Limerick
Title
Limerick
Creator
Grayson, Cary T. (Cary Travers), 1878-1938
Identifier
WWP16514
Date
1923 November 19
Description
Notes by Cary T. Grayson recording Woodrow Wilson’s remarks on the Republicans and the Navy and Carter Glass.
Source
Cary T. Grayson Papers, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library, Staunton, Virginia
Language
English
Text
They—R—scrapped the Navy—now playing to the interest by advocating building another up.
Recited the limerick—The Cabots & Lowells—Cod
—Now the Cabots speak Yiddish by God—
Swanson says to Mrs Wilson at Capital lunch
The white oaks—a forest of them because they do not bend—whereas the red oaks won’t bend—they are alone—WW says Carter Glass is a red oak
—WW said C Glass Speech on armistice day was one of the finest he ever heard—a gem—
Recited the limerick—The Cabots & Lowells—Cod
—Now the Cabots speak Yiddish by God—
Swanson says to Mrs Wilson at Capital lunch
The white oaks—a forest of them because they do not bend—whereas the red oaks won’t bend—they are alone—WW says Carter Glass is a red oak
—WW said C Glass Speech on armistice day was one of the finest he ever heard—a gem—
Files
Collection
Citation
Grayson, Cary T. (Cary Travers), 1878-1938, “Limerick,” 1923 November 19, WWP16514, Cary T. Grayson Papers, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.