Mrs. Gunn's Diary: Feb. 2, 1942

Bitter weather limits her audience; Episcopal bishop announces unity services

The topsy-turvy weather in Washington sounds a lot like today. After several spring-like days, the temperature was 26 degrees at noon and fell to 12 degrees by night-time, with a high wind. Poor Mrs. Gunn had worked hard on a review of the play “Arsenic and Old Lace” that she saw on Broadway. She presented it tonight at the Chevy Chase Woman’s Club. “We had a small audience because of the extreme cold,” she observed. “I am in favor in these busy days of combining our efforts and having fewer meetings with better attendance,” she wrote.

In another echo from the past, the Episcopal bishop of Washington announced that special monthly services were being held at the National Cathedral to build unity and comradeship among all Americans. Paid subscribers can read about what he said.

This vintage postcard of the National Cathedral is being offered by a dealer on eBay.