Boston (Hotel Vendome)
Ther [Thermometer] Monday, Dec. 25, 1916 [December 25, 1916] Wea [Weather]
34 [degrees] Fair

Light snowfall over night [overnight] &
scattered flakes still floating earthward
as late at [as] 8 A.M. Soon after that
the sun appeared & shone through
most of day which was calm &
not cold. Altogether very admirable
& fitting conditions for Christmas. 
We passed it in the Vendome,
E.R.S. [Elizabeth R. Simmons], who dined in Cambridge,
being the only one of our party to
go out all day. We were joined at
dinner by Frank Manning & Miss Swasey
who stayed an hour after it. Harry &
May Cunningham called in mid P.M.
After they were gone we had a Victrola
concert for an hour or so. Another
concert by the Van Vliet Orchestra
Club given in the hotel parlor
& lasting from 7.15 to 9.15 P.M.
was greatly enjoyed by us all. To
me it seemed the most beautiful
one I have ever listened to anywhere
After it I had a late supper & a 
talk in smoking room with Mr. Bailey.

Boston - Cambridge.
Ther [Thermometer] Tuesday, Dec. 26. 1916. [December 26, 1916] Wea [Weather]
18 [degrees] Fine

Clear & cold with fresh N.W. [northwest] wind.

  In Garden - White-throated Sparrow
heard calling after sunset 
Hubbard Park. Flight call of Redpoll
heard near head of lower Sparks Street.
  We had breakfast together at the Vendome
& separated soon afterwards. C. [Caroline Brewster] & E.R.S. [Elizabeth R. Simmons] 
motored out to Cambridge in a Chas. Riv. 
Garage [Charles River Garage] car which started, somehow, before
chauffeur was in & came near running to
smash across Dartmouth St. but was 
fortunately stopped in time to avert that.
  I went to our office & remained there
most of time until 2.30 P.M. Signed
all the quarterly cheques & saw Arthur
for last time, probably, as he leaves 
Boston for Porto Rico [Puerto Rico] on Friday. 
Lunched at Marston's. Home by 3 P.M.
Wrote letters & cheques until 5. 
J. K. Lord called at 5.30, staying
half an hour. C. spent evening in Peace
Room where E. read aloud to her & me.