A.O.U. [American Ornithologists Union] Meeting second day. Cambridge.
Ther [Thermometer] Wednesday, Nov. 14, 1917 [November 14, 1917] Wea [Weather]
Perfect.
Cloudless, absolutely windless, mild
yet with a frosty tang in the calm
air save where it was permeated by sunlight.
  In Garden - only a Chickadee, a Creeper and a
White-throat [White-throated Sparrow] the latter singing faintly.
  C. [Caroline Brewster] had a bad night due, in
Dr. Steven's opinion, to acute indigestion.
Eliminating the encouraging gain of
the past week it has left her weak & 
dispirited but there is no longer any
severe pain. After seeing her for a
few minutes this morning I devoted a
couple of hours to writing letters &
paying bills & then went by trolley car
to Nash Lecture Room at Museum [Museum of Comparative Zoology] where
Andrews was giving a most interesting
talk on Western China illustrated by 
beautiful slides. After it we all went to 
lunch at the Colonial - upwards of 70
of us, I should think. Back to Museum
at 2.30 to hear Chapman on Peru &
very good he was, of course. I walked 
home just before sunset. Lizzy [Elizabeth R. Simmons] read
Trollope to me after supper.
  Talked with Mrs. Batcheder, May Dexter,
Mrs. Tyler, Dr. Field & others at the 
Colonial luncheon.

Cambridge
Ther [Thermometer] Thursday, Nov. 15, 1917 [November 15, 1917] Wea [Weather]
Perfect
No less cloudless & windless than yesterday
but decidedly warmer & indeed almost
summerlike although everything had been 
white with hoar frost at sunrise.
Perhaps this is Indian Summer, somewhat
deferred.
  In Garden: A Brown Creeper ascending the 
trunk of a cherry tree & also descending it
a short distance, head downward;  a Chickadee
2 Gold-crests, [male] & [female]; 2 Peabody birds.
  The A.O.U. [American Ornithologists Union] meeting lasted all
through this day which is unusual
for the session usually closes early on
the third day. The final talks & papers
are said to have been exceedingly good.
I missed them all by staying at home
partly because of business duties, also
because of extreme wearyness.
  C. [Caroline Brewster] had a comfortable day & seems much
improved in strength & spirits. E.R.S. [Elizabeth R. Simmons]
by no means well. Dr. Stevens says she
is in "very frail" health.
  Fleming & Oberholser spent afternoon with
me looking over birds. Dwight & R. Deane
dropped in at sunset & stayed awhile.
We had a delightful chat.