PC_2804_Lillian_Exum_Papers_B2F35_Corr_Eller_1921_003

[pstmrk 11 Jan. 1921]
State of North Carolina
House of Representatives
Raleigh,

Baxter Durham is the only man I have
met that doesn't speak to me. But he
doesn't stand very high here.

Mr. Everett says there is a bachelor over
in the Senate he has selected for me.
Called us both "high-borns".

Several of the men have invited me to
go home with them for week ends, but
I hardly expect to take any chances on the
train, at least until I feel stronger.

I dreamed of being home last night, and
it made me homesick. I went for a walk
last evening, by myself. I like to get away
from the crowd. There was a beautifu
sunset up toward Asheville.

I don't want people to expect too much
of me. There is little I can do alone. If
I blaze the trail for other women to come
in, until there is enough to do something