Item 11: Miles Franklin pocket diary, 17 February-29 December 1918

APRIL - 1918

7. Sunday.– Heavy showers. Finished Macedonia sketches. Sig. Siga. Signon Bambacionis called for tea. Read History.

8. Monday. Sunshine now & again. Went to Miss Hodge's Indian Tea at Minerva Terribly boring. Home & washed head. Dr and Mrs Clark called

9. Tuesday. Such a dense fog, lights necessary at 10 a.m. Wrote article for S.M.H. Pottered had a snooze etc.

10. Wednesday. Showery & grey. Went to Miss Newcomb at 10 returned home at 4 & pottered on odds & ends.

APRIL–1918

21. Sunday Wet day. Went down to Grosvenor Hotel & with Agnes to Mass in R.C. Cathedral. Brought her home to dinner. In afternoon went to tea with I. Sloane & Glazier Girl. Brt. Agnes home for night

22. Monday. Better day. In afternoon went to tea with A.B.C. & she took me to opening of Townsend Club by Bishop of London on Baker St.

23. Tuesday. Cruelly depressed. Foggy damp morning. Went to Medley night of Shakespeare at Old Vic.

24. Wednesday. Went to Miss Newcomb at 10 a.m & left at 6.30 Mrs Turner called while I was there

APRIL - 1918

18. Thursday. Bitterly cold day. Went to Miss N. at 10.15. Home at 6. Little clearer towards evening. Cruelly depressed.

19. Friday. Worked at 22 Harley Street. Showery & snowy day.

20. Saturday. Same kind of day. Worked better at night went to "Old Vic" to see Henry VIII with A.A.S. Sybyl Thorndike v. good Queen Katherine. Russell T. a thin & dyspeptic Wolsley

APRIL - 1918

14. Sunday– Very cold & grey. Went to hear Rev. Campbell Morgan at 11.a.m and to see Usshers at 4. Leaving then at 9 p.m.

15 Monday. Wet dull day. Went to Miss Newcomb at 10 & home at 6.

16. Tuesday. Agnes Nestor rang up at 9.30. Went to Miss Newcomb & left late at 5.45. Snow on housestops & slushy in Streets.

17. Wednesday. Cold showery day. Went to Miss N at 10. Down to Bond St. for her after lunch & home - tired & depressed.

APRIL – 1918

11. Thursday. Drizzle in morning & dense fog in afternoon. Went to Miss Newcomb at 10. Got home at six.

12. Friday. Partly grey but warm & sunny in afternoon. Went to Miss Newcomb in morning & to see Maud in afternoon. Came home tired & went to bed.

13. Saturday. Dull & damp. Was at Mrs Newcomb's all day.

Week-end. [no entry]