Cecil Sharp Diary 1918

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Document date

Wednesday 17th of April 1918

Transcription Notes

Found my bed very hard — a straw mattress! — but was very tired and slept pretty well notwithstanding. Took a long walk toward Blue Ridge i.e. East but found nothing. Conditions not at all favourable — evidently largely Dutch (i.e. German). Our landlord is Holtzman, the Superintendent of Schools Shumacher, the Editor of the paper Gieben, the doctor Smoot etc! Then it is a very flourishing valley — no cabins or small people living on the land. It is a pity for the place is a nice one we are fairly comfortable and the surroundings pretty. We decide to go on to Harrisonburgh tomorrow. After tea go on another long walk but get no results. The war news very disturbing and we both find it very hard to think of anything else. The evening paper’s telegrams are a little bit more comforting so I may get to sleep all right, but it is clear that we are going to have very anxious times for a while. I wish I were in England now that we are all passing through such a crisis. We look in at the Movies in the evening and saw a very good story — sentimental but well told and quite well worth seeing.

Location

USA : Viginia : Woodstock [0,0]

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