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Conger Reynolds correspondence, August 1918
1918-08-05 Conger Reynolds to Emily Reynolds Page 2
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than to go on concert or other work. I should be willing to encourage her doing concert if she wanted to and the way were open. But all the time she was at it I'd be thinking of her having to undergo the hardships of travelling on dinky trains and living at poor small town hotels. That phase of concert work would be no fun for her. On the other hand, if you take quarters in Cedar Rapids and take things easy everything will be lovely. After living at Cottey, hedged in on the one hand by a lot of restrictions, and pestered (more or less) on the other by a lot of youngsters, it will be rather pleasant for you to have your own private dwelling place and to be free to go and come and do as you like. Cedar Rapids is a rather pretty and clean little city - the sort one enjoys living in without being particularly thrilled at its advantages. Daphne will find a great many people there who are interested in music and other things as she is. And all the while I'll be resting easy in the confidence that Julie and Ernest and Martha and Fred and the boys will see to it that the time of waiting for my return does not drag heavily with either of you. I am waiting with eagerness to hear of the triumph of "The Sammy Backers" on July 18, though I'm going to begin pretending I have no interest in that show if Daphne doesn't send me a copy of the
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than to go on concert or other work. I should be willing to encourage her doing concert if she wanted to and the way were open. But all the time she was at it I'd be thinking of her having to undergo the hardships of travelling on dinky trains and living at poor small town hotels. That phase of concert work would be no fun for her. On the other hand, if you take quarters in Cedar Rapids and take things easy everything will be lovely. After living at Cottey, hedged in on the one hand by a lot of restrictions, and pestered (more or less) on the other by a lot of youngsters, it will be rather pleasant for you to have your own private dwelling place and to be free to go and come and do as you like. Cedar Rapids is a rather pretty and clean little city - the sort one enjoys living in without being particularly thrilled at its advantages. Daphne will find a great many people there who are interested in music and other things as she is. And all the while I'll be resting easy in the confidence that Julie and Ernest and Martha and Fred and the boys will see to it that the time of waiting for my return does not drag heavily with either of you. I am waiting with eagerness to hear of the triumph of "The Sammy Backers" on July 18, though I'm going to begin pretending I have no interest in that show if Daphne doesn't send me a copy of the
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