Cambridge - Boston.
Ther [Thermometer]  Monday, Nov. 18, 1918 [November 18, 1918] Wea [Weather]
Dull.            
  Forenoon dark cloudy, warm & humid
with light rain falling. Clouds less dense
& air somewhat cooler in afternoon.
  Garden birds. Hairy Woodpecker heard
calling. Crow flying low & 2 Gulls high in
air, over the house.
  To Boston at 10.30. Shortly after reaching
there went with Galloupe to Safety Vaults to
cut off a lot of coupons from Trust Estate
bonds (including Copley Plaza Hotel,
Town of Quincy & Fisk Wharf). Lunched
at Thompsons's Spa. Spent about 3 hours
in office. Arthur getting ready to start
for Porto Rico [Puerto Rico] next week. Visited my
personal Safety Vault box & cut coupons
from U.S. Bonds. Out to 
Harvard Square by 4 P.M. Walked
thence to Ware Hall & spent an
hour with C. [Caroline Brewster]. Nuttall Club meeting
this eve. Scholarly paper of much
interest by Judge Jenney [Judge C.F. Jenney] on a Little
known Portrait of Audubon.

Cambridge.
Ther [Thermometer] Tuesday, Nov. 19, 1918 [November 19, 1918] Wea [Weather]
Fine
Sunny, calm & mild.
  Garden birds. 2 Chickadees in lilacs;
Jay in lindens; Flicker & Peabody bird
heard calling; flight calls of Pine Linnets
heard.
  Forenoon spent in Museum writing
letters & arranginging [arranging] various
things. To Mus. Comp. Zool. [Museum of Comparative Zoology] in
P.M., motoring down at 3.30, walking
back after the early Nov. twilight
had almost yielded to dark night.
At Museum saw Sam Henshaw,
Robert Jackson, Dr. Farlow and
G. M. Allen. Bangs [Outram Bangs] away. Faxon [Walter Faxon]
said to come but seldom & to 
be in poor health & spirits.
  Spent evening in front hall with
E.R.S. [Elizabeth R. Simmons] who read to me from
"David Copperfield".