Cambridge
Ther [Thermometer] Monday, Jan. 1, 1917 [January 1, 1917] Wea [Weather]
Dull
Thin cloudy & almost windless with
temperature not much below freezing point.
Our city sidewalks bare & dry, streets
more or less icy or snowy, ground
surfaces elsewhere uniformly covered to
depth of at least six inches with well
settled, hard frozen blanket of snow.
  Garden birds. A Chickadee eating suet
and a White-throated Sparrow chirping
faintly, in rhododendrons close to my
study window; a Blue Jay and a 
Flicker ([male]) in Parkman's apple tree
together, 20+ House Sparrows feeding
on grain left by the Pigeons & bits
of bread thrown out by kitchen door.
  Spent day in Museum, writing
letters. Harry, Alice & Harrett Bartlett
called in forenoon, staying about half-
an hour. Percy & Anna (Almy) Bidwell
made us a call of similar duration
in evening. C's [Caroline Brewster] cold still confines
her to her chamber & "Peace Room"