Cambridge
Ther [Thermometer] Tuesday, Feb. 13, 1917 [February 13, 1917] Wea [Weather]
-5 [degrees], +20 [degrees] Fine
Coldest morning yet. Temperature rising
through day. Clouds gathering at sunset.
Comparatively little wind. Air crisp
and dry.
  Garden birds. A Downy [Downy Woodpecker] heard calling;
2 Blue Jays uttering bell notes. At
least 30 House Sparrows scattered about
in tops of lilacs making a horrid
din of chirping & chattering as they
are accustomed to do in early spring,
but have not done here before this winter,
at least to my knowledge.
  Worked through day on Red-wing
Blackbird article for Umbagog book.
Got my poor brains sadly tangled
up with it yet made some
slight progress, nevertheless.
Miss Holman & Miss Harkness called
just after luncheon. C. [Caroline Brewster] & I spent eve.
in hall with E.R.S. [Elizabeth R. Simmons] who read ominous
war news to us. After that the Victrola.

Cambridge - Boston
Ther [Thermometer] Wednesday, Feb. 14, 1917 [February 14, 1917] Wea
Fair
Mostly sunny, rather hazy, compativly [comparatively]
mild yet well below freezing & very chilly;
not much wind. Fine sleighing & icy
sidewalks throughout Cambridge but Boston
streets & sidewalks almost wholly free
from snow & ice. Black Bay encased
in ice save where tugs had made lanes
of open water in which were a few pairs
of Golden-eyes & very many Gulls.
  Garden birds. A White-throat Sparrow [White-throated Sparrow] &
about 20 House Sparrows together in lilacs.
  Spent day in Boston. At our office from
10 A.M. to 4 P.M. Worked on income
tax returns with Galloupe in forenoon.
Finished, signed & sworn to the Mass. [Massachusetts]
State one. Federal one not completed.
Lunched at Marston's. Annual Meeting
Grenfell Ass. Directors 2.30-4. I presided.
All officers & directors re-elected. Much 
routine business settled smoothly.
After that called at Mr. Leverett's office
Talked with him & Mr. Brown about
tax returns etc. Then had hair cut.
Home by 6.30. Evening reading in hall.