Professor Hamilton's Diary: August 7, 1935

He drives back to Bronxville; what's truth and what's fiction in 'Birthday Ball Affair'?

Professor Hamilton hit the road again this morning, picking up his repaired tire before leaving Reading. He arrived in Bronxville late in the afternoon, talked with his father-in-law a bit, and helped care for the children before bedtime.

If you made it through all (or most) of the President’s Birthday Ball Affair, you may be wondering which parts (and people) are real and which are fiction. Read on to find out. Tomorrow I will get back to reporting on the events going on in Professor Hamilton’s world of 1935, with a post or two about the literary gems I uncovered during my recent trip to Ireland.

The spectacular tiger claw necklace above was given to Eleanor Roosevelt’s mother by her father, Elliott, as a wedding present. She wore it to a Birthday Ball, causing quite a stir.