Cecil Sharp Diary 1918

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Wednesday 9th of January 1918

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Felt very tired this morning. At 10.30 a telephone message from Mrs Moore asking me to come down to see the President of the Normal School at once, Dr Mackeachern. We found her and her assistants Misses Kendal and Collein — the latter a Swede — extremely courteous, simple women. We discussed a scheme by which I could give them a lot of work, two lectures and eight classes Maud and I teaching simultaneously. I asked $200, but fear I shan’t get it. They are to let me know. It would be very nice to do work there and I believe they would like me to take it on — it is merely a question whether they can afford it. This occupied us till lunch. After a rest we again went into Town en route to the Newbury Library where it is said they have a lot of music. But we waited for a car in a bitter wind for 20 minutes & when it came it was so full we couldn’t get in. We tried another route and again found the same thing. So we went into the Public Library but found they had practically nothing — the sort of library you would find at a female seminary. Curious tho’, seeing how good are the Music Collections at N[ew] York & Boston & Pittsburgh libraries. A very crowded and unpleasant journey back in the local train. It is still very cold, only a few degrees above zero. The snow is now cleared away off the main streets, but nowhere else so that travelling is very difficult. The crowding in the trains & cars is very unpleasant. Courtesy is not Chicago’s strong point. "Sauve qui peut" should be their municipal motto.

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USA : Illinois : Chicago [41.8781136,-87.6297982]

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