Charles E. Burchfield, Journals, April 3rd, 1911

In the afternoon at work, we didn’t take sides, but the girls thru wads of paper and cut up a lot. I got the back-ache until I captured a stool. In the middle of the afternoon, I went over to the boat works with a package. It was a relief to me to get out in the air again. A fine rain was falling, but I didn’t notice it. The whole air was filled with the many shades of smoke that arose in a ghostly manner from all the shops around.

Well, we seem to be going to make expenses the first night everything is in readiness for the play. I get in for nothing. Heckler is going to give me a job of taking tickets.

After supper, Jim came over, and invited me to his six o’clock dinner which he is giving tomorrow night and told me to ask Louise. After he had tendered me my invitation, he asked me to make some place cards. Joe, Fred and 49. he went then to a gymnasium meeting and Jim bought the cards.

Bill has been saying that he was going to ask W.H. Mullins to buy some tickets and talk in such a boasting manner that I determined to sell to him if I could. But this morning Bill got ahead of me and sold two. I went upstairs and when I came down I flashed a dollar at him and told I had sold it to a strange fellow up in the office. Then I asked King who I should say it was. He told me to say Garver, of the Deming Co., and described him for me. On the way home, Bill demanded the man’s name and a description of him and when I supplied both, he believed me, which made me ashamed that I had told such a big lie.

Well I’m getting sleepy and besides, I promised to make some figures for Jim (Burchfield).

Charles E. Burchfield, Journals, April 3rd, 1911