Rita's Entry: Friday, April 7, 1911
Practiced before going to rehearsal. Only 5 there. All in. Wretched headache. Early to bed. Shopped a little for Tin at Carson's. Madison and Wabash or Madison and Fifth Ave.? Joke. I'll never tell.
IN RITA'S DAY: I wonder if Rita was referring to a sort of competition between NYC and Chicago. Both cities wanted to host the Columbian exposition in 1893. During the battle between them, Chicago was often referred to as the "second city," but they got the exposition because New York didn't have an appropriate place. Still, New York City was considered by most to be the most fashionable place in the country. The above painting of Madison Square by Theodore Robinson was done about 1895. Madison and Fifth were the big streets in NYC and Wabash and Madison was major area in Chicago.
TODAY: Madison Square has once again become fashionable. It has one of the nice pedestrian areas in NYC (see above).
Judy's Entry: Thursday, April 7, 2011
Went out to do a lot of errands. Mom had to go to bank to deposit her IRS refund. Then grocery shopping, post office, gas station. Decided to find new gas station because the one I usually go to has started to charge 10 cents more per gallon if you use your credit card. Did a lot of cooking... bean salad, banana bread, chicken francaise.
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