Admiral Grayson’s Devotion to President is Marked

Title

Admiral Grayson’s Devotion to President is Marked

Creator

Daisy Fitzhugh Ayres

Identifier

WWP16321

Date

1920 December 12

Source

Cary T. Grayson Papers, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library, Staunton, Virginia

Language

English

Text

By DAISY FITZHUGH AYRES.
Special to The Courier-Journal.
WASHINGTON.

—All through the night, in weather fair or foul, the motor car of Rear Admiral Cary Grayson stands tethered before his unassuming two-storied white brick residence, with its unbecoming dark blue shades, corner Sixteenth and P Streets. The inactive vehicle parked before the doctor’s door, during all the silent, idle watches of the night, tells a mute, pathetic story. The car stands ungaraged, ready for any emergency. Admiral Grayson is the personal physician of President Wilson.

There may be a hurry call at any minute. Both the doctor and the motor car stand alert at attention. Every means of delay is obviated. It’s only a few blocks down the street to the White House.The Admiral who shows the strain he has been under for the past fourteen or fifteen months, from his vigiliant attention to his distinguished patient, sleeps even now with one eye open, and his pretty wife is worried. It is only within the last few weeks that the President’s condition has justified the conscientious physician in leaving the White House at all at night. Mrs. Grayson and her two handsome little sons, Gordon and Cary, have spent more than a year alone at night, except for the servants.

“He shall rest, and faith he shall need it,” says Kipling, after the fourth o’March, and dainty Gertrude Gordon Grayson will be glad to have her husband home once more. The little Grayson chaps are particularly popular with the President.

Original Format

Letter

Files

http://resources.presidentwilson.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/D04717.pdf

Citation

Daisy Fitzhugh Ayres, “Admiral Grayson’s Devotion to President is Marked,” 1920 December 12, WWP16321, Cary T. Grayson Papers, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.