Charles E. Burchfield (1893-1967)

to take them back when I went over to Kinkie’s , and I started with this intention, when mother told me Joe had lost the hat-pin, so I left the gloves for him to take over when he made good the hat-pin. Kinkie bought two tickets, and I got the tickets I had given him to sell back. With these I went down town, but none of my prospective buyers wanted any tickets.

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