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Erie, Pa.
Saturday, Dec. 17, '38.
A day of odd jobs – all the things that accumulate to do when one is away for 2 1/2 weeks.  But it is good to be home and to have things to do instead of wandering alone around a strange town where you see no one but strangers.  This evening, we went to see "The Sisters" with Bette Davis, and a great piece of acting in a picture of 1904 to 1908 in San Francisco.  Mother said she wanted to see it, so I suggested going and Mrs. Larson could stay with the children.

Erie, Pa.
Sunday, Dec. 18, 1938.
Another day of catching up at home, largely spent on X-mas cards, wrapping presents, etc.  This evening came the blow-up with Mother which I felt was sure to come before I left.  While I was packing, she came up and lead off into the perpetual discussion of why our friends are "rude" to her.  I have heard it over and over again and I can't explain it.  Anything I say outside of simply denouncing them, which I don't think is right, simply angers Mother and makes matters worse.  If I mention it to Willie, it only accentuates the tension between her and Mother.  So all I can do is to muddle through it somehow and end by Mother telling me how I have changed, how she can't understand me or anything else about it.  Tonight she made me so nervous