Sewing girl came today! Mom was feeling worse so she sent me downtown to do her errands. I got home about ten thirty. Francis Bonner called up and asked me to go to the the barber shop. We waited so long for an empty chair that it was about twelve before we left there. This afternoon I went swimming with her and her mother and dad. Elizabeth Penn was having a swimming party out there so I saw quite a few of the Brent School kids. Gwen, Edgar, Durbin, etc., etc. I wish I was going out tonight.
Jane’s Notes: Sewing girl - I can tell from these diaries that many of the family’s cloths were custom made, I presume by local Philippine seamstresses, although there are references to buying cloths off the rack as well. I have a trunk full of lace clothing, beaded dresses and other treasures (along with the diaries and letters) from Mom’s days in Manila that were also in the chest that I have inherited.
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