Evening star., 1936-08-09
BY ROBERT CRAWFORD.

Mrs. Bohn there is momentary
silence and then somebody says,
Il "Oh, you mean Grace Roper?'
So closely has she been associated
with the delightful and generous hos
pitality of the handsome home on
Woodland drive, overlooking the park,
that it Is for a moment difficult to
remember that she is now mistress
Of her own menage and hostess for
her distinguished husband, DR.. Frank
Bohn.
She was for some time the life OF
the entertainments in her fathers
house, and more especially after ne
entered President Roosevelt's cabinet
she seemed to be the moving spirit
at all official receptions and gather
ings there. having the happy faculty
OF never forgetting a face or name.
as we'll as being able to associate both
with some interesting event or meet
ing. She not only possesses SAVIOR
faire, but savoir vivre, and never
dwells upon the obvious in official
life. She would really render great
service to Capital society by writing
q little book of "DontS."
Behind that vivacious South Caro-
lima manner of Mrs. Bohn'S, however
there is determination. concentration
and the ability to pursue given sub
ject in which she is interested in all
its ramifications. She has shown
this in her associate organization OF
the Town Hall Meetings, and in the
pursuit of her chosen profession. She
dian and British tariff and trade
relations on the Tariff Commission,
the only woman to have ever held
such a position in this country. She
says she cannot remember when she
did not hear politics and public af-
fairs discussed at home, so. when she
entered Vassar College it was not
strange that she wished to major ir
International relations and economics
and that later she should take up
those and kindred subjects at the
Southern California University, the
American University and the Uni
versity Of California. from all OF
which. by the way, she holds degrees
With Women's Careers.
Marriage Need Not Interfere
Mrs. Bohn had long since decided
that neither marriage nor any pre-
vious conditions should interfere with
what she considered her life career; so
when she heard that her father was
to be offered the portfolio of Secre-
tary Of Commerce, in the cabinet of
President Roosevelt. she was somewhat
troubled at first as she feared he might
think it better for her to give up the
position which she had occupied for
more than 10 years on the Tariff Com
mission. She and her father always
had talked things out; taking the
horns of the dilemma, which she knew
would most appeal to the paterfa-
nilias, she asked him to consent to her
continuing in her work as tariff ex-
pert. Grace always had q takin' way
with him, so she won out. Then last
year there was another bridge to cross
when she accepted DR.. Bohn, the we'll
known writer and lecturer on interna-
tional relations and economic prob
lens. She felt that it would not be
SO difficult to get his consent to con-
tinuance of her work after their mar
riage, as they were both interested in
the same things, and that his writing
and lecturing were on subjects which
also we're part of her work.
Believing that the twentieth CEN
fury has brought about many changes
in the social order, industrial and pub
lie life, Mrs. Bohn feels that there will
be none more lasting than the posi-
ton of women in politics and business.
She thinks that a woman does not
have to necessarily remain at home
"a hours a day to be good mother
about the management of home and
Is interested in domestic economy.
This Summer the Bohns have taken
the pent house of Senator Van Nuys
of Indiana, and are luxuriating in the
delightful porches and airy rooms in
which DR.. Bohn can spread out more
while writing on his new book that is
to be published next year. His wife is
particularly proud of the reception
which his recent book, THE Great
Change" has received. and which he
wrote in conjunction with the dean of
American economists, Richard T. Ely.
Town Hallers to Hear
Lord Bertrand Russell.
The Town Hall Meetings, which
Mrs. Bohn organized two years ago
in conjunction with Mrs. Richard
Oulahan. widow of the beloved Rich
ard Oulahan, well known correspond
ent, Is in truth her dearest hobby, if
such an organization could be called
a hobby. Just now she is gloating
over the program of speakers now
being completed. Like a good show
man, she is getting her wares in order
to present to the public. Town Hall
Meetings is a going concern-but not
commercial. Some speakers are paid
and some are not, but there must be
o bank account to keep things moving.
Lord Bertrand Russell is to be the
first on the program and will speak
on philosophy. 1t is not just recalled
great Lord John Russell, England's
fiery prime minister in the reign of
Queen Victoria. What was said of
the late Lord Curzon could have been
said of Lord John: He was a most
superior person, given to irritation
and invectives. The old Scotch doctor
answered, when asked what was gout:
Some say it's an irritation of the
blood, some say it's the devil, but
there do be some who say it's Lord
John Russell" Hon. Miss Agnes
MacPhail, first woman member of the
Canadian Parliament, is to speak on
Canadian and United States rela-
tions, a subject which seems to be
OF growing interest. The warden OF
Sing Sing Prison, Mr.. Lawes, will
doubtless draw a crowd, as he both
writes and speaks in very practical
and human way-and then there is
Margaret Sanger Dr Alfred Adler and