Alix's diary entries from January 11 to 13, 1889

Source:

Transcripts and photos of scans of diary pages courtesy of GARF via Olga Grigor'eva at lastromanovs on VK.

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The diary entries:

JANUAR 11
warm.
Friday
Darmstadt.
At 8 Pfarrer Sell. Ernie perhaps a little better. Papa slept till shortly before 2. Breakfast at 9, then went for a walk with Gretchen, past the Grosse W[?], A. Hospital Mauer Ptr. Herrngarten & home. Lessons. Luncheon. Drove with Gretchen. Tea. Music lesson with Frl. v. Bechtold. Went to Ernie, where found, Victoria, Louis, Marie, Gustav, Alexi, Victor & Edda. Then I went to Papa, as A Fr. came to Ernie. — Looked at a book, drew, wrote this. —

1 of frost. — Heard from Ella.

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JANUAR 12
1/° of frost
Saturday.
Darmstadt
Breakfast at 9. — Papa — Rapport. Ernie is getting better, — can be up for Luncheon — till after Supper. — T, Gretchen, Toni, Victoria B, Carola & Matilde v. d. H. scated this morning on the Prince Emil's Pond. I had not been on the ice since Jan. 1887.

Lessons. Luncheon at 2. Then went for a drive with Gretchen.

Music. Preparations. Tea. — Preperations. Then Ernie came, & we three played Oracle till 8. — Papa at a Vorlesung. — Sandro came, & stayed for Supper. —

To bed at about 10. —
(Ask about A's Poem for T's picture).

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JANUAR 13
3/° of frost
Sunday
Darmstadt
Breakfast at 9. Papa & Ernie only got up late. — I went with Gretchen to the Martins Kirche — a good sermon (Hochzeitsmahl — Wasser zu Wein verwandelt) by a young Clergyman from Mainz. — Returned home by the Promenade. Called on Marie W., who was not at home. Wrote. Painted. Played 4 hands with Gretchen. Then Family luncheon, to wh. Marie, Gustav, Alexi, Sandro, U. Henry & U. William came. Then painted a Photo, then wrote. —

Above: Alix. Photo courtesy of TatianaZ on Flickr.

Notes: Vorlesung = university lecture.

Hochzeitsmahl — Wasser zu Wein verwandelt = Wedding feast — water turned into wine.