Olave Baden-Powell's Diary for 1910 She was 21 in February January 1910 X Transcribed by Patricia Forbes and Judith Lilley [Olave was 21 in February] COVER INSIDE FRONT COVER MEMORANDUM September - Mr Shea the clever, nice, tho' common man taught me the fiddle in 02 &03 & has often stayed with us was married to Miss La Trobe, Carlotta Addison the actress's daughter. October Henry Blathnwayta who stayed with us at Bradfield in 1906 married a Miss de Grey. He was nice, tho' stupid & smiley in the RFA effort in the 54th Battery Tho which U O is in - 9th October I have I think my last letter from him - Gerald Prince to see us yesterday nice but so stupid yet once I believed I thought him special Sat 01 Jan 1910 [ London ] Mother & I & five servants & 3 dogs to London. Gloria goes off under escort from Waterloo & I dissolve! Rutland lodge is nice. Dad & Auriol came up by car from Grig. Sun 02 Jan 1910 Walk in the filthy but beautiful park with D .... & Wallace. So nice having them here. Auriol & I to the concert at Albert Hall & I went out to the party which I loathed - at the nice Littles. Aunt Gen to tea here. Mon 03 Jan 1910 Dog walk in the park & to lunch with Bessie Jones (who I met last Aug on S. Y. Vectis at Sullins - Shopped & saw Cinemograph & on to Whitneys & met mother there & home for tea. Tue 04 Jan 1910 [ Continued from previous day ] here in the car. My family think Bessie con but I like her & she likes me. & she's nice to go about with here. Shopped at Harrods with Dad & by myself in the afternoon &Dogs. I'd love to return to Grig Wed 05 Jan 1910 Mary Burgess (v splendid pianiste) to accompany me play to enthuse me on the fiddle. We four to the Hippodrome. Great fun. It has become too music- hally tho! Except for the Thu 06 Jan1910 [Continue from previous day.] 50 polar bears who plunged down the incline planes into the water. [ in fact there were 70 polar bears!] Matthew Hale to tea - dear old man. Arthur at the Tower on duty for a few days. Lunch with Bingles & tea & shop & help them have their hairs washed in Bond Street, Delicious! Fri 07 Jan 1910 Gibson gave me a fiddle lesson which I loathed. With dear Alise all the morning - shopping & dog walking. Took Dad who is seedy to Maskelyne & Devant - splendid conjuring tricks & funny. Sat 08 Jan 1910 Dog walk & shop walk. Three dear little gold fishes came as a surprise for me from kind Alise for the fountain fern pool on the stairs here. Round London in the car. Bridget Hole & her father & Miss Ashmead Bartlett to T Sun 09 Jan 1910 Arthur here from the Tower for a few hours. Bridget to tea & talk again. Rvd H J Fold & Miss Deacon & Norman Pearson (stuffy cousin) & Ivan Lindheim [? ] the painter to tea. The latter came Mon 10 Jan 1910 [ Continued from previous date] To our first dance at Grig on 1st of Nov 09. I wanted him to paint mother - he is penniless so it would be a charity. By 1.30 from Kings Cross to Leeds to stop with Flo Brooke. Nice journey & delightful seeing the whole family again. George met me at the station. Tue 11 Jan 1910 [Leeds ] They all are dears. Did nothing, talked all day- except walk to the post & evening to the "Cinderella" at the Grand theatre with Mrs B's sister & her husband who is Mr B's brother. Great. Wed 12 Jan 1910 [ Continued from previous date] fun & we laughed for four hours. Snow on the ground. Went down to the place where the dance is tonight in Leeds & helped prepare. It began at 7 and was mixed - young and old about 200. I enjoyed it frightfully. All my partners were nice, danced well - especially a dear nice middy & George is divine to dance with & to sit out with! [ piece of paper stuck over dates] Thu 13 Jan 1910 [Hand written] Thursday To see their bottle factory in Leeds (& lunched in the office off tea & toast) The most interesting thing I've ever seen. Saw it all from beginning to end ...... nice youths! came to dinner & we played mad games & a most festive party & two girls Gladys Cousins & Dorothy Middleton. Nice. I am Happy Fri 14 Jan 1910 [Hand written] Friday To Leeds in the morning (to Shop) by tram. Mr B a bit seedy in bed - George rushed home to lunch looking awfully harassed with the business & rushed away again. Flo & I go to tea with Auntie (Mrs Bowen Brooke) ten ladies & did absurd but nice games .... & to dinner with Constable Hayes - a nice throat specialist com wife - two dull nieces & a Dr .... MacBride & other ugly but inoffensive men. George went to Infantry dance of Batt. Of.................. Sat 15 Jan 1910 [ hand written] Saturday Too sad. Left Leafield at 8.15 to return to London. Beloved George saw me off. Had a delightful journey & talked hard all the time to an old man & old lady. I always seen to find some friends & places in common in this small world. Met Bessie Jones & lunch at ....... & to see "The Little Damozel" most charming & pathetic play - tea together to Sloane Street and home- feeling flat and miserable with having left the dear Brookes. Sun 16 Jan 1910 [ London] Others out to lunch. Bridget Hole here to lunch & to the splendid concert at the Albert Hall. Kathleen Parlow first rate fiddler & Lovely performance. Mon 17 Jan 1910 Miss Symons to do some real ....... Practise with me & after with Dad to see most delightful "Pinkie & the Faries" sweet children's play. Tue 18 Jan 1910 See first page Wed 19 Jan 1910 To lunch with Nancy Dalrymple (of S. Y. Vectis) at the Cottage nice tea shop in Piccadilly & to see "Smith" delightful play at the Comedy theatre. James Vaughn ....., Robert ...... & Kate Cutler to tea & saw N D off at Victoria. Thu 20 Jan 1910 Miss Symons to practise. lunch party here. Mrs Slazenger (whose husband is now sheriff of London) uncle Murray Hill & Philip Williams. Out in the car & shopped. Mrs .....to tea. A's out to dinner. Fri 21 Jan 1910 Mother in bed with neuralgia all yesterday. Gave her a Kentucky Cardinal ....... - very wild but will get tame. Arthur & friend at the Tower. Miss Symons to practise. Dorothy Fox to lunch, Gilby to give me a lesson nice & better one after a little practise. Sat 22 Jan 1910 To try on frock. After took Dad to the Follies the adorable funny people under HG Velissian at the Apollo. Literally cried with laughter tho I had seen some of their things before. To tea with Flo who is staying with her great friend Clarice Hood in Green Street. Sun 23 Jan 1910 Snow on the ground but thawed by evening. Miss ..... dear little German person who used to come to play at the flat to Albert Hall ..... concert with me. Mon 24 Jan 1910 Miss Symons to practise joined Prince's skating club - Arthur & I - I went there to watch. So handy for us here. Awful floods in Paris. The Seine is rising steadily & lots of people turned out of their homes - & streets flooded. Tue 25 Jan 1910 Arthur & I had our first skating lesson at Prince's. Great fun & feel such fools! Miss Dent had me & instructor called Charlton took Arthur. Auriol & I to lunch with Mrs Deacon. Wed 26 Jan 1910 [Carried on from 25 Jan] just she & Harold. Shopped in the car. Frank Wallace to Dinner & dance with A's. Miss Symons to practise. Alf & I to skate in the morning & the afternoon. Paris is awfully bad. Thousands homeless- everybody going about in boats & all the big buildings undermined. Thu 27 Jan 1910 Dad to stay with Bottomley's at Lilliput to vote. I skated hard and badly at Princes. Entertained Una Rolleston to lunch at the cottage "eating house & to see "The Blue Bird" Maeterlinck is extraordinary & charming play. Flo B & her friend Clarice to tea. Fri 28 Jan 1910 [ Paper Stuck over date Continued from Thu 27] Bea Hole came after & Aubrey ...... to stay. Sarah Williams to dinner & they all went to a dance. Mother & I go to bed. X [ Fri 28 Jan 19109] Miss Symons to play. Aubrey left. He is nice restful. Arthur on guard Aunt Gen to lunch. I skated at Princes. Out shopping with Mother & lovely Gibby fiddle lesson. Sat 29 Jan 1910 Skate at Princes. Made friends with a wee little person of 16. Lady Monkwell by name. there who is also loving the beautiful game. Lunch with Bess Hole & to see Beethoven at his Majesty. Nice - but free so fiendish. Sun 30 Jan 1910 Tea at Stewarts where we met mother & Angela Shuttleworth who had also been matineeing. Auriol & I to concert at Albert Hall. .... ..... many friends Frida, Kathleen ...... _ Hermione & Christine Molly (nieces of old H & End) & Cissy Pearson to tea. Floods in Paris going down. Mon 31 Jan 1910 Dad returned - still seedy - & the Radical got in for East Dorset. People have been going mad about the Elections. Liberals are unfortunately top dogs, Miss Symons to practise, Skated morning and afternoon. J Sanderman to tea - funny little chap. February 1910 X Transcribed by Rosie Healy Tue 01 Feb 1910 Miss Symons to practise. Skated in the morning. Out shopping in the car & to tea with Cousin Cissy Pearson. Her At Home day & lots of nice people to talk to. A clever Mrs & Miss Sitchell belongings[sic] of Walter [Sitchell] the writer [The following note is written above Wed 02 Feb] Noel Sampson & Frank Wallace & Beatrice Hall to dinner last night. Wed 02 Feb 1910 Skated hard all day nearly & got on well. Tead there (at Prince's) with Lady Monkswell. Dad very seedy. Uncle Arthur to lunch yesterday & dinner today. It is nice here. Thu 03 Feb 1910 Miss Symons to play. Skated in the morning. Got on fairly well. Tea with Morleys in Ashley Place. Went there in the car after having been fitted for nice frock at Liberty. Nasty train accident at Stoats Nest. 7 people killed lots damaged last Saturday. Fri 04 Feb 1910 Miss Symons - ripping practise. Skated - badly! T.W. Rolleston to lunch. Francis Cornwallis also with Auriol & me alone here. Auriol to stay with Sampsons in Sussex. To tea with Clarice Hood - & 5.30 Lesley Gibson fiddle lesson Sat 05 Feb 1910 Miss Symons. She is making me get on well. Dad Mother & I see "The Brass Bottle" funny play by F. Anstey . Awfully well staged at the Vaudeville Theatre. Bad epidemic of diphtheria going at home (Lilliput) one poor child died yesterday. Sun 06 Feb 1910 Friede to lunch. She is a dear old thing & her life with the Denny's is not all gain. Miss Ulysses[?] went with F. & me to Albert Hall dull concert. Reggie & Connie Hill & old Ford to tea & bridge. Went...[continues into 7 Feb]...round to Princes with Arthur last evening & saw Grananda (Champion figure skater) [Henning Grenander Grenander 1898 Champion - Wikipedia] doing wonderful things. Mon 07 Feb 1910 Miss Symons to do me good. Auriol returned. Skated morn. & afternoon Mrs Quicke turned up for tea event to Princes with me Tue 08 Feb 1910 Miss Symons. Skated - again in the afternoon. Had my 6th lesson from Alix Dent & started outside edge. Lovely fun. Had tea there with Lady Monkswell & her nice girl friend. Wed 09 Feb 1910 Skated morning & afternoon & had tea with Ula Monkswell & her friend Neville Flower . Auriol & I joined Friede at Albert Hall & heard again "The Dream of Gerontius" quite too exquisite all through. Thu 10 Feb 1910 Miss Symons. Afternoon - run in the car with Mother & Bobbies [?] Spaniel[?] thro' Richmond Park & over Wimbledon Common. Tea at Princes with Mother & skated & evening nice dinner party here of 12...[continues into 11 Aug] ...Mr & Mrs Denny (people Friede is with) Mr & Mrs Cunningham - old Mr J. Ford Mabyn Baker, & a nice youth called Ashmead Bartlett Fri 11 Feb 1910 Miss Symons - Skated in the afternoon & lovely fiddle lesson from Gibby. Bridget Hole - Frank Wallace & Noel Sampson to dinner - & dance...[continued overleaf above & into 12 Feb entry]...at Grafton Galleries while I went to bed Sat 12 Feb 1910 Played De Beriot Concerto no 8 on the fiddle last night as I am learning it hard. Skated badly in the morning & lunch at the Cottage (end of Piccadilly) with Una Rolleston & saw delightful play called "Don" Sun 13 Feb 1910 With Dad to the Little's box at Albert Hall. Fine concert Anton van Rooy sang quite splendidly & Margery Bentwith fiddled well. Mrs & Harold Deacon - Ula Monkswell & Margaret English (my Prince's pals) Aunt Con Aunt Ger & Apsley Smith & ...[continues at top of opposite page above 14 Feb]...his daughter Freda to tea. Mon 14 Feb 1910 Miss Symons. Splendid practise. Skated & again in the afternoon. Getting on badly now. Dora Little & Uncle Arthur to lunch. Tea with Miss Symons in Camden Hill Square & busied myself about anti-vivisection. Tue 15 Feb 1910 Skated morning & in the afternoon & entertained a rather nice Mrs Jebb (a Prince' acquaintance) to tea there. Also watched most thrilling hockey practise[sic] there. The A's out to another dance - they are so gay & jolly. Wed 16 Feb 1910 Miss Symons. Lovely practise. To skate. Afternoon to the dentist who played about a bit in my mouth & to tea with Aunt Ger - & Wallace dog too. Arthur's ankle not well enough to skate yet . Thu 17 Feb 1910 Miss S, Mr & Mrs Rolleston & Aunt Ger to lunch, To play fiddle at the L.A.M. in the Audrey Chapman Orchestra (rehearsal only) Most lovely - never done it before. Tea with Friede in Grosvenor Street & her two pupils R & G Denny. Fri 18 Feb 1910 Miss Symons. Skated & Gibby lesson in the evening. Auriol & Arthur went last night with the Denny's to Norah's (Denny) coming out dance. She's a nice girl. Mrs Denny is I think & hope the only person who really dislikes me !! Sat 19 Feb 1910 Miss S. Fiddle is getting on splendidly thanks to her. To lunch with Mrs Deacon at her house (in Devonport Str) & two sons of hers there & then with her to see a pretty little play called "Tantalizing Tommy" & tea afterwards at Stewarts. Cyril Maude [actor] was delicious. Sun 20 Feb 1910 Walked round about the park with Mother & Wallace. Bad wet windy day. Expected lots of people to tea but only Mrs Jebb[?] & Maude Lascelles & Daphne & Mrs Annesley & old Ford came...[continues into 21 Feb] ...He stayed to dinner & asked Auriol again for about the 100th time to marry him - but he is 50 & she is only 24! [ Just two years later, Olave, aged 23, married a man of 55 ! ] Mon 21 Feb 1910 Miss S. Fetched Dosi from Waterloo & saw a bit of the Royal Procession to the opening of Parliament. Tue 22 Feb 1910 Tuesday - Feb 22nd My birthday - 21st too Skated & Alix B. too who has just returned from Switzerland. General Moncrieff - Mr Holland & Mrs Harold Deacon to lunch. To see Aunt Ger & tea with Cissy Pearson. Wed 23 Feb 1910 Miss Symons. To Marta[?] the splendid gum architect about the porthole [sic] of my face!! To a dreadful concert near Westbourne Grove which Mrs Arkwright was singing at. A lovely fiddle lesson from Gibson. Mrs Swan from Lilliput to see us. AG. got a bad cold. Thu 24 Feb 1910 Skated. Daphne Annesley came to admire! To play in the orchestra - had to play alone to René Ortmann the conductor - I was absurdly frightened for no reason & did badly. Tea with Friede...[continues into 25 Feb]...& with Auriol to hear Tristan at Covent Garden. Fri 25 Feb 1910 Miss Symons. Trained down to Hatfield to lunch with my Glorious Bear Collie & her mistress (See Jan 1st) Back in time for nice big tea party here. Mother in bed with bad cold. Jack Denny to dinner. Sat 26 Feb 1910 Miss Symons. Took Auriol to skate at Princes - great fun wheeling her round. Joined Bridget Hole at Queen's Theatre & revelled in H.B. Irving doing "Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde". Wonderful & awful. To dine with Rollestons at Author's Club...[continues into 27 Feb]...(Whitehall) to see John Galsworthy's splendid play "Justice" - quite beautifully acted at the Duke of Yorks. Finest play I've ever seen. Sun 27 Feb 1910 Friede to lunch & concert at Albert Hall with me. Mr Stephen Shea to tea & bridge - & hurrah! He is engaged to be married to a Miss La Trobe Mon 28 Feb 1910 Miss "Svengali" Symons Skated alone at Prince's. Aunt Ger & dotty old Aunt Annette to lunch To the dentist - finished up for another year. March 1910 X Transcribed by Rosie Healy Tue 01 Mar 1910 Skated all day - poor Maurice de Mauny Talvande - (our friend the Count who lives at Sandal Fordingbridge) has gone bankrupt. He has been a naughty little chap in his day. Wed 02 Mar 1910 Svengali here! Skated Una Rolleston to lunch & hand in hand to see "The Importance of being Ernest" (Oscar Wilde). I was bored by it. Tea at Stewarts. Arthur & I to dine with Cunninghams & to see "Dame Nature"...[continues into 3 Mar]... A splendid play from the French. Ethel Irving was simply wonderful. On to supper we four at Savoy afterwards - for first time I enjoyed it - so gay. Thu 03 Mar 1910 Orchestra - lovely. Miss Symons & Alix to tea - the dear - Skated. Fri 04 Mar 1910 Skated. Mrs Morley to tea. At the orchestra practise yesterday we played overture & prelude to 3rd Act of Lohengrin Fourth Symphonie of Beethoven's etc. Sat 05 Mar 1910 Skated & took Auriol to learn too. To lunch at the Cottage with Una R. & to see 3 very well acted plays at the Duke of York's theatre. "Old Friends" & "The twelve pound look" quite delightful by Barrie & "The...[continues into 6 Mar]... Sentimentalists" (dull) by George Meredith Sun 06 Mar 1910 Bridget & Aunt Ger to lunch. Alice to fetch me & to nice concert at Albert Hall. Several people to tea. Packed to go with Dad to Cannes. Mon 07 Mar 1910 Left Rutland Lodge at 10 a.m. A lovely crossing from Dover to Calais - & get into our dear little carriage to ourselves in the train de luxe & rushed down to Paris thro' deserted flat but fascinating country. To sleep a little in comfy beds. Tue 08 Mar 1910 And woke at 6 to blazing sun over peach orchards covered with blossom & olive groves. Arrived Cannes at 10.30 & to stay at the splendid Hotel Metropole. Walked about the lovely garden & basked in the sun Wed 09 Mar 1910 Walked about the lovely hotel gardens wondering what the wonderful plants are. Afternoon we drove round the Cap D'Antibes to Antibes itself - a lovely drive & glorious view of the Esteralles [?] & the Alpes Maritimes with snow on them. Thu 10 Mar 1910 Basked & lazed & went down into Cannes & shopped & had tea & rejoiced over the pleasing sights & people. Most of the people in the hotel are awful - all except one invalid boy man who is pleasing Fri 11 Mar 1910 Played tennis on nice sand courts. A good four with some com. people & a Miss Grimshaw who plays well. Singles at tennis with Dad too who is getting better & himself again. Sat 12 Mar 1910 Showery all day & could do nothing but sit about, talk with funny Misses Ethel & Hilda Vessey[?] (relations of Stradishall Bowers)their nice friend Miss Shelley etc & the nice Boy. Sun 13 Mar 1910 Showery but afternoon played tennis with Dad v. a nice Mrs Wilson (who runs the Southampton tennis club) & Mr Horniman. Very splendid games. Horniman & his wife are very common. Talked...[entries for the next 14 days have been cut out and the diary continues on blank pages with the dates handwritten above each entry. - entries for 14-25 March missing] Sat 26 Mar 1910 Watched tennis tournament & walked up to the fort above the hotel - to get our last view of Alpes Maritimes. Little words now & then with Col. S. - a horrid dull good-bye to the Boy who went out to tea & at 5.30 we started for home. Col. S. turned up to see us (me!) off - apparently felt pathetic about it - & pressed my hand!! wanted to kiss it! & is coming to see me in London & at Grig! [He ?]is a cousin of the Ritchleys & have got Grig for their last 3 months) & so to bed in comfy train de Sarthe[?] & to dream of sunlight & this glorious holiday. Arrived in Paris at 9 & Calais at 1.15. Sun 27 Mar 1910 Easter Sunday A smooth crossing in a sea fog - and got with tired Dad to Rutland Lodge in time for dinner. Journey knocked him up a bit but not badly. Mother & Arthur at Burchells with Sampsons & Auriol at West Park withCoates - she returns Tuesday. Mother & A.G. returned in the car today Mon 28 Mar 1910 Beastly day to me - went to skate at Princes but am feeling horrid reaction of course from all that's been happening. Tue 29 Mar 1910 Skated again with Auriol. Great fun. Wed 30 Mar 1910 On Wednesday to tea with dear Bingels. Miss Symons to practise fiddle. Thu 31 Mar 1910 Skated hard all the morning & Auriol too - she is getting on & so am I - I accomplished an 8 alone at last. To see a twee play called "The Toymaker of Nuremburg" - Cyril Maude quite delightful & pathetic as an old man & his daughter a sweet debutante on the stage. April 1910 X Transcribed by Rosie Healy Olave was 21 and 5 weeks old [From Sun 27th March to Wed 6 April all printed diary dates have been pasted over/overwritten] Fri 01 Apr 1910 Skated & again in the evening & Dad came to admire the waltzing on the ice. Auriol to stay at Sandel Fordingbridge Sat 02 Apr 1910 Miss Symons. Skated & Dad to see again. Arthur & I to Kings Theatre Hammersmith to see dear Martin Harvey in "The only Way". Quite splendid & loved it more than last time I saw it at Bournemouth. Sun 03 Apr 1910 To Guards Chapel with Arthur - nice service & church paraded in the park afterwards. Mon 04 Apr 1910 Auriol returned. Miss Symons. Tea with Alix who I am feeling very devoted to. Tue 05 Apr 1910 Skated. Miss Symons to practise & Aunt Ger to tea & took her & Mother to see A. & me skate at Princes. To dinner with Alix & started playing the flute. Wed 06 Apr 1910 Auriol & I skated hard. Afternoon walked with wogs[dogs] & Gibson fiddle lesson. Saw little Amy Hohler yesterday in the park as she hove past me with averted eyes! Her horrid brother the Rabbit Arthur who I once loved is to be married on Sat...[continues onto next page 7 April]...to a pretty girl called Laline Astell. Will be dreadful as a husband. Thu 07 Apr 1910 [normal diary pages resume] Miss Symons to practise for last time for the present as she goes a holidaying in Scotland. A. & I skated & to see "Twelfth Night" at His Majesty's Theatre. Quite the...[continues into 8 April]...loveliest scenery I've ever seen - a delightful play & perfectly acted by Tree [Herbert Beerbohm Tree - actor] as Malvolio (good for Tree) Norman Forbes as Aguecheek (his best part) Henry Ainley as Clown - very good & Fred Terry twice as Sebastian & his daughter Phillida aged 17 quite too adorable as Viola & Amy Brandon Thomas a good Olivia. Fri 08 Apr 1910 [No discernible entry for 8 April as all overwritten with 7 April continuation] Sat 09 Apr 1910 Skated four hours yesterday & shopped. Skated again. Auriol has learned so quickly. Mr Rolleston & Aunt Ger to lunch & we five to His Majesty's Theatre to see "The merry Wives of Windsor". Beautifully acted but I don't care for the play. Tree as Falstaff - dear old Ellen Terry as Mrs Page - dreadful Lady Tree as Mrs Ford etc. Auriol Arthur & I to dine with little George Sandeman & then to "The Dollar Princess" - very nice & W.H. Berry frightfully funny as Mr Bulger. Saw it with the Bingels too last Nov. Sun 10 Apr 1910 Dad to stay at Rye with Norman F. Robertsons. Friede to lunch & to Albert Hall concert with me - & Mrs...[continues on opposite page 11 April]...Deacon - old Col. Anderson & nice little chap Cecil Blount etc to tea & Ivan Lindhe who is going to paint Auriol's portrait. Mon 11 Apr 1910 Skated all day - & a friend of Auriol's Audrey Ashmead Bartlett to lunch. The portrait of Mother by Hugh G. Riviere is lovely Tue 12 Apr 1910 No more skating - Princes is closed. Dad returned last night - he is quite well but rather naughty just now! Harold Deacon Col. & Mrs Merritt Cissy Branson, Uncle Arthur & a clever & deformed man called [space left for name] to lunch. Mother, Arthur & I ran out to Friern Barnet in the car & looked at Mother's Mother's & Father's & youngest brother's graves. Wed 13 Apr 1910 In the car with Dad to Kew Gardens. Quite lovely & so huge & beautifully arranged. Gibson lesson. Thu 14 Apr 1910 Muriel Tribe to lunch (see Nov. 29th last year) her ugly brother has married that silly little Gaskell girl. Beatrice Valpy here too & Alix who then went with me to see "Hamlet" at His Majesty's. H. B. Irving who I usually adore & who is supposed to be the best Hamlet. He was twee but he drawled & ranted & was so undignified & Dorothea Baird his wife was awful. Fri 15 Apr 1910 I was disappointed yesterday. I quite expected to rave over him but as it is I'm sure dear Forbes Robertson is quite inimitable. Went back to dinner with Bingels - in just distress as Baron Schieder[?] (their guardian & almost grandfather very ill) In car to Sheffield Park - Sussex to see Uncle Arthur (see preface to this volume!) Sat 16 Apr 1910 To meet at Victoria my new my own my lovely new Chamber Doogy! I love him & he loves me at once & he is a worthy successor to the late Dog who died 3 years & 1 week ago now. He is quite sweet.[continues overleaf with pasted inserts obliterating printed dates which have been replaced by handwritten dates] ... Saturday - April 16th To lunch with Friede & her youngest pupil Eric Deary & nice Jack there & took me to "Prunella" - a most pleasing little pierrot play & "The twelve pound look", a ripper by Barrie & home to give Doogy his tea! Sun 17 Apr 1910 Margaret Williams to lunch - Mother & A. out. M. & I play music & then to tea with Arthur (on guard) at the Tower. Quite lovely - took Doogy & Dosi there too & met Auriol & Erla Howell there & all 6 returned here by underground. Mon 18 Apr 1910 Shopped at Whiteleys &...[continues onto next page 19 April]...worshipped Doogy II Even after only twenty four hours he wouldn't let me out of his sight literally! Tue 19 Apr 1910 To lunch Auriol & I with Beatrice Valpy at their flat in Sloane Court & to hear "Orpheus" (Gluck) Marie Brema as Orpheus & Viola Tree as Eurydice...[continues into 20 April]... Rather nice. Very pretty dancing & dresses Wed 20 Apr 1910 Jardines, James Deacon Mrs Arkwright, & little Ashmead Bartlett to dinner & music last night. Mother & I mote[sic] to see Angela over Wimbledon Common. Aunt Ger to lunch & I went with her to see dear Gerald du Maurier - tweer than ever in another thief play called "Alias Jimmy Valentine" See page 6 of this book Thu 21 Apr 1910 A nice fiddle lesson from dear little Gibby. Mrs Cunningham (Arthur's great friend) & Arthur Anderson a delightful sulphite to dinner & on to dance with the A's. He is brother to Twiggy A (see Dec 29th last year) Doogy is heavenly. Fri 22 Apr 1910 Met Friede & Jean & Rosalind & Evie Denny walking in the park with wogs. Harold Deacon, Una Rolleston, Sybil Ashmead Bartlett & a sculptor Gotto to lunch. Lots of us moted afterwards to see studio full of pretty marble naked ladies! & then on to T with Arthur at the tower - Arthur Dad Una & I - great fun. Sat 23 Apr 1910 Horrid & cold again after these nice days. Mother Dad & I to the Palace - lovely Russian dancers - Anna Pavlova who is quite the rage just now. Most of the other things good too & home into a large tea party of chiefly Auriol's friends. Fiddled. Sun 24 Apr 1910 Aunt Ger to lunch. Packed Friede to splendid Albert Hall concert with me - the dear old thing. Jascha Bron fiddled quite beautifully & Ada Crossley sang. Old H.J. Ford & little Cecil Rount[?] to tea and my Col. Salmondson - the one I liked so at Cannes. He was very nice & affectionate & said he had my letter next [to] his heart!! Mon 25 Apr 1910 Miss Symons home from her holiday to practise with me for 3 hours - record for me. Gladys Shipway friend of Auriol's to lunch. In the car to shop at Liberty etc. & walk with wogs. Doogy is quite heavenly. It was nice seeing Col. S. yesterday. ..[continues into 26 April]... I don't [know] why I like him so much really - Chiefly cos he says nice things to me I suppose & also because I had him at the same hallowed time as the Boy. I see no one anywhere to touch the latter in charm. Oh how I loved him & do now. Tue 26 Apr 1910 Miss Symons to practise & lunch & Gibson lesson. Wed 27 Apr 1910 Miss Symons to practise. Dad Auriol & I motor down (with Dosi) to Hatfield to see Gloria Bear & her mistress Rachell Hoare & go all over the lovely gardens of Lord Salisbury's exquisite house. We unfortunately...[continues into 28 April]... just missed seeing the great aviator Paulhan start on his flight from London to Manchester with which he won the £1000 prize. It was a great feat & he is the hero of the day - especially his descent & ascent halfway. Thu 28 Apr 1910 [No discernible entry - overwritten by previous day's entry] Fri 29 Apr 1910 Miss Symons for last practise & a nice lesson from dear little Gibson who I hate saying goodbye to. Saw Col. Salmondson walking up Knightsbridge as we came home in the car from lovely matinee (Special Bill) at His Majesty's - last act...[continues into 30 April]...of Macbeth beautifully done by Violet Vanbrugh & Arthur Bourchier. Silly dressing room scene by Cyril Maude of Clandestine Marriage. Very nice screen scene of School for Scandal" (Tree very nice as Sir Peter Teazle) & Balcony Scene from Romeo & Juliet Constance Collier Very & Henry Ainley Very nice. Sat 30 Apr 1910 Left London bag & baggage & two dogs - & Mother & Dad & Bobbie dog motored down home to Grigg in 3hours & 1/2 . Lovely to be back again & the garden is looking lovely. May 1910 X Transcribed by Rosie Healy Sun 01 May 1910 George & Mary Sykes to tea on Sunday. Auriol & I walk to Parkstone & shop (having been in London only 4 months!) We unpack & settle down feverishly for the next few days - & garden & I worship my dear Doogy. Mon 02 May 1910 [No discernible entry - all overwritten by previous entry for Sun 1 May] Tue 03 May 1910 Arthur has the chance of an adjutancy at the Guards Depot at Caterham perhaps. He is a ripper - sometimes - so is Auriol - but it is high time she's married. She won't...[continues into 4 May]...marry old H.J. Ford as he is too old tho' she loves him & can't marry Maxime de Massingy cos he's married already (wife in a mad house). This 4 months in London of gaiety & admiration have unsettled her - & she's suffering from horrid re motion[?] Wed 04 May 1910 [No discernible entry] Thu 05 May 1910 Clean silent rain all last night & cold this morning. After Auriol & I go for a wild ride by the sea - & Doogy rides for the first time in his 4 years & loves it & tears along to keep up. Fri 06 May 1910 Drove into Bournemouth. Mother Auriol & I shopped wildly. Met Georgie there going to hear latest bulletin of the King who is seriously ill with bronchitis. Doogy very scratchy. Sat 07 May 1910 King Edward VII died at quarter to 12 last night - universal sorrow & bewilderment. So quick - the Queen hurried home from Venice in time. Took my lovely...[continues into 8 May]... Doogy to the vet & courageously left him there for a week to have a small growth taken from his right ear & his itchy back cooled! Sun 08 May 1910 Auriol Dad & I played tennis in a hurricane at the Club with Dr Paterson. Mon 09 May 1910 Fat Janet Forde to tea yesterday. Her self satisfaction is so great it ceases to be a vice & is merely comic! Auriol & I had a lovely ride. Telephone message ...[continues into 10 May]...to say my Doogy goes on well. Miss him frightfully. Tue 10 May 1910 Wash Dosi & Bobbie & teach the invalid East End Waif boys in Parkstone in the morning. Been here 2 years today. Wed 11 May 1910 To the tennis club at Parkstone - opening day. Cold & windy - a few old frumps there swathed in black of course as everyone is now except us. Auriol & I go again today...[continues into next day 12 May]...with two com but poor & harmless Misses Calliphronas, also in a gale. Thu 12 May 1910 Joan Bevan to dinner last night & I go & see her today - & we talk long & lovingly about things & men - & she drivels about Jack her fiance. Fri 13 May 1910 To play singles against Miss Calliphronas. Join B. Goes to stay with her future godmother-in-law. I think of nothing but having my heavenly dog back from the vet tomorrow. Sat 14 May 1910 I fetch him at cockscrow at[and] wash him at once! Then drive to meet Col. Salmonson (in rain) He goes to Poole by train by mistake but gets here but gets here for lunch and Gerald Prince too & we mote[sic] to Bournemouth & Pritchard's nursery garden at Christchurch. Sun 15 May 1910 Brother Arthur came yesterday for two nights from Pirbright. Moted all of us past Creech Grange (via Wareham) & up Tyneham Hill, where in spite of our 40 horses we stuck & had to get out...[continues on next page16 May]...for the first time in the life of this yellow one & all sat & "mazed" on the hill looking South - heavenly & back by Lulworth & Wool. Mon 16 May 1910 Dr Paterson joined us at the Club & we had splendid fours at tennis - even whichever way we play. Tue 17 May 1910 Auriol & I to teach the children - taking Doogy & Dosi there too - tennis fours at the Club with dear little Dr P again & Maurice Count de Mauny to stay for 2 nights. How nice it was seeing Col. S. again last Sat. I like him so ...[continues onto 18 May]...& feel I can say anything to him & I know he likes me - & of course he thought Mother exquisite - which again shows he is sensible as well as nice! Wed 18 May 1910 To the children again with Janet Forde. To tennis Club & had ripping games with D. Barlow v. Dad & Miss Fisher & ladies fours too with her & the Misses Walters? Thu 19 May 1910 Gerald Prince to dine last night - nice & so stupid - & nice looking very image of his mother. Maurice left - none the worse for his smash (see March 1st). To tennis Club. Good fours with Miss Fisher & Mr Haskett Smith. Fri 20 May 1910 King's funeral. Whole holiday for everybody everywhere -! The Procession with 8 kings thro' London was made into a great World's Pageant. We gardened. This is very like a splendid story called "Ben Tobit"...[continues on next page 21 May]... by Andrevsky? of how where when great things happen individuals go on with their small insignificant affairs just the same. Good story in a book called Judas Iscariot. Sat 21 May 1910 Dad & I to play bad tennis with Alice Shute etc on the court...[continues into 22 May]...in nice gardens of "Branksome Dean" lent her by old Mrs Baxendale. Sun 22 May 1910 Dad & I motored to lunch with the Hill's at Chettle ( near Blandford) Great hunting people & very kind & nice. Daisy Sugden & Teddy Pearce engaged couple there too. Mon 23 May 1910 Played tennis (badly) at the Club with Miss Fisher & Abigail & Sybil & Evelyn Pontifex. Very hot & sat out after dinner on the terrace & had the nice gramophone & watched the moon shape a silver pathway across the sea & harbour to us...[continues into May 24]...I feel sentimental "on such a night" last Aug. we sat & heard the gram. & my heart beats suddenly because I began to feel Ulric Osmaston who sat in the dark near & watched me. Ah me! Tue 24 May 1910 Dad Mother & I moted over to Southampton - inspected ...[continues into 25 May]...yachts to hire without success - & lunched with dear Mr Wilson who we met at Cannes & had ripping tennis in the afternoon. D. Sugden & her "posession"[sic] there too who live at Romsey (See March 13th) Mr Wilson is a dear - & sadly lost his wife ...[continues into 26 May]...2 years ago & adores his son & daughter of almost 16 & 14. Wed 25 May 1910 Tennis club day on Wednesday, Dad & I went & whacked about. Thu 26 May 1910 Thursday, he & I had more lovely hits at the Patersons who are really good & keen. Miss Lottie was Seded Champion once. Fri 27 May 1910 Yesterday Harold Deacon came on his motorbike to stay. Took him to tennis at the Fellowes' (Chaddesley 1/2 mile away). He couldn't play a bit - but we had ripping games. Bevans to dinner & bridge. Sat 28 May 1910 Harold & Dad sailed with Harvey Sykes - & brought him back to lunch. Took Harold & us 3 to tennis club & played a lot & had tea. Allsopps & Edith Bottomley to dinner - & Harold sang lustily by the hour. The A's are nice but elderly & stupid. Sun 29 May 1910 Harold left on his stinker. He is delighted with himself. Such a pity as he might be absolutely thrilling as he looks so nice - but he quite misses it. Bottomleys to tea & see the garden which is looking lovely. Mon 30 May 1910 Sybil Dyson Laurie engaged to be married. Also Miss Drewett of Parkstone! to nice tho' common old Col. Lambert (of Branksome Park) his son Capt. L who came to our second dance in Dec when Emily L. came out! Miss D. & Capt. Lambert married on Sept. 3rd. Tue 31 May 1910 Suddenly wet & cold again - garden soaks it in & rejoices - my garden particularly splendid ablaze with red poppies, lupins, & anchusas. Bevans to tea & bridge. Nice people. June 1910 Wed 01 Jun 1910 Dad, Auriol & I to tennis club & had fair games with Dr Paterson. Lemberg won the Derby. Club is coming in usefully now as ours won't be grown enough to play for another month or so. Thurs 02 Jun 1910 A & I went to teach the children yesterday as usual. Chickened & after motored thro' Blandford but 2 tyres bust before we got to Hods Hill so we sat on a convenient & pleasant mound & "mazed" (Wallace & Dosi "playing" the while with a hedgehog) & so home. Fri 03 Jun 1910 Dad & I to play tennis at the Pope's in Branksome Park. Good games against a Miss Milner-Jones etc. Fellowes' there too. They do play well - both of 'em. X Transcribed by Rosie Healy Miss D. & Capt. Lambert married on Sept. 3rd. Tue 31 May 1910 Suddenly wet & cold again - garden soaks it in & rejoices - my garden particularly splendid ablaze with red poppies, lupins, & anchusas. Bevans to tea & bridge. Nice people. Wed 01 Jun 1910 Dad Auriol & I to tennis club & had fair games with Dr Paterson. Lemberg won the Derby. Club is coming in usefully now as ours won't be grown enough to play on for another month or so. Thurs 02 Jun 1910 A & I went to teach the children yesterday as usual. Chickened & after motored thro' Blandford but 2 tyres bust before we got to Hods Hill so we sat on a convenient...[continues into 3 June]... & pleasant mound & "mazed" (Wallace & Dosi "playing" the while with a hedgehog) & so home. Fri 03 Jun 1910 Dad & I to play tennis at the Pope's in Branksome Park. Good games against a Miss Milner-Jones etc. Fellowes' there too. They do play well - both of 'em. Sat 04 Jun 1910 Maurice & Lady Mary de Mauny & old H.J. Ford the painter to stay. Dad & I played together in the tournament at the Club. Did badly but enjoyed it. About 20 couples playing. Arthur came for one night. Sun 05 Jun 1910 Georgie & Henry Sykes to dinner last night. Most jovial party with music. Wettish all day. Some to tea with Bottomleys. Old Ford is a dear and has wanted to marry Auriol ever since he came to Bradfield for my coming out dance - Jan. 07. Mon 06 Jun 1910 All left & Angela Shuttleworth & her younger daughter Nancy to stay. Lovely heavy rain - bad for chicks but perfect for the garden. Nancy is quite the most awful little beast...[continues into 7 June]... of a child - aged 13 - short & fat & with the cunning of the Devil. A particularly low sort which makes her listen outside doors. She has epileptic fits and cannot be ruled & taught & her brain works too quickly - flies off from one thing to another. Tue 07 Jun 1910 Old Mr Heysham died yesterday. Tuesday - Auriol & I to the Children & took V. for a drive in the cart whilst others went to Sandel. Wed 08 Jun 1910 To children alone & after to tennis Club. Nice fours with Dr Barlow. Doogy to have his poor...[continues into 9 June]...cankery ear cleaned by the vet. Thu 09 Jun 1910 Angela & Nancy left - it is awful for dear clever little Angela to have that little beast. Dad Auriol & I sailed with Henry in the Viking to Bournemouth to look at the cruiser "Eclipse" Lovely thing anchored there. Fri 10 Jun 1910 Auriol Dad & I in spite of the wet to lunch at Upton with Llewellyn's. We met him at Cannes (in March) & then on to tea at Corfe with W.W. Collins the painter in a dear low oak panelled hall & 2...[continues into 11 June]...dear children & homely wife doing all themselves the very opposite to the solid British luxury of the Upton household with 6 ugly daughters ranging from 13 downwards & the early Victorian feel & look all over it. Sat 11 Jun 1910 Mr & Mrs Bob Jardine to stay & brother Arthur too. I dined alone with Doogy Divine. Sun 12 Jun 1910 Motored to Corfe Castle. George Sandeman & a little friend Gordon Ives to lunch & Helen Pontifex then all of us went in hired launch - round the island & home for hot tea...[continues into 13 June]... Lady Mostyn who has taken Evening Hill to tea - Arthur back to work at Pirbright. Auriol had a touch o' the sun violently sick & feinty for several hours in bed but right again on Monday - Jardines left. They're a nice couple. Mon 13 Jun 1910 Monday Dad & I to ripping tennis at the Lamberts (Branksome Park) Tue 14 Jun 1910 Tuesday Auriol & I to teach the Children & afternoon to tennis club - Dr Paterson called away but Mr H. Smith made a fourth. Wed 15 Jun 1910 To children again with Janet Forde. Mother & Auriol start on motor tour thro' Cornwall in the yellow car & have tea with Lizzie (our old married maid) at Cullompton en route. Dad & I have lovely tennis with Sybil Pontifex & Dr Barlow. Thu 16 Jun 1910 Dad & I are very happy together & I am so busy - chickens dogs to look after - endless writing of invitations for for[sic] a G.P. [Garden Party] on 29th & my tennis tournament on 27th. On Viking to Wareham & ...[continues into 17 June]...had tea by Redcliffe. Georgie & Henry & G's sister Mrs Haythorne - they are dears - lovely expedit. Fri 17 Jun 1910 To lunch with the nice Cassons on board their 50 ton ketch Neptune - anchored in Fairway - after sticking on the Looe bank & basked & enjoyed ourselves. Sat 18 Jun 1910 All the eggs in the incubator of which I have charge - addled except 4. Most annoying - but not my fault. To Tennis Club. M. & A. in Raptures over Polperro etc. Do Mother a lot of good - this change. Sun 19 Jun 1910 Two Miss Bottomleys - Mrs & Mr Bevan & Joan - & Hoares cousins (who have Gloria Collie - divine Doogy's predecessors) Lady Mostyn & an appalling married niece to tea. Henry went up to Castletown last week for old Heysham's funeral + Mon 20 Jun 1910 Drove Dosi & Bobbus into P.stone & left them with the nice vet (J.S. Wood) to have operations on a tumour each. Dosi a small one on her neck & Wallace a big one on his tummy - good thing to get it done - whilst their mistresses are away. Tue 21 Jun 1910 Drove into Bournemouth & did most satisfactory shopping prizes for 27th & nice clothes. To teach the children. Drove Dad to Hamworthy to see motor boat - at Poole Quay - & back via Tennis Club & played singles - Doogy too! Hot! Wed 22 Jun 1910 To Tennis Club - ripping games with Dr Barlow versus Dad & big blunt Mr Scott. Auriol & Mother enjoying themselves very much. At St Ives & going on mto Tintagel. Thu 23 Jun 1910 To tennis at Pope's. Very nice & playing at the top of my form! A very nice & pretty Mrs Watson there with her fat sailor invalid husband. Joan B. over here to play about & see me being busy! Fri 24 Jun 1910 Showery. Ladies doubles tournament at the Club. Vi Linton my partner didn't come & several others failed & so it was a fiasco. Fetched Dosi home from the vet. Sat 25 Jun 1910 Very busy getting the house ready & flowers arranged - & myself & belongings back into my room which has been nicely done up & papered. Flo & George Brooke my two dear friends to stay. Arthur for one night. Molly Bottomley to dinner. Sun 26 Jun 1910 Me being hostess. Aunt Julie & Uncle Fred (Dad's younger brother) & their 3rd son Evelyn to lunch. Mother & Auriol return from their Cornish trip in the car. Mon 27 Jun 1910 The great day for me. Henry & Ernest Sykes to lunch & the latter & all of us to the Club for my tournament! 14 couple of good players & 17 to tea there. Such fun. Vi Linton & our secretary Haskett-Smith 1st - Mrs Fellowes & E. Sykes second. Tue 28 Jun 1910 Frightfully windy so Mother Flo George & I took our lunch to Shell Bay opposite to Haven & ate it with mouthfuls of sand! So mad - I do love these two pals...[continues into 29 June]...They are my greatest & best & I can say & do anything with or to them both - George being more or less engaged to a girl very like Auriol to look at. Wed 29 Jun 1910 Lots of tennis on our new sown court - & garden party in the afternoon. Thu 30 Jun 1910 Polling day for East Dorset bye Election. The beastly Radical Guest [Henry Guest - Lib.] got in. Played tennis all day - Henry S. to tea & old Mrs Arkwright (over 80) & Eustace Blois her grandson who conducts...[continues into 1 July]... orchestras in Italy & is married to Teresa Carrens the great pianist's daughter. July 1910 X Transcribed by Sue Ardern Fri 01 Jul 1910 Dear Flo & George left. I miss them so much & love them awfully. G. being practically engaged is so pleasingly platonic. Dad & I to nice tho' large garden party at the Fellowes Sat 02 Jul 1910 Played tennis for the Club in Blandford. Such rotters - & rained in torrents flooding the whole ground during tea. Arthur & Audrey Ashmead - Bartlett friend of Auriol's came. Hung pictures in my room. Sun 03 Jul 1910 Poured in torrents every quarter of an hour all day. Arthur left. He is going to get rid of Dan'l the Dane Dog as he is too unwieldy to have in camp or barracks & we have our own lovelies & don't want him here. Mon 04 Jul 1910 Walked up to see Henry planning his house on his new site on Canford Cliffs - hill opposite us here He lunched here & after all 6 of us moted first to see motor boat to hire at Poole & on thro'... Tue 05 Jul 1910 ... Wareham to Creech - where we walked up Creech Barrow & saw a gorgeous view from Isle of White (sic) to Portland! Home via Wool. Audrey A. B. left - she is nice. Moted to Tuckton Creek & went on the river down to Christchurch with the Watsons & tea with them. Wed 06 Jul 1910 See 23rd of last month. Nice couple with a nice fat 15 month old baby. The others to tea with Mrs Blois & it poured & we came home all together. A. & I played feeble tennis at the Club. Thu 07 Jul 1910 Auriol & I played together for the Parkstone Club nr Bournemouth Deane Park Club on their ground & were badly walked upon. Great centenary fêtes going on & the whole town is grandly decorated. Fri 08 Jul 1910 Doogy tried to drown his precious self in reservoir on the golf links - awful mo'. Moted to Southbourne & tried but failed to see aeroplanes - so walked on lovely Hengistbury Head & tea basketed on the cliff Sat 09 Jul 1910 Arthur came - & Cecil Millsom - big fat funny Army Medical Corps man - friend of the Tribes we met staying at Pangbourne. Sir (Cayna?) & dear Lady Coote came. Gramophone on the terrace after dinner - nice. Sun 10 Jul 1910 Car came from a Bournemouth Garage for Cootes to try & buy. Capt & Mrs Watson to lunch, tea, & tennis. Nine sets I played! Ripping Arthur returned to Perbright Mon 11 Jul 1910 Great day this - all of us - two Sykes two Eliott relations of theirs Mr Brown - Miss E. Bottomley etc - on big kind motor boat round to Southbourne & watched aeroplanes - biplanes & monoplanes flying round & up & above & about at terrific... Tue 12 Jul 1910 ... speed - Perfectly lovely & wonderful - first time I have ever seen or thought with ecstasy of flying - & flying machines. Nice boat we were on too - about 60 ton & two 50 H.P. DeDion motor Want to do it badly ourselves Tuesday - Went to watch it at the Aerodrome. (Samplets?) of lovely flights & exquisite to see them starting. Graham White flew beautifully - then Andermars came down in his monoplane - neither damaged - & then at 1.15 C. S. Rolls fell down smash in front of us in his biplane & was killed on the spot. Quite awful & ghastly tho' one saw nothing but the wrecked house of cards (next page) To see ripping fireworks in evening at (Megrick?) Park Can't believe there is actually a life lost - & a valuable one too - as he was good at everything - too sad & horrifying - why fly - & get on Wed 13 Jul 1910 ... wanted to go & see them at it again. Cootes & Mr Milsom left. To the children & Rolls' death on the brain - that sickening crash. Thu 14 Jul 1910 With Watsons in a boat down the River from Tuckton Creek - & saw nice safe flying from there. It is irresistably lovely to see - & thank God Rolls was killed... Fri 15 Jul 1910 = page cut out Sat 16 Jul 1910 = page cut out Sun 17 Jul 1910 = page cut out Mon 18 Jul 1910 = page cut out Tue 19 Jul 1910 = page cut out Wed 20 Jul 1910 To the children on Tuesday & nice Ewan Morgan & his tutor to tea. He has a very bad heart & can't do anything About 16 - & so original. Mr Wilson from Southampton to stay one night. Spent the afternoon with the Watsons... Thu 21 Jul 1910 ... saw motor boat races - & had tea - they are sweet & both childish. Dad & I start on a motor tour - thro' Sherborne - lunch before we got to Glastonbury - look at dear Glastonbury Abbey - on to Wells & look at dull Cathedral & lovely Palace Gardens - & arrive at 6 at Stoke Bishop - Bristol Fri 22 Jul 1910 Staying with dear old Matthew Hale (the painter) & see his wife & 2 daughters for first time. In their car in & out & up among the lovely Mendip Hills - see Gough's Stalactite Caves - quite wonderful - & tea at (Claremont?) their house... Sat 23 Jul 1910 ... nice garden at Clevedon Leave the dear kind people & stay at Bryn (Estyn?) nr Wrexham with Fred Soames 130 miles - via Gloster, Ross Hereford (ordinary Cathedral) glorious Ludlow Castle - twee & lovely (Stokesay?) - 5 miles from there - Shrewsbury & Ellesmere - lovely country Sun 24 Jul 1910 Played tennis. Edith & her sweet baby here - & Noël I saw last in 1904 - & Evelyn who came to (Guj?) last month & Mrs Leslie & her dull daughter Madge, Aunt Julie's cousins. Oddly enough Mrs L. & Aunt J. were bridesmaids to Mrs Watkins of Lilliput. Mon 25 Jul 1910 Off in the car (taking poor Evelyn with us) this Ruabon Llangollen - Corwen - see Conway Falls - exquisite tho' raining & Faery Glen - to Bettys-y-Coed & stay night at Royal Hotel, Capel Curig, near Snowdon - who was quite hidden in rain & clouds. Tue 26 Jul 1910 Motered up to Llanberrys Pass & clambered about on lovely bits of Snowdon - with glorious views - over miles of mountains & lovely tarns. Back to lunch at Capel Curig - & then walked up (Moel ? bod) - a dear mountain. Weather being doubtful returned to Bryn Estyn stopping at lovely Swallow Falls near Bettys-y-Coed Wed 27 Jul 1910 Played tennis at 7 with Noël Afternoon in the Sunbeam car to Chester - most quaint tho' filthy town with a dull red sand stone Cathedral. Heard lovely service in it & very fine organ. About 11 miles from B.C. Tennis fours Thu 28 Jul 1910 Wet all morning & walked with dogs - After in their car - & others in our yellow one too for lovely run round by Beeston. Tennis. Aunt Julie is awfully twee - & Uncle Fred is being good & not drunk - Noël is a good boy & so is Evelyn. Fri 29 Jul 1910 Left Bryn Estyn about 10.30 - & went via Bangor, Ellesmere, to Bridgenorth Near there looked at lovely old ruined (Buildwas?) Abbey - then thro' Ironbridge & saw & had our lunch near lovely Madely Court - thro' Kidderminster & Worcester where we heard lovely service in Cathedral to Tewkesbury - staying at Hop Pole Hotel for one night. Sat 30 Jul 1910 "Did" grand Tewkesbury Abbey & then off in car looking at dear little Deenhurst Church - en route to Cheltenham - Cirencester - Chippenham - did lovely & grand Malmesbury Abbey - & thro' Devizes & over wild downlands full of soldiers doing manoeuvres to... Sun 31 Jul 1910 ... dear Salisbury & then along to well-known road through Fordingbridge Ringwood to home where Mother the Divine & Doogy the Celestial await us. Most successful tour!! Auriol & Arthur staying away To tea with Bottomleys we three - & grand tennis singles August 1910 X Transcribed by Sue Ardern Mon 01 Aug 1910 Garden & dog & after to burley New Forest pony Show & races - & tea with Stanley Cootes - in whose park it takes place. Such a funny gathering. Joyce Cootes there - I just refrain from ... Tue 02 Aug 1910 ...asking the all-important question as to if he comes to stay with them this summer Oh dear the old idea of absence making the heart grow fond has come true this time. Auriol returns from Masons at Stone - & Arthur from Sandel & dear Norman Forbes- Robertson & his beautiful & twee wife to stay. Wed 03 Aug 1910 To Parkstone to shop on my push bike - & tennis & chickens & garden rest of the day whilst the others to St Giles - (Lord Shaftesbury's cricket week) & to a dance of the Hills at Chettle. Doogy too exquisite I... Thu 04 Aug 1910 ... feel hardly worthy of being loved by & having the dear fat animal. To Parkstone & the others to watch big tennis tournament in Bournemouth - & then we played here. Arthur up to London & brought down by road his new 22 h.p. Crossley 2 seated car arriving at 10.15. Fri 05 Aug 1910 Left Grig at cockcrow & travelled by my lone to Sevenoaks to stay with the Bingels at Harnewood - little house they have taken for a bit Met in the train a nice Mrs Davidson-Houston who told me ... Sat 06 Aug 1910 ... all about her tragic life & of her beast of a husband who is trying to get her to divorce him - most odd to be told all this - & she was going to stay at Osmaston which was still odder! Moted to golf links & played tennis - Great fun & talk walk with Alix. Sun 07 Aug 1910 To nice & very country service at Sevenoaks Weald Church. A fat girl - Mabel Kraffermeier to lunch & lovely run in the car to Penshurst & Hever - saw both lovely houses from outside - the... Mon 08 Aug 1910 ... latter belonging to (Americine?) is quite lovely - but the public can't see it. Tennis. Wettish - walk with wicked & horrid little Presto terrier which dear Evelina & Alix spoil & love This is a nice little place & very pretty country about. Tue 09 Aug 1910 Mrs Bingel came down from London - in time for a huge G-P. at Knole Park - a mile off - a glorious house belonging to Sackvilles whose ancestors were Earls of Dorset. Wed 10 Aug 1910 Tea in fine big banqueting hall - with Vandyks about - & the whole of the outside of the house is quite lovely - A funny flower show going on too there. Mrs Bingel is sweet & Mr B. - is too comic & nice & struggles with golf. Tennis & talk a lot of rot. Thu 11 Aug 1910 Leave Hernewood - & go with Alix up to Charing x drive alone to Kings X & travel up to Leeds - where little George met me & I arrive at nice Leefield where I am spoilt by the... Fri 12 Aug 1910 ... whole Brooke family Flo is too sweet. We walk & talk - & in the evening to see "The private Secretary" - badly acted but very funny & nice altho' really jokes one has been brought up on do pall. Sat 13 Aug 1910 Walk with Flo's most pleasing fox terrier Ripple And all 5 to tennis party at the Bourne Brookes - 10 minutes away. Very nice. Seven ripping sets - a Mr Briggs there (uncle of Cecil of... Sun 14 Aug 1910 ... that ilk who was at Stradishall last (space) 12 nice girls called Wickstead who know the Halles quite well. To church at Chappel Town & sat about & read all day I walk to Seven Arches lovely spot. Mon 15 Aug 1910 Drove into Leeds to shop - & after nice small tennis party here. Two Bramold girls & their brother - & a nice little chap Michael Lupton & dear Flo's great married friend Mr Walker etc. Tue 16 Aug 1910 Drove over about 7 miles to lunch with the Messrs Nussey (see March 12th) we met at Cannes - delicious - horribly chaffed about the Boy! Home in time for nice tennis party here Misses Wickstead - Edith Cliff etc - Bower Brookes - & Bob Tilley. Ripping games Wed 17 Aug 1910 Left Leafield - sorry but I am pining for home & Doogy. Good journey with (----?) little incidents thro' Derby Chesterfield Birmingham Gloster etc. Lovely Grig! Thu 18 Aug 1910 Dora Little - dear person & Geoffrey Campbell - great friend of Arthur's are here. Garden party here & nice tennis. Wigrams Masons - Ropes - Dr Barlow etc. The others went to Somerley but got back before our party ended. Fri 19 Aug 1910 Auriol & Arthur left to stay with Jardines in Argyleshire. Dora & G. Campbell left too. Dad & I walked along the sand to Studland & over the Downs to Swanage - had tea & returned by train. Sat 20 Aug 1910 Quite exquisite - & to think we've been here over 2 years & never done it before. Wet all day so couldn't play in S.P's tennis tournament, but had a ripping day. It is getting near the day when Ulric of Osmaston... Sun 21 Aug 1910 = page cut out Mon 22 Aug 1910 = page cut out Tue 23 Aug 1910 = page cut out Wed 24 Aug 1910 = page cut out Thu 25 Aug 1910 handicap was 5 games) Awfully nice old silver bonbon basket dish. Nice man - my partner & his wife was Dad's. Played on Milner Jones' court too. Only 8 couple - great fun. Rained & played in it with a nice Wheeler boy in Harlequin open tournament on Parkstone Club ground. Did badly but wind bad & balls like poached eggs. Fri 26 Aug 1910 Drove into Bournemouth & shopped. Joyce Coote to lunch & played tennis with Dad & Miss Milner-Jones. Five good sets. Sat 27 Aug 1910 To nice tennis party of Lady Domvilles in Branksome Park. Good games. Her fat husband Harrison & the Masons, Ropes, & their belongings Stewarts etc there Sun 28 Aug 1910 Wet all day - splendid for doing nothing & thinking & putting my house in order! A small girl tried to teach her bunny to say twice 2 etc cos her father had told her they multiplied so easily!! Mon 29 Aug 1910 The big Parkstone Club tennis tournament starts in rain. Clears up after lunch which Violet Linton & her brother came here for & I played Vi in singles & she beat me - & Dad was beaten in veteran's doubles but great fun... Tue 30 Aug 1910 - Again today. Played in Dorset ladies doubles & won that first round - (& rained all the afternoon) Miss Milner-Jones my partner - common girl Dad heard yesterday from U.O. - so he has been faithful & I love him for it - & would give anything to see him. Wed 31 Aug 1910 Played in Dorset mixed doubles with Dad & got badly beaten - & in the afternoon had ripping single v Mrs D.K.Hole - set all - & then she won 6-1. Great fun tho' & lovely sets all day to watch. September 1910 X Transcribed by Sue Ardern Thu 01 Sep 1910 The funny Allen brothers played beautifully but were beaten by Murray & Manly - Fellowes 'are playing well too but got beaten. Milner-Jones girl & I got beaten by two rotten girls. Lots of good play. Gloria Collie to stay. (Then many pages cut out) Sun 18 Sep 1910 (Clovined?) & played tennis. Mon 19 Sep 1910 Motored to Cranborne - dropped Auriol there to go to tea Wavells & went on & ate lunch on the down beyond Creech Hill above Nicklan's farm. On thro' Sixpenny Handley to call at Rushmore on Pitt Rivers' - & back to call on old Mr Budden at Home Farm at Cranborne & other people there - had tea by the road side & longed to be living at that heavenly house again. Mr Fisher - the parson's death was very sad. He had (ends) October 1910 X Transcribed by Sue Ardern Fri 30 Sep 1910 Bridget left. ... does take things to heart so - & was quite knocked up. He probably didn't mean it - but fixed her with gimlet eyes & she is not strong poor darling. Carlile's took Dad & A. a-motoring - we drove into Bournemouth & ... Sat 01 Oct 1910 ... all foregathered to tea here & frenzied tennis. The Buxtons who we knew at Windermere in 1897 - came & had tea - not very nice. Wet all day to-day Invaluable for the garden I love Ulric now more than ever before & wear his locket every night - but it is absurd... Carlile's to dine last night. Sun 02 Oct 1910 ... for I really don't know him & he doesn't really know me - but I love his dear faithfulness. He didn't smoke a cigarette all the year he waited for me because I told him not to. He wants & I want to write to each... Mon 03 Oct 1910 ... other - but it wouldn't be safe or fair so I told him we mustn't last Wednesday. Dad is building a squash racquet court by the stables - it will be nice to play in all the winter. Tuesday To children - promised... Tue 04 Oct 1910 ... to be an eventless day & lo & behold as I (quibbed?) upon the lawn the voice I adore hailed me from the other side of the hedge He - the Boy - the Boy I loved at Cannes & I find I love more than ever... Wed 05 Oct 1910 ... came to call - en route from Dartmoor to London. (space) See Page 7 in this all-important book To the Children again & gardened in their gardens Mr Haskett- Smith for nice mixed fours here - but I am in love & feel rotten! Thu 06 Oct 1910 Dad & I to nice tennis at Lamberts in Branksome Park - oh but how sad & stupid I feel - & yet I might to be content with his liking me enough to come & see me. Really I wonder what... Fri 07 Oct 1910 ... made him wake (me) the sleeping dog - I almost wish he hadn't! And I can say all this seriously to myself with poor Ulric's locket round my throat. Why do O love - there's nothing really to love him for except his indescribably dear & to me fascinating self - & Ulric Sat 08 Oct 1910 - page missing Sun 09 Oct 1910 - page missing Mon 10 Oct 1910 - page missing Tue 11 Oct 1910 - page missing Wed 12 Oct 1910 Wet all day. Baccarat & bridge amused everybody & boy dancer called Gribble to stay for the night & at 9 the dance happened for Arthur's birthday. Great fun - ended at 2.30 & everybody enjoyed it awfully Thu 13 Oct 1910 About 58 people - just right. Gribble - good dancer but awful person left. Arthur fetched Maurice de Mancy over from (Saudel/Brandel?) in his car & then had to go back to Windsor where his Batt. is quartered now. Auriol & Maxine are so happy. He is absolutely charming. Fri 14 Oct 1910 Maurice left - dear little chap. He has such a wretched life - his wife is so weak & ruled by her old nurse who is a beast. An Englishman would leave - but all, can't as he has no money. Gerald to dine. He has improved so. Sat 15 Oct 1910 Dear sympathetic little Frances left & Maxine. He is adorable - & Auriol loves him with an in-conceivably passionate love & he'd marry her at once but alas! He has a wife of 33 in a lunatic asylum He had her 7 years & now for six years he's a lonely bachelor Sun 16 Oct 1910 It is extraordinary how everybody nearly - beneath a calm & apparently happy exterior has a skeleton in their cupboards - except for me - who am completely happy - I ought never to be anything else with... Mon 17 Oct 1910 ... the glorious home I have & affection love which I really believe lots of people have for me - do I deserve it - if not at least I appreciate it Auriol & I to tea with Cassons yesterday & A jolly wild ride together round golf links & Canford Cliff woods A. seems quite happy now she knows Maxine loves her. Tue 18 Oct 1910 Wet nearly all day. Gardened - planted chrysanthemums in the "Garden of Allah" below the "Garden of Olave" Arthur came on long leave Doogy is too heavenly. Wed 19 Oct 1910 Mother & I drove in the morning nearly as far as Broadstone & shopped in Parkstone. Emily Lambert the nice tho' unattractive child of 18 is engaged to a nice youth called Hall who was best man to Frank Lambert on Sept. 3rd Thu 20 Oct 1910 Arthur to stay with Maurice at Fordingbridge in his car Whole house & household is upset by tragic & sudden death of (Tricher?), the gardener's wife - giving birth to twins has 6 already - wicked. Rode along on Pedro. Fri 21 Oct 1910 at least Doogy & Dosi ran too & if they aren't people of importance who are! Gardening galore done by Dad & his hand maidens! A small child runs crying to its mother saying "Daddy hurt his finger with a hammer" "You mustn't cry you must laugh at that" said she. "I did" said the child Sat 22 Oct 1910 Arthur returned. Horrid revelations from Cootis about Maxime (who is a cousin of Sir Eyre's) of how he goes about bragging of his conquest over Auriol. It sickens us & her & we hope this is the end. Sun 23 Oct 1910 He must be a hypocrite. And we thought him so charming this time. It is extraordinary Mrs Bevan & nice Barry Fisher to tea. Arthur took me in his car via Wareham to Lulworth Cove & back by Wool & let me steer a lot. It was lovely & exciting. Mon 24 Oct 1910 In Blue Nose (AG's car) to Bournemouth. Mrs Mason & her handsome niece Phyllis Robinson & Pope's to tea & bridge. Mrs Mason is jolly. She is sister to Connie Hill who married Mother's 1st cousin... Tue 25 Oct 1910 ... Reggie - & their son is Bobby - a jolly sailor boy of 19 who came to our dance last week - a comic youth. To the Children - & in the evening we 3 performed for our sins at a dreadful Primrose League "social" at Newtown - The Walter's had asked us to & it was comic Wed 26 Oct 1910 Dad & Auriol the yellow car to Smith Gordons for lunch & T. Arthur too Mother & me for a 92 mile run in Bluenose by Salisbury - lunch under a haystack near Stonehenge & back by Font Hill Bishop (Shaston?) Thu 27 Oct 1910 Auriol to stay in London She seems so calm & content about Maxime. Her pride is piqued. We 4 to lunch on Bournemouth East Cliff with funny nice & mad old Mrs Wylam. A very nice Col. Vansittant there & his nice tho' dull daughter They go to live at Cheltenham Fri 28 Oct 1910 We 4 to see Cyril Maude doing the sweet little play "The Toymaker of Nurenberg" at Bournemouth - flying visit. Awfully twee. Saw it on the 31st of March too. C Maude's daughter Margery is quite nice as the girl. Sat 29 Oct 1910 Run in Bluenose by Corfe Mullen & Wimborne in the dark yesterday even - lovely. As far as I know my adored "Boy" - W.R.H. left for Ceylon - never to return! Poor Olave! I think I'm not in love with anybody now & write two or 3 times a week in a cousinly way to Noël !! Sun 30 Oct 1910 Yesterday Nice run in Bluenose to St Ives Poultry Farm Mother being "eggless" for the last month. Old Capt. Slazenger died last week. A long letter from the dear... Mon 31 Oct 1910 ... Babe MacGregor who was such a pal of mine at Bradfield in 05 & 06. They are in Switzerland for several years having a gay time seeing life!! Henry's father old Cam. Sykes died today aged 84! Drove in victoria with Mother & saw Georgie... November 1910 X Transcribed by Sue Ardern Tue 01 Nov 1910 ... Sykes at Parkstone station in blissful ignorance of her father-in-laws death. Mother & I drove again & shopped violently in Bournemouth. It is nice being near such a good town. Dad & Arthur played 1st... Wed 02 Nov 1910 ... game of squash racquets in the lovely new court. It is so beautifully built with a Chalet frontage looking over the wild garden Mother Arthur & I to see "Sir Walter Ralegh" at the Bournemouth Theatre. Winifred as Queen Bess & Lyn Harding at "Walter". Awfully good. Thu 03 Nov 1910 Alix Bingel to stay. Played my first game of squash racquets in the court! Seems difficult Do I like Alix! She annoys me frightfully. Fri 04 Nov 1910 Arthur to stay with Bakers Auriol there too. Alix & I took our lunch over to Shell Bay & basked & strolled along towards Studland. Heavenly to be in the wilds within sight of home - sand, sun, sea, sky, & us. Sat 05 Nov 1910 We two on the bust! by tram to Bournemouth where we lunched & then on to Southbourne where we strolled about the beach & cliffs in the sun - with lovely view of Christchurch & home by tram for tea. Joan B. to tea. Sun 06 Nov 1910 Bad weather but no matter. Played squash - badly. One feels foolish at first Janet Forde to tea. She is nice but so like a bun! For true dulness commend me to these 2 friends of mine! Mon 07 Nov 1910 Wild day. Played squash & gardened. Auriol returned full of luck - having had a lovely time - & forgotten Maxime altogether - wiped him clean out after a year of madness. Tue 08 Nov 1910 Alix left. To the boy's home to teach them as usual poor little things from the East End & so nice & good. Gardened To tea with Joan who is quite weak with love for her Jack Bradshaw who she may marry in April. Wed 09 Nov 1910 Exquisite day Gardened - & generally very busy doing nothing. Very happy too just now, tho' I wonder much about the Boy. His father is a parson near Dunster! - Isn't it extraordinary to think of. Thu 10 Nov 1910 Garden. & motor into Bournemouth & shop wildly for 3/4 hour The result one green tie! which, on returning home is sent back to be changed as unsatisfactory! We really are a very happy family Fri 11 Nov 1910 To lunch with Joan alone & we sit on the moor & talk. She returns to bridge & tea & dinner & poker patience & talk again. We get better friends each time we meet. Sat 12 Nov 1910 (space) Gardened & "bonfired" & to tea with Dad at the Dunn's. Played fiddle with Mrs D's niece whilst the others "bridged". Sun 13 Nov 1910 (blank space - nothing written) Mon 14 Nov 1910 (space) Arthur returned. Played squash. Mr Casson & Lady Jini to tea - she is so handsome & nice Tue 15 Nov 1910 Dick Walter to squash - one would never think that fat unpreposessing tho' quite nice little chap had commanded the 7th Hussars. Wed 16 Nov 1910 (space) Auriol & I rode. Thu 17 Nov 1910 Into Bournemouth in Bluenose to shop. Mr Casson to squash & play that limitless bridge. Uncle Murray Hill has got another daughter - Diana Marion Fri 18 Nov 1910 Maurice de Manning - Frances Cornwallis & nice Mr Wilson we met at Cannes to stay. People to lunch - arrived late Auriol's friends so I avoided them with care She - Auriol - & I are drifting further & further apart - in fact we have nothing in common. Sat 19 Nov 1910 Very jolly day. Others golfed - & after nice run in the car by Wimborne Ringwood & Christchurch Mrs Wyham Mrs Birkbeck & the Dunns to tea - & Miss Edith Bottomley & Mr Forde to dinner. Sun 20 Nov 1910 Bridge & balliragging on the part of Arthur & his "pernicious ( gaul"?) Maurice. Squash also & Mr Hulse & his awful rowdy American wife to lunch. Mon 21 Nov 1910 Maurice & Mr Wilson left. He really seemed quite happy & bucked up - as a rule he broods so over his wife's death 2 years ago. Mrs Fellowes to tea. Squashed. Tue 22 Nov 1910 Dear little Frances left - & Auriol & Arthur up to London for dances & things. To the children - Mother & Dad lunch with Birkbecks - & I walked to Parkstone & met them in the car & went out to Wimborne & Kinson. Joan to tea here. Wed 23 Nov 1910 Mother & I to tea with the Walter's after a most glorious concert at Winter Gdns. Kreisler - the adorable played gorgeously - the dear old Mendelssohn concerts - & the new... Thu 24 Nov 1910 ... one by Elgar - which I hadn't heard before & think quite lovely - almost as good in parts as some of the "Dream of Gerontius" There is some awful scandal connected with Maurice - since he married - & he can't live in France again. Fri 25 Nov 1910 Mother cut her poor thumb badly doing book binding - but it progresses favourably! So lovely - she was telling us of how she went to a party when she... Sat 26 Nov 1910 ... was 6 in a sedan Chair - at Southwell where she used to stay as a child a lot with her Mother's father! (space) Young Domville to squash Auriol & Arthur returned Sun 27 Nov 1910 A real soaker. Mr Casson to play bridge. A. & I squashed. Arthur is bewailing his celibacy! He says at night - at 2 - he feels chilly & gropes for ... Mon 28 Nov 1910 ... Wallace! He & Auriol to stay with Cootes at West Park Damerham. Cootie is getting a Crossley car & proposes driving it himself! - he only has one eye & doesn't see straight with that! Shopped in Bournemouth. Tue 29 Nov 1910 Biked to shop in Parkstone & see the I.C.A.A. new boy's home - the little chaps I go & teach once a week. They are a great expense to me too! Played squash - with Dad. Ripping. Wed 30 Nov 1910 To teach the boys - lunch with the Fisher's man there & then took Barry F. on by tram to Winter Gdns to hear Mischa Elman's lovely recital - & then biked home all in the cold rain & enjoyed the discomfort thoroughly December 1910 X Transcribed by Sue Ardern Wed 30 Nov 1910 To teach the boys - lunch with the Fisher's man there & then took Barry F. on by tram to Winter Gdns to hear Mischa Elman's lovely recital - & then biked home all in the cold rain & enjoyed the discomfort thoroughly Thu 01 Dec 1910 [At home, Lilliput, England] Auriol returned. Beastly day - played squash. Mischa Elman was lovely yesterday. I saw him first play in a sailor suit - he quite... Fri 02 Dec 1910 ... pretends to be a man now - & is Beethoven'y in face. He is really a splendid player & runs (Roreislu?) pretty close. Sat 03 Dec 1910 Squashed - Heavenly game - I feel as frenzied over that as I do over tennis in the summer. Sun 04 Dec 1910 Arthur returned. Mrs Bevan & Mr Casson to tea & bridge Mon 05 Dec 1910 Arthur to London for an exam. A. & I to see the wild sea waves breaking up against the sea wall & concrete house beyond Sand Acres. I do adore this place - we all do - & we ... Tue 06 Dec 1910 ... shudder to think of how awful it would be if we ever have to move - if houses spring up too much like mushrooms around us. Walked & shopped in Parkstone with dogs. Wed 07 Dec 1910 To lunch at Woodbridge with Henry & Georgie Sykes & a Mr Metcalfe there who does things with the Panama Canal Thu 08 Dec 1910 (blank) Fri 09 Dec 1910 (blank) Sat 10 Dec 1910 Arthur returned & dear old H.J. Ford ye painter of "fairies" to stay. Tea party here music & bridge. Nice Lady Domville & Mr Harrison her husband. Bottomleys Mrs Fitz Herbert Wright etc. Sun 11 Dec 1910 The Cootes came over yesterday to see us for the first run in their (1st) new Crossley Car - got at Arthur's instigation. Mother & I to Church. One Denis Anson to... Mon 12 Dec 1910 ... stay one night. A tall dark good looking quiet Oxford man & friend of Auriol's. Edith Bottomley to dinner last night. Mrs Arkwright & Geoffrey Blois her nephew to lunch. Mother & I to shop in Bournemouth & tea with Fitz Herbert Wrights. Tue 13 Dec 1910 The F. Wrights are so nice & used to live & know is 15 years ago in Derbyshire Old with young family Ursula - nice youngest girl of 22 - of chief notice. Old Ford left. Violent... Wed 14 Dec 1910 ... gale - worst that has been known here for 16 years! My lovely new Sunbeam bike Xmas present from Dad came yesterday Great joy to ride - two speed gear etc. Went up to Henry's new house... Thu 15 Dec 1910 ... which is a-building on the opposite hill - Canford Cliffs. Motored into Bournemouth to shop. Still more awful revelations concerning Maxime de Massingy - of how he was... Fri 16 Dec 1910 ... kicked out of the other Cootes' place Ballyfin in Ireland last year - & they will never him to stay again - & our Eyre Cootes'll never have him again & certainly we shan't after this - & yet we all liked him so much!! Sat 17 Dec 1910 Georgie & Henry Sykes to tea. Arthur staying away for a dance. Awful floods & gales happening last few days & lots of accidents. Waves washing over harbour sea wall here - ... Sun 18 Dec 1910 ... a thing that hasn't happened for years. To tea with Joan. She does vary so much in looks, behaviour & niceness. Mon 19 Dec 1910 (blank) Tue 20 Dec 1910 To children taking in the cart a splendid collection of things toys etc left by a Mrs (Staciker?) to be given away Mother & I to tea & poker patience at the Valley House. Miss Bottomley is so nice Miss Edith Bottomley is (jambry?/jealous)! Wed 21 Dec 1910 Old Mr Fitz-Herbert Wright died yesterday - see last week - & also yesterday Arthur returned here - full of a girl of 21 called Cynthia Surtees who he met & loved at once staying with the Meade's ... Thu 22 Dec 1910 ... this last week and for a dance - all agog he is - & it sounds just splendid & perfect. Biked into Parkstone & Bournemouth. This is being a most jovial Xmas. Played squash Doogy's canker ear still bad. Fri 23 Dec 1910 (blank) Sat 24 Dec 1910 (blank) Sun 25 Dec 1910 (blank) Mon 26 Dec 1910 (blank) Tue 27 Dec 1910 Auriol & I with Sykes into Bournemouth to see & do roller skating at Westover hall - Failed so hopelessly to stay up - that I stopped & watched & saw splendid hockey. Wed 28 Dec 1910 To the Children - who were more stupid than ever tho' nice. To the Cassons children's party - & felt very old! Enjoyed it very much & splendid conjuror. Gerald home there & Mrs C's nieces Verna & Paula - nice. Thu 29 Dec 1910 An awful shock. I sent as usual a little bottle of Dorset Lavender Scent to Mary Burgess the kind nice pianiste who used to accompany me - & I hear from her sister that she died last July - 25th. Fri 30 Dec 1910 Sir Lionel & Lady Smith-Gordon to lunch & bridge till 6.30 & their ugly son Lionel & Major Crispin to stay He is - dear fluffy thing & great friend of Jardines At present the adjutant Sat 31 Dec 1910 (page missing = cut out) Memoranda Memoranda Page left blank Memoranda Icarus again - Tuesday July 12th Dickson - Boyle - - - - (Rawlinson?) etc all who flew here came to grief later & Cecil (Gruca?) was lost in the North Sea Bournemouth [ Calendar for 1911 scanned, but not shown here ] [ Back cover ] https://www.railwaysarchive.co.uk/eventsummary.php?eventID=1293 At that time, in her circles, that was an adjective for "splendid" or similar. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Brass_Bottle_(novel) https://www.familysearch.org/en/tree/person/details/G4SH-GCJ 0 Olave;s mother;s sister Ursula nee Barclay, Lady Monkswell, http://www.thepeerage.com/p51578.htm#i515771 https://www.familysearch.org/en/tree/person/details/93C9-F1Z Marriages Sep 1910 Druitt Nora E Poole Lambert Francis C Poole http://www.greyhoundderby.com/Derby1910.html Births in Fulham Mar 1884 Milner-Jones Gavina Mary G Jun 1885 Milner-Jones Violet Isabel Sep 1887 Milner-Jones Victor Broke Jun 1889 Milner-Jones Margaret Ada Marriages Q3 1912 Milner-Jones Francis E M Lewis-Lew Poole Lewis-Low Dorothy L M Milner-Jones Poole https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icarus https://thefirstairraces.net/meetings/bo1007/events.php