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Conger Reynolds correspondence, December 1918

1918-12-27 Daphne Reynolds to Conger Reynolds Page 5

because of a perfectly boisting heache which is still with me, plus a sore throat.  It snew all day Christmas, and the day before we had a blizzard, so I spuz I got too chilled running around in my ice cream freezers. 
This is the night of the twenty sevenst, as Charlie Steffen used to say.  I'll try to tell you what we did "in between times."  First I want you to know how delighted I am with the things you sent.  I'm crazy about my collar.  It's perfectly beautiful, and you'll have to buy me a pretty light dress for summer, to wear it with. (Har! Har!)  And the 'fumery is simply gum-gorgeous--the little whiff I can get of it.  So is Julie's.  I'm not going to open mine until you come home, if I can he'p it, because I still have a quart or two that Lee Lewis gave me some time ago, and I want to save yours for very spiffy occasions.  And darlingest, the flowers!  Oh I want to love you for them right now.  Julie chose a plant--a cyclamen--and it is simply covered with bloom.

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because of a perfectly boisting heache which is still with me, plus a sore throat. It snew all day Christmas, and the day before we had a blizzard, so I spuz I got too chilled running around in my ice cream freezers. This is the night of the twenty sevenst, as Charlie Steffen used to say. I'll try to tell you what we did "in between times." First I want you to know how delighted I am with the things you sent. I'm crazy about my collar. It's perfectly beautiful, and you'll have to buy me a pretty light dress for summer, to wear it with. (Har! Har!) And the 'fumery is simply gum-gorgeous--the little whiff I can get of it. So is Julie's. I'm not going to open mine until you come home, if I can he'p it, because I still have a quart or two that Lee Lewis gave me some time ago, and I want to save yours for very spiffy occasions. And darlingest, the flowers! Oh I want to love you for them right now. Julie chose a plant--a cyclamen--and it is simply covered with bloom.