The cursive writing, while pretty, can be difficult to read & will be transcribed in the coming weeks. More pages of Dottie's journaling can be found as a separate page on this blog. They are filled with news of Chicago friends, dances, parties, clubs and gossip. Below her writing are maps and other sections that are quite interesting. At the bottom are mysterious, signed cigarette papers... 
These signed cigarette paper rolls were tucked into the back cover of Dottie's diary. These fellows were either University of Chicago frat boys or Hyde Park High students with big dreams. One of them, Dick Irwin, was still a senior at Hyde Park High, slated to graduate later in the year. He would end up in the American National Business Hall of Fame some 60 years later. See below!
One of the signatures above belongs to Dick Irwin. From the American National Business Hall of Fame's website: Dick Irwin used his business to have fun and make a contribution to society. The contribution consisted of collaborating with college professors to produce high quality textbooks, books that influenced the minds of hundreds of thousands of college youth. The fun consisted of doing something that was enjoyable. To be sure, Dick Irwin worked long hours, maintained a heavy travel schedule and took risks daily. But as he put it many years later, "I never had a morning I didn't look forward to going to work." That attitude, combined with hard work and a winning business strategy made the career of Dick Irwin one to be remembered and emulated. And so it will be through the efforts of the American National Business Hall of Fame.*This article, by Alexander N. Davison, was first published in The Journal of Business Leadership Volume 1, Number 1, Spring 1988. http://www.anbhf.org/laureates/rdirwin.html
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