Evening star., 1937-04-11

up. 1IleTe was a large DunCn or
the refreshments consisted of a
been relegated to a corner. Wistful
glances we're cast toward it, as it was
surrounded by those two-finger glasses
familiar to Kentuckians and, too,
Mrs. McAllister's State was the first
State to ratify the twenty-f1rst
amendment. She was prominent
member of the Women'S Organ'za-
ton for Prohibition Reform BY the
way she has had a brilliant career
in politics for a woman still in her
30S. having served as national
committeeman for the Michigan
Young Democrats at the Philadelphia
national convention last June, where
she was delegate at large; she was
elected alternate member Of the Com
mittee on Platform and Resolutions.
Before that she served on the Advisory
Committee of IA women, which drew
up suggestions for the Democratic
platform.
Miss Dewson told with pride of
Mrs. McAlliSter'S reception at the In
stitute of Public Affairs at the Uni
versity Of Virginia last Summer. The
way in which she presented her opin-
ION on the convention platform was
so convincing that the institute
adopted it. Ye shades of the immortal
Thomas come forth and salute the
lady! You did not dream when you
were writing all those preceptS, rules
of conduct for we'll bred young per-
son to your daughter Martha, that
some day there would stand in the
forum Of your beloved university a
most feminine young woman clad in
dainty finery, verSed in politics and
the problems of the day expounding
to the lords of creation the why's and
wherefores of the platform of a great
political party the offspring of your
brain.
Charles FenwiCk
Was Her InSpira ton
Mrs. MCAllister, a Bryn MaW-r grad
uate, said she received her first i'm
petus toward politics and public af-
fairs from Mr.. Charles FenWick, the
noted authority on international law
and world problems and for some
years professor of history and public
affairs at the college. She made a
spirited campaign for the child labor
amendment. which was ratified by the
Michigan Legislature in 1888 Then
the minimum wage bill for women
and minors, which she saw to a sue
ceSsful finish in her State. Mr.. Nc
Alllster, Well-knoWn attorney of
Grand Rapids, is a candidate for the
sspreme bench of Michigan.
Miss Dewson Is
Sans Malice.
1t was awfully nice to see Miss
Mary DeWson again. She surely
looked and acted her natural self.
Not bit puffy about the wonderful
things she accomplished for her sex
in the last campaign which she so
gallantly conducted sans nasty cracks
at her opponents, or bitterness or i'm
polite epithets applied to those who
did not agree with her. She is not
resting on her laurels. however. for
she has already planned enough active
work to keep the women of her party
throughout the entire States pusy
until l940-and who knows, there may
be woman candidate put forward by
both parties for the great Office Of
President Of the United States.
DR.. Frank Bohn on
International News.
The National Capital is becoming
more and more an open forum for the
discussion of questions and problems
affecting the entire world. Indeed,
at the present time America seems to
be the only country where there can
be held free and open discussion
conducted in a friendly way Every
body seems to be on the oui vive to
hear what the other person is thinking
about. Mrs. Oulahan and Grace Roper
Bohn have seen to il that the Town
Hall meetings were representative in
every particular of the world trend
in thought The Bronson Cutting
Memorial lectures were stimulatingIy
delightful and then just at the psy-
Geological time along came DR.. Frank
Bohn, the specialist in international
relations and economic problems, to
give some rather learned talks-but
given in an understanding, conversa-
tional way about following the news
nationally and internationally. HIS