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Conger Reynolds correspondence, January 1918

1918-01-24 Daphne Reynolds to Conger Reynolds Page 2

care to hear about the whole thing. Everyone dressed for dinner last night, and I had an excuse because it was my birthday so I dolled up to look nice as ever I could. I wore my wedding ring too, but was careful about letting it be seen until later. The Seniors had put several tables together making a real long one. The place was all lit by candles and the shades were in purple & white -- our Senior colors -- and the table was done in yellow & white -- Cottey colors -- with a large centerpiece of Marguerites -- Cottey flowers. I'm enclosing a place card. It is a Camp-fire emblem, in case you don't know. Most of my girls are Camp fire girls. And this is a conventional representation of a woman with outstretched arms, standing on top of a mountain, watching over those in her charge. Sort of a guardian angel stunt. Where they had the others' names written, on

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care to hear about the whole thing. Everyone dressed for dinner last night, and I had an excuse because it was my birthday so I dolled up to look nice as ever I could. I wore my wedding ring too, but was careful about letting it be seen until later. The Seniors had put several tables together making a real long one. The place was all lit by candles and the shades were in purple & white -- our Senior colors -- and the table was done in yellow & white -- Cottey colors -- with a large centerpiece of Marguerites -- Cottey flowers. I'm enclosing a place card. It is a Camp-fire emblem, in case you don't know. Most of my girls are Camp fire girls. And this is a conventional representation of a woman with outstretched arms, standing on top of a mountain, watching over those in her charge. Sort of a guardian angel stunt. Where they had the others' names written, on