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.
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
Collection
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.