ABSTRACT
For the Franklin D. Roosevelt and Louis Howe families, the disillusioning 1920 campaign had been merely an interlude in the more pressing business of finding a future. Life had been good to them all during the eight Navy years. Sometimes Mrs. Roosevelt and Mrs. Howe drove about town together in the afternoons, with Grace minding the children in the car while Eleanor made her official visits. Both found their husbands immersed in work. The Roosevelt’s' entertaining often included congenial friends from the New York and Boston society within which they had moved. Blessed with adequate domestic help, Eleanor could go along on some of the longer visits to enjoy the fun of traveling as a V.I.P. The Haitian project never developed, but both Roosevelt and Howe became involved in an elaborate oil scheme which might have destroyed their political futures. Meanwhile, throughout the year, the Roosevelt’s and Howe’s remained friends. Grace and Eleanor exchanged warm and gossipy letters and favors.
