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Conger Reynolds correspondence, August 1918
1918-08-20 Conger Reynolds to Daphne Reynolds Page 5
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cuse is a very good one, though. How thoughtful you are, old dear. I hadn't considered myself that danger of your making me known as the husband of Daphne Reynolds the famous ragtime queen. But you can't bumfoozle me; I know your stuff is worlds better than Irving Berlin's and consequently wouldn't attain a kind of popularity that would embarass me. And maybe it might be good for me to be forced to do something to keep from being known only as somebody's husband, eh? Lord knows I'm going to encourage you to become as famous as you want to be. The question is, though, as I put it to myself once in awhile: do you want to become famous at all. I used to plan to be president or write a best seller or become an after-dinner speaker. But recently I've thought I'd like to have a comfortable income and a pretty home and a garden (trees and flowers - not cabbages) and plenty of time to play with my pretty wife - and the rest of the family. I don't forget, dear, how unselfish you were and how sympathetic when you saw that I secretly wanted to come to France. At the time the thing was uncertain I hardly knew which I should rather do. The very great longing I had had prior to our engagement to be sent to France had naturally made a strong impression on me. And five months alone in Washington looked about as bad then as the indefinite time I should have to be away from you in France, par-
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cuse is a very good one, though. How thoughtful you are, old dear. I hadn't considered myself that danger of your making me known as the husband of Daphne Reynolds the famous ragtime queen. But you can't bumfoozle me; I know your stuff is worlds better than Irving Berlin's and consequently wouldn't attain a kind of popularity that would embarass me. And maybe it might be good for me to be forced to do something to keep from being known only as somebody's husband, eh? Lord knows I'm going to encourage you to become as famous as you want to be. The question is, though, as I put it to myself once in awhile: do you want to become famous at all. I used to plan to be president or write a best seller or become an after-dinner speaker. But recently I've thought I'd like to have a comfortable income and a pretty home and a garden (trees and flowers - not cabbages) and plenty of time to play with my pretty wife - and the rest of the family. I don't forget, dear, how unselfish you were and how sympathetic when you saw that I secretly wanted to come to France. At the time the thing was uncertain I hardly knew which I should rather do. The very great longing I had had prior to our engagement to be sent to France had naturally made a strong impression on me. And five months alone in Washington looked about as bad then as the indefinite time I should have to be away from you in France, par-
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