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:''"I just hate to see Eleanor let herself look as she does. Though never handsome, she always had to me a charming effect. Alas and alack, ever since politics have become her choicest interest, all her charm has disappeared!"''
Eleanor dismissed Bamie's criticisms by referring to her as an "aged woman." Bamie and Eleanor eventually reconciled, and in an article in the ''[[Ladies Home Journal]]'', "How to Take Criticism," Eleanor referred to her, saying, "I can honestly say that I hate no one, and perhaps the best advice I can give to anyone who suffers from criticism and yet must be in the public eye, would be contained in the words of my aunt, Mrs. William Sheffield Cowles. She was President Theodore Roosevelt's sister and the aunt to whom many of the young people in the family went for advice. I had asked her whether I should do something which at that time would have caused a great deal of criticism, and her answer was: 'Do not be bothered by what people say as long as you are sure that you are doing what seems right to you, but be sure that you face yourself honestly.'"<ref>{{cite web | title = "How to Take Criticism" Ladies Home Journal (November 1944) Online Edition | url = http://www.gwu.edu/~erpapers/documents/articles/howtotakecriticism.cfm| accessdate = 2006-11-21| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20061127024041/http://www.gwu.edu/~erpapers/documents/articles/howtotakecriticism.cfm| archivedate= 27 November 2006 | deadurl= no}}</ref> Theodore's elder daughter [[Alice Roosevelt Longworth|Alice]] also broke with Eleanor over her campaign. Alice and Eleanor reconciled after Eleanor wrote Alice a comforting letter upon the death of Alice's daughter, Paulina Longworth.
[[Corinne Douglas Robinson]] frequently visited the White House when Franklin was President, though she was a Republican. She and Eleanor were close throughout their lives. However, her visits to Washington, D.C. caused family tensions, and when in D.C., she was often asked by both Eleanor and Alice (Alice was a leader in Washington society) to stay at her home. Her decision was usually made based on who had asked her first.
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