Cambridge
Ther [Thermometer] Sunday, Jan. 28, 1917 [January 28, 1917] Wea [Weather]
Dull
Cloudy with not infrequent snow flakes
falling gently through chill, windless air.
  Garden birds; the same as were present
yesterday ie only a White-throated Sparrow
feeding with about 10 House Sparrows in 
the clothes yard.
  I remained in doors all day because
of my cold which, however, seems to
be moderating, although troublesome last
night & then accompanied by feverish
conditions. Such afflictions have been
common & widespread for two months
past, tis said, not only in this region
but elsewhere.
 Our guests at dinner were Mrs. Melvin,
Alice Stone & Alice Allyn. Most of
them stayed on until 4 P.M.,
talking in the hall. I played a
Kriesler record, bought as a gift by
Mrs M., but nothing else was called for.
Everyone seems to have tired of
Victrola music in this household, at least.

Cambridge
Ther [Thermometer] Monday, Jan. 29, 1917 [January 29, 1917] Wea [Weather]
Dull
Cloudy, calm, mild but chilly. Snow
began falling steadily just before night
closed in. It is coming still, at 9 P.M.
  Garden birds. 2 Juncos in the very topmost
branches of one of the tallest trees in
Jungle where they remained for only a few
minutes before flying afar off eastward.
About a dozen House Sparrows. 2 Jays.
  Writing letters almost all day
long. They, at least, can be
dealt with expeditiously
as ever which is consoling
after so much fruitless struggling
with the other task.
  Smith Dexter called at 4.30
staying about half-an-hour.
He reports seeing two flocks
of Horned Larks 6 [in a flock] & 12 [in a flock] on
wing near Concord village &
a Sparrow Hawk not far from the
hospital. This occurred yesterday.
  We sat in front hall this
evening. E. [Elizabeth R. Simmons] reading Villette to C. [Caroline Brewster] & me.