Item 01: Irene Victoria Read letters from her husband, 27 November 1914-1 November 1915 - Page 90
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stretching himself yawning crowing & kicking his heels. Then Amy & the dressing of the children. Then breakfast; the two high chairs, Margaret looking round for fruit. Tingsey naughty & being marched off to the surgery.
Then I thought of everything each one does during the day – the Mrs bustling about scrubbing sinks & pots & pans, rushing off to the telephone, at the sewing machine, reading to the children, writing orders for Civil Service attending to the wants of McNeil Mark & others – Margaret deep in the study of her books; tidying up the balcony dressing the dollies, settling flowers in her cubbies, washing the dollies clothes & hanging them up to dry, watering her garden, helping Daddy to carry some heavy things – Tingsey imitating Margaret in all her ][indecipherable],having great falls & and being knocked down by Pat – Peter in the supreme joy of having his bath, in his pram, lying on the floor & kicking his heels.
Then I thought of the end of the day, two little children very unwillingly coming in from their play to have their baths, great spashings & playing with toy ducks & boats and later very vehement protests when it was necessary to leave the bath and get dried and get into their dressing gowns & felt slippers.