The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-04-07

A rose strewn path was trod by the
bride of last night and the future
seems to hold a promise of a rosy
welded life. The marriage of Miss
Blanche Rohrer and Mr.. William
Crockett, which was solemnized at the
First Methodist church Wednesday
evening by the Rev. F. N. Lynch, was
an elaborate, ceremonious affair, per-
feet to the last detail. Before the
service Miss Bernice Chapman of
Washburn college sang Mendelssohn' s
Spring Song and following the solo
Mrs. ARA Clark played the Lohengrin
wedding march. Ushers marked out
the bridal path with strands of white
satin ribbon down the two side aisles.
Mr.. Ralph Rohrer, the brides brother,
and Mr.. George White led the process
sion and were followed by Mr.: Charles
Dunkelburg of Fort Wayne, Ind, and
Mr.. Harvey Powell Miss Louise
Heath and Miss Dorothy Gleed, the
flower girls followed the ushers. Their
dresses were white figured with pink
rose buds and yelled in pink net. They
wore pink tuIe bonnets, adorned at
each side with pink rose buds. Their
slippers were pink They carried
Marie Antoinette baskets with the long
handles twined with snilax and pink
tulle. and scattered the rose petals
from the baskets along the bridal
path. The bridesmaids followed the
mower S1Q&ly, III the IOl-
lowing order: Miss Mary Gleed, Miss
Hulda Chaplin, Miss Helen Speilman
and Miss Frances Reed. Each one of
them carried bouquet of pink Killar-
ney roses and from the arm holding
the flowers shower bouquets of small
pink buds were suspended by narrow
strands of pink saEn ribbon. The girls
wore white crepe de chine with long
trains, Dutch necks and short. tight
sleeves. The bodices were draped
princesses; their slippers and long
gloves were white, and each wore a
short white veil fastened in the hair
at one side with pink rose buds. Each
one of the girls of the party wore a
band of ribbon matching her costume
in color about the head, outlining a
Grecian couture. Miss Rachel Hotch-
kiss. the maid of honor, followed the
bridesmaids. Her gown was pink mar
quisette over a foundation of pink
satin, made with a draped skirt,
caught on the side with a pearl orna-
neck and short sleeves worn with pink
gloves. There was a garniture of
pearls across the front of the bodice.
Her slippers were pink and she car
ried a bouquet of pink Killarney roses.
N. M Rice, jr., carried the ring in
lily and was really the first masculine
member of the bridal party to attract
much notice. Next came the bride on
the arm of her father. Her gown was
white Duchess satin made with a sur
plices bodice with a chemisette and
high collar of heavy lace. The sleeves
were long and a row of shirring across
the shoulders reached to the wrist.
There was a girdle of Princess lace
running into a point. back and front,
high into the bodice. The train was
long and graceful. The bride was met
at the altar by Mr.. Crockett and his
brother, DR.. Horace Crockett. the best
man. After the ceremony Mrs. Clark
played MendelSsohn's wedding march,
while the bridal party passed down the
ToR 1sc NO 1Tf Oh, ,,
was decorated in palms and smilax.
and in the center of a bank of palms
was a cluster of pink carnations, like
the setting of a jewell. Below the