Cambridge
Ther [Thermometer] Tuesday, Jan. 16, 1917 [January 16, 1917] Wea [Weather]
Fine
  Brilliantly clear and seasonably cool
with moderate westerly wind. Surface
of ground hard frozen again & for
most part free from snow. 
  Our bulbous house plants coming
on about as usual. Paper whites and
Roman hyacinths already past, yellow
jonquils just beginning to bloom.
  Garden birds. A White-throat [White-throated Sparrow] near
Museum; a Flicker in Jungle; a
Crow on lawn; a dozen or more
House Sparrows.
  Impressed by desirability of writing
out romantic history of the Goose and
Guinea-hen that died last week at
Concord. I began on it this forenoon
& worked on it during remaining
daylight hours.
  We had Miss Howard and Mrs. Chesley
as guests at luncheon, Wm Haywood [William Haywood]
at dinner. He stayed until 10 P.M.
E. [Elizabeth R. Simmons] read Lawson's amazing testimony aloud
Cambridge
Ther [Thermometer] Wednesday, Jan. 17, 1917 [January 17, 1917] Wea [Weather]
Fine
  Clear and cold with blustering N.W. [northwest]
wind.
Garden birds. All that I noted
were no ore than a White-
throated Sparrow behind the
Museum and a few House Sparrows
in front of it.
  Several letters requiring
immediate answer came by
last night's or this morning's
mail and demanded more
of my attention through the
forenoon; but I resumed
work on the Goose & Guinea-hen
story before luncheon & kept
at it all the afternoon,
making fair progress - for me.
A cable from "Jefferson, London"
informed us that Kenneth has
passed his examination for Sandhurst
& must have "money" from the Fund
which could not be sent to-day
because Harry B [Harry Bartlett] is in New York.
We all spent evening in hall with reading & music