Datebook 1924: Tuesday, February 5, 1924

Cool and overcast. Rain and sleet. Wet & slippery. Arose 8 A.M. To breakfast and about town on errands. To Chapel and class. Dinner. Worked 12 M-2 P.M. Classes 2:20-4:35 P.M. Cleaned up. Talked with Eugene Myers. H.H. & I to supper at the Timmerman's home. Very fine supper and fellowship. We 3 men to Prayer Meeting at B.U.S.T. Met M.L., Marie and Lois and went to St. James and saw "The Green Goddess." Back to "108." Talked. To bed 12:45 P.M. Thankful.

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I'm assuming Stanford's group went to see the silent film, The Green Goddess, released in 1923, rather than the play of the same name that preceded it. In 1930, a talking remake came out with basically the same cast. From what I can find out, the plot was that a group of English people crash landed in the realm of an Indian potentate who holds them hostage and wants the young woman in the group to become one of his wives. It was apparently popular at the time.

About this blog . . .

I've created this blog to make a record of the hand-written journals of Stanford Stillman Closson (1900-1982), who was in his life a Methodist Minister, grandfather, father, brother, husband, son and friend. This is the sixth installment of Date Book, covering 1924 (the first five cover 1919-1923). For as long as seems practical, I will record subsequent years (they continue into the 1970s). I'm matching the days--January 1, 1924 to January 1, 2018, for instance--with one entry per day.

The daily entries are pretty short, though, so in addition to recording the diaries, I'm also annotating them, giving additional information about the people, places and events mentioned by Stanford, including pictures and other information gleaned from the internet.

And this year, as Stanford continues his studies at Boston University, he becomes engaged to Mary Leah and has his first preaching assignment. I will, therefore, be including some of his and Mary Leah's letters as a way of fleshing out the rather brief entries he includes in his diary.

Through the diaries, the letters and other annotations, I hope to convey a sense of Stanford's life and times. And of course, I'm also hoping to give his descendants a fuller picture of who he was as a young man.

Datebook 1924

Tuesday, February 5, 1924

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