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Conger Reynolds correspondence, July 1918

1918-07-10 Conger Reynolds to Daphne Reynolds Page 5

won't last forever, and I want you to feel secure in the knowledge that you have a husband who can be something more than a decoration for the family.  Incidentally, if you are now paying rent for rooms, or if you begin that later, I should like to know it.  A law has just been passed which allows officers to draw commutation for quarters for their wives.  There is no reason I shouldn't get that and lighten your expenses thereby.  If we can pile up just that much more now it will make our problems easier later when we begin buying Turkish rugs and breakfast food.
   I am enclosing an army bulletin that explains a new way of cabling. This reduces the cost to about eight cents a word from your part of the country, about a third or fourth of the regular rate.  I have marked paragraphs that will tell you how you can use it.  If occasion arises, try it.  For instance, you can get your mail coming where you will be by cabling, say three weeks ahead.  And if anything big happens in your plans you can tell me about it in a hurry.  I shall do likewise.
   I'll ask you to excuse me now so that I can use the curry come and brush a bit in expectation of the coming of the Chief this evening. Don't you wish you could watch me comb my hair again, old dear?

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won't last forever, and I want you to feel secure in the knowledge that you have a husband who can be something more than a decoration for the family. Incidentally, if you are now paying rent for rooms, or if you begin that later, I should like to know it. A law has just been passed which allows officers to draw commutation for quarters for their wives. There is no reason I shouldn't get that and lighten your expenses thereby. If we can pile up just that much more now it will make our problems easier later when we begin buying Turkish rugs and breakfast food. I am enclosing an army bulletin that explains a new way of cabling. This reduces the cost to about eight cents a word from your part of the country, about a third or fourth of the regular rate. I have marked paragraphs that will tell you how you can use it. If occasion arises, try it. For instance, you can get your mail coming where you will be by cabling, say three weeks ahead. And if anything big happens in your plans you can tell me about it in a hurry. I shall do likewise. I'll ask you to excuse me now so that I can use the curry come and brush a bit in expectation of the coming of the Chief this evening. Don't you wish you could watch me comb my hair again, old dear?