Ira Dodge to Cary T. Grayson
Title
Ira Dodge to Cary T. Grayson
Creator
Dodge, Ira
Identifier
WWP15883
Date
1919 October 4
Description
Ira Dodge writes enclosing a vaudeville piece and suggesting that jokes will help calm the President while making speeches.
Source
Cary T. Grayson Papers, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library, Staunton, Virginia
Language
English
Text
If President Wilson broke down making a speech it must be a worrying point, and making a joke of it probably would ease him. (see enclosed)
I went thru the hell of over consentration and a friend's making me angry did me a lot of good. A brother could do that splendidly. I found yawning made me sleep—whistling rested my nervous system, and dancing—by myself. Lincoln had the enclosed way of easing his nerves—a little clean dirt. If you want more vaudeville I'd be glad to help.
Pres. Wilson. Grayson, I know what is the matter with me. I’m gassed. I am not mentioning any names but—some bour has lodged a “Johnson” in me. I am sure of it from the sounds the gas makes. I am continually giving birth to little Johnsons. There is an air about them that is unmistakable. No wonder I found it hard to stop talking in California—I had swallowed a Johnson microbe out there. It wasn't The League. There are things worth dying for but there is nothing worth worrying about.
Grayson, do you know the most patriotic uniform in the world? It's the Scotch. Only men who really love thier country could choose a bare legged uniform in a land of thistles.
Yours faithfully
Ira Dodge
I went thru the hell of over consentration and a friend's making me angry did me a lot of good. A brother could do that splendidly. I found yawning made me sleep—whistling rested my nervous system, and dancing—by myself. Lincoln had the enclosed way of easing his nerves—a little clean dirt. If you want more vaudeville I'd be glad to help.
Pres. Wilson. Grayson, I know what is the matter with me. I’m gassed. I am not mentioning any names but—some bour has lodged a “Johnson” in me. I am sure of it from the sounds the gas makes. I am continually giving birth to little Johnsons. There is an air about them that is unmistakable. No wonder I found it hard to stop talking in California—I had swallowed a Johnson microbe out there. It wasn't The League. There are things worth dying for but there is nothing worth worrying about.
Grayson, do you know the most patriotic uniform in the world? It's the Scotch. Only men who really love thier country could choose a bare legged uniform in a land of thistles.
Yours faithfully
Ira Dodge
Original Format
Letter
To
Grayson, Cary T. (Cary Travers), 1878-1938
Files
Collection
Citation
Dodge, Ira, “Ira Dodge to Cary T. Grayson,” 1919 October 4, WWP15883, Cary T. Grayson Papers, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.