Bernard M. Baruch to Cary T. Grayson
Title
Bernard M. Baruch to Cary T. Grayson
Creator
Baruch, Bernard M. (Bernard Mannes), 1870-1965
Identifier
WWP16618
Date
1928 April 27
Description
Bernard Baruch writes Cary Grayson about the consequences of giving money to other and wishes him well.
Source
Cary T. Grayson Papers, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library, Staunton, Virginia
Language
English
Text
My dear Cary
There is an old saying - “One good deed deserves another” - but I have often thought that there is another side to it. When a man does something worth while, it puts him in a position where others naturally would like to have him do the same thing, with the result, in my case, that I have received a great deal of unhappiness from having fine fellows like Slemp and Alderman ask things that I would like to do but which I cannot afford to do. Indeed, you would be surprised how it almost isolates a man, because I dislike so much to go out to dinners or affairs of any kind, there to sit next to or meet men and women who always have some very wonderful thing - something that perhaps I really would like to assist in and yet I cannot do.
I know that you keep much of this trouble away from me. I begged Garfield not to let anybody know that I had given him money, because I was fearful that it would leave me open to the approach of many of my friends to whom it is very difficult to decline.
However, there is nothing that cheers one up like a winner, and I do hope your horses are going to repeat today and that the Kentucky Derby will come to you. Reigh Count owner is very confident.
As always,
Affectionately yours,
Bernie
There is an old saying - “One good deed deserves another” - but I have often thought that there is another side to it. When a man does something worth while, it puts him in a position where others naturally would like to have him do the same thing, with the result, in my case, that I have received a great deal of unhappiness from having fine fellows like Slemp and Alderman ask things that I would like to do but which I cannot afford to do. Indeed, you would be surprised how it almost isolates a man, because I dislike so much to go out to dinners or affairs of any kind, there to sit next to or meet men and women who always have some very wonderful thing - something that perhaps I really would like to assist in and yet I cannot do.
I know that you keep much of this trouble away from me. I begged Garfield not to let anybody know that I had given him money, because I was fearful that it would leave me open to the approach of many of my friends to whom it is very difficult to decline.
However, there is nothing that cheers one up like a winner, and I do hope your horses are going to repeat today and that the Kentucky Derby will come to you. Reigh Count owner is very confident.
As always,
Affectionately yours,
Bernie
Original Format
Letter
To
Grayson, Cary T. (Cary Travers), 1878-1938
Files
Collection
Citation
Baruch, Bernard M. (Bernard Mannes), 1870-1965, “Bernard M. Baruch to Cary T. Grayson,” 1928 April 27, WWP16618, Cary T. Grayson Papers, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.