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Conger Reynolds correspondence, May-December 1916

1916-08-16 Conger Reynolds to Mr. & Mrs. John Reynolds Page 8

of seasickness now.  The Baltic is very steady and it will take very rough weather to make her rock much.  We have already struck as much wind and waves as our worst going over and it hasn't touched me.  I almost hope we hit a real storm so I can see if that will make me any less a good sailor.
    For the moment, I'll leave the Baltic now, and go back to London.  After my letter from there nothing of great importance happened, but I had a mightily pleasing time.  Almar and I took in the sights together, Westminster Abbey, the Strand, Victoria Embankment, Fleet Street, and many other places.  We saw two or three shows, found several quaint restaurants, and had a lot of funny experiences learning the English language.  I spent some time with a tailor and visited a lot of wonderful shops in buying a few little things.  Of course, I spent considerable time talking to American correspondents and visiting London newspaper offices.  My visit to the plant of The Daily Mail was particularly illuminating.  I was taken in hand by the editors and shown every detail in the system of news-getting and news-handling, through which this newspaper reaches 1,200,000 readers.  Through one of the correspondents I got an introduction to the chief postal censor of the

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of seasickness now. The Baltic is very steady and it will take very rough weather to make her rock much. We have already struck as much wind and waves as our worst going over and it hasn't touched me. I almost hope we hit a real storm so I can see if that will make me any less a good sailor. For the moment, I'll leave the Baltic now, and go back to London. After my letter from there nothing of great importance happened, but I had a mightily pleasing time. Almar and I took in the sights together, Westminster Abbey, the Strand, Victoria Embankment, Fleet Street, and many other places. We saw two or three shows, found several quaint restaurants, and had a lot of funny experiences learning the English language. I spent some time with a tailor and visited a lot of wonderful shops in buying a few little things. Of course, I spent considerable time talking to American correspondents and visiting London newspaper offices. My visit to the plant of The Daily Mail was particularly illuminating. I was taken in hand by the editors and shown every detail in the system of news-getting and news-handling, through which this newspaper reaches 1,200,000 readers. Through one of the correspondents I got an introduction to the chief postal censor of the