Cary T. Grayson to Alice Gertrude Gordon Grayson
Title
Cary T. Grayson to Alice Gertrude Gordon Grayson
Creator
Grayson, Cary T. (Cary Travers), 1878-1938
Identifier
WWP15706
Date
1919 March 27
Source
Cary T. Grayson Papers, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library, Staunton, Virginia
Language
English
Text
To-day has been, perhaps, the hardest day for the President since we have been in France. Clemenceau is utterly impossible to do business with—he disagrees to everything—then slowly agrees—and in after an interval of a few hours—or just at the end of a long conference—he swings back where he was in the beginning—causing the lost of valuable time. The situation is certainly disappointing. I’ll not go into details because it will all be in the papers long before you get this and would be an old story.
I had a little party to-night. Dinner at the Savoy Restaurant—ultra French—but nothing extra. Then went to the Cassino—very lively & gay—mid-Lent celebration—too much smoke for my pleasure. The French women smoke like a locomotive going up grade. The party consisted of Frank Hitchcock, Colonel Ulysses S. Grant, Richard Oulihan and myself.
Dr Simon Baruch—BM’s Father is very ill—from cable reports. BM sends you his best, says that he cabled Mrs. Baruch to find out the young fellow’s name and to send him a gold cup—the same as Gordons. How is the little fellow? Write me all the details—color of eyes, hair weight, development of muscles and especially his chest. Whether he has a Roman nose? also as to the volume and carrying capacity of his voice—These may sound like silly questions, but remember it is a particularly long ways from home just now.
Mrs. Meyer is leaving for Washington on the ; wish it were me. But I have hopes of our making a start for home about the first of May. As soon as the President calls an extra session of Congress, his present plans are to go over the country on a speeching tour.
It looks now practically a sure thing that they will spend the summer at the White House.
Darling, you cannot imagine how happy it makes me feel when I realize you are getting along all right and are through with that trying time & hours. I hope those “two fellows” will turn out to your entire satisfaction. Love to them and my dearest, precious Trudie—
CTG
I had a little party to-night. Dinner at the Savoy Restaurant—ultra French—but nothing extra. Then went to the Cassino—very lively & gay—mid-Lent celebration—too much smoke for my pleasure. The French women smoke like a locomotive going up grade. The party consisted of Frank Hitchcock, Colonel Ulysses S. Grant, Richard Oulihan and myself.
Dr Simon Baruch—BM’s Father is very ill—from cable reports. BM sends you his best, says that he cabled Mrs. Baruch to find out the young fellow’s name and to send him a gold cup—the same as Gordons. How is the little fellow? Write me all the details—color of eyes, hair weight, development of muscles and especially his chest. Whether he has a Roman nose? also as to the volume and carrying capacity of his voice—These may sound like silly questions, but remember it is a particularly long ways from home just now.
Mrs. Meyer is leaving for Washington on the ; wish it were me. But I have hopes of our making a start for home about the first of May. As soon as the President calls an extra session of Congress, his present plans are to go over the country on a speeching tour.
It looks now practically a sure thing that they will spend the summer at the White House.
Darling, you cannot imagine how happy it makes me feel when I realize you are getting along all right and are through with that trying time & hours. I hope those “two fellows” will turn out to your entire satisfaction. Love to them and my dearest, precious Trudie—
CTG
Original Format
Letter
To
Grayson, Alice Gertrude Gordon, 1892-1961
Files
Collection
Citation
Grayson, Cary T. (Cary Travers), 1878-1938, “Cary T. Grayson to Alice Gertrude Gordon Grayson,” 1919 March 27, WWP15706, Cary T. Grayson Papers, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.