Dec. 12, 1916 [December 12, 1916] Wea [Weather]
Stormy

Dark cloudy with incessant fine,
drizzling rain which changed to snow
by 3 P.M. but melted as it fell &
scarce whitened the ground when it
finally ceased after dark. Altogether
a very cheerless sort of day & also an
uncomfortably chilly one out of doors.

In Garden: A Jay & a Chickadee
heard, several House Sparrows seen.

  Devoted entire day to letter writing 
- of which there seems never an end.
Gilbert [Robert Alexander Gilbert] went in town for records
bringing out about twenty mostly
by Paul Reimers & by the Trinity
Choir. We tried the former this 
evening and found among them
three or four of exceptional 
beauty. There were also a few
duplicates of records already in
our collection which I ordered
to send to Dan [Daniel Chester French] or Margaret [Margaret French]
at Christmas.