Professor Hamilton's Diary: March 8, 1935

He and baby still sick; glamorous female band leader comes to Reading

Professor Hamilton spent most of the day in bed again today, and baby Mary Elizabeth’s fever was up, necessitating visits from Dr. High and a colleague. They concluded that she was making “good progress” and her lungs were better.

With all this going on, I doubt the Hamiltons had a thought about attending a revue presented by Ina Ray Hutton and her all-girl band, the Melo-Dears, scheduled that night. Paid subscribers can read on about this band, which brings to mind the Marilyn Monroe movie Some Like It Hot. The photo of Hutton appeared in Billboard in 1942 was accessed via Wikimedia Commons