The Capital Gossip
Title
The Capital Gossip
Creator
Burton, ED
Identifier
WWP15892
Date
1919 October 5
Source
Cary T. Grayson Papers, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library, Staunton, Virginia
Language
English
Text
OUR MAIL BAG
THE CAPITAL GOSSIP
To the Editor of the Herald:
The feeling here is that the President is a very sick man. A newspaper correspondent told me yesterday he was afraid Wilson would not get well. He said he had no idea what the trouble was because no one at the White House would talk about it, but he feared some brain trouble. You hear all sorts of rumors—abscess on the brain, hemorrhage of the brain, paresis, etc. I hear strange things about the Los Angeles meeting. Here the President was expected to talk 20 minutes but instead talked two hours and rambled very much and could with great difficulty be persuaded to stop. His photo taken as he arrived in Washington shows a man very ill it seems to me. I have heard from other sources that there is great worry on “the hill” and fears for the worst. As you know, Washington is a very Pandora’s box of rumors and it is difficult to sift the truth from what is mere fiction.
ED Burton
Washington
THE CAPITAL GOSSIP
To the Editor of the Herald:
The feeling here is that the President is a very sick man. A newspaper correspondent told me yesterday he was afraid Wilson would not get well. He said he had no idea what the trouble was because no one at the White House would talk about it, but he feared some brain trouble. You hear all sorts of rumors—abscess on the brain, hemorrhage of the brain, paresis, etc. I hear strange things about the Los Angeles meeting. Here the President was expected to talk 20 minutes but instead talked two hours and rambled very much and could with great difficulty be persuaded to stop. His photo taken as he arrived in Washington shows a man very ill it seems to me. I have heard from other sources that there is great worry on “the hill” and fears for the worst. As you know, Washington is a very Pandora’s box of rumors and it is difficult to sift the truth from what is mere fiction.
ED Burton
Washington
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Burton, ED, “The Capital Gossip,” 1919 October 5, WWP15892, Cary T. Grayson Papers, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.