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Conger Reynolds correspondence, February 1918
1918-02-22 Conger Reynolds to Daphne Reynolds Page 4
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some decent American coffee. So be bought an alcohol lamp, some coffee, and condensed milk, and brewed in an open pan a funny-looking mixture that he vowed was the real thing. We get baths here in an officer's shower room that is open three hours each evening. The warm water runs five minutes and is off for fifteen. The place has no heat, so it is not exactly fun to take a shower there in February. S- vowed at first he wouldn't go near the place. He tried the hotels down-town. None could offer a tub bath in a warm room. At one place the madame threw up her hands and exclaimed it would be necessary to go to Paris to obtain such a luxury. S- finally had to accept the shower. And how he did fret about going over! He furnished a veritable picnic for the rest of us. The other day he got reminiscent with me and told me about the apartment he had
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some decent American coffee. So be bought an alcohol lamp, some coffee, and condensed milk, and brewed in an open pan a funny-looking mixture that he vowed was the real thing. We get baths here in an officer's shower room that is open three hours each evening. The warm water runs five minutes and is off for fifteen. The place has no heat, so it is not exactly fun to take a shower there in February. S- vowed at first he wouldn't go near the place. He tried the hotels down-town. None could offer a tub bath in a warm room. At one place the madame threw up her hands and exclaimed it would be necessary to go to Paris to obtain such a luxury. S- finally had to accept the shower. And how he did fret about going over! He furnished a veritable picnic for the rest of us. The other day he got reminiscent with me and told me about the apartment he had
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