Beautiful bright windy clear day. Arose 8:30 A.M. Cleaned up and dressed. Read. Around town with D.S.R. and Lizz in Dodge Limousine and thence to Parkers Corners. Dinner. Exercise shoving straw around. To Guilderland Center with D.S.R. and Mr. Stalker hunting up kittle. Read and Visited. Supper. Qualifications for attendance, Old Maid, Widow or Bachelor. Mrs. Houck, Mr. & Miss Houck, Mr. Witherwax. Played games in evening. Took people home. Talked. Read, etc. TO BED 1 A.M.
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Guilderland Center is a town about 9 miles southwest of Schenectady. Not sure what Stanford means by "kittle" here. Anyone have a guess?
I guess Stanford was making a joke about the guests they had for supper that evening. Witherwax is probably Harry Witherwax, who in 1920 was a widower of 48 living in Guilderland. Mr. and Miss Houck are probably Hattie and Frank Houck, aged 38 and 40, respectively, single siblings living in Guilderland. Not sure, but Mrs. Houck could be Anna Houck, a widow living in Albany. It's not clear how Stanford knows these folks, but since Stanford is at the Reynolds', perhaps the guests are their friends.
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Guilderland Center is a town about 9 miles southwest of Schenectady. Not sure what Stanford means by "kittle" here. Anyone have a guess?
I guess Stanford was making a joke about the guests they had for supper that evening. Witherwax is probably Harry Witherwax, who in 1920 was a widower of 48 living in Guilderland. Mr. and Miss Houck are probably Hattie and Frank Houck, aged 38 and 40, respectively, single siblings living in Guilderland. Not sure, but Mrs. Houck could be Anna Houck, a widow living in Albany. It's not clear how Stanford knows these folks, but since Stanford is at the Reynolds', perhaps the guests are their friends.
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