Evening star., 1925-06-21

I ushers were Mr.. Millard J. Bloomer.
jr.; Mr.. Deavett II. Brigham. Mr..
Allan G. Reeder. Mr.. Louis Popham,
Mr.. Edward V. Otis and Mr.. Edward
Matthews.
Among the t-of-town guests were
Harry c. Ensley of Washington and
DR.. and Mrs. Frank Deane Hester.
Mrs. Blackman, mother of the bride,
was formerly Miss Mary Louise Hes
ter of this city.
Mr. and Mrs. Francis Nelson have
issued invitations for the marriage
of their daughter. Evelyn Byrd, to
Mr.. Walter c. Props, Saturday eve
ming, June 81, at o'clock, in Mount
Vernon Place Church.
Miss Evelyn Stuart of Cumberland.
Nd, and Mr.. James H. Parker of this
city will be married at nuptial mass
tomorrow. at Holy Comforter Church,
Fifteenth and East Capitol streets.
Mass will be at o'clock am.
Many guests attended the wedding
| yesterday afternoon at Grace Church.
Newark, n. J., of Miss Dorothy Bre-
| intnall Ripley. daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Wainwright Ripley. of Newark,
and Mr.. Robert Clowry Roebling, son
of Mrs. Arthur O'Brien of Washing
| ton. and the late Karl G. Roebling
of Trenton. The ceremony was per-
| formed by Rev. Charles Gomph. rec
| tor of Grace Church.
The bride, wore a white chiffon
gown trimmed with petals of white
satin. The train of chiffon fell from
| the shoulders. Her veil of lace, an
heirloom, was held in place by orange
blossoms. She carried a bouquet of
white orchids and lilies of the valley.
The matron of honor, Mrs. Ripley
Morrison, the brides sister, wore g
gown of apple green chiffon. and the
maid of honor, Miss Allison Roeb-
| ling. Of Washington. D. c., a sister
| of the groom, wore a chiffon gown
of a lighter shade of green.
The bridesmaids. wore chiffon
gowns, shading from white to darker
green. The hats, were of Italian
straw with soft green satin ribbon
bows. They carried arm bouquets Of
pale pink rambler roses and white
gypsophia tied with green satin rib
| bons. The bridesmaids were Miss
Elizabeth Wolcott Abeel of Morris
| town, N. J.; Miss Catherine Young
Cohen of New York City. Miss Eliza
beth Heller of Newark. N. J.; Miss
Maude Van Cortland Hill of ST.
Paul, Mimi; Miss Anne Ingersoll of
Montclair, N. j.; Miss Rosemary Mil
let Ol newark, ~. j., MISS C9TOlln6
Roebling of Washington. Miss Flea
nor Prescott Sheppard of Engle-
wood, N. j.; Miss Margaretta Roeb-
| ling White of Princeton, n. j., and
Mrs. Arthur Whitney of Long Island.
The bridegroom's best man was Mr..
A. Goodwin Cooke, of New York
city. and the ushers were: Mr..
George Rea Cook, Sd. of Trenton. n.
J.: Mr.. John c. Coonley, of Boston.
f. 1-l-
Trenton. N. j.; Mr.. Arthur D. Forst,
jr., of Trenton. N. J.; Mr.. Eugene
Grasselli, of Cleveland. Ohio; Mr..
Lawrence c. Grosh. jr., of Toledo,
Ohio: Mr.. Victor Kuser, jr., of Tren-
ton. N. j.; Mr.. William B. Macomber
T; of Boston. Mass; Mr.. William A.
Ripley of Newark, N. j., and Mr..
William H. Speer, jr.. Of Jersey City,
N. j.
The church decorations were in
Easter lilies, daisies and pink ram
blers. A reception followed at the
Robert Treat Hotel and the same
decorations were carried out in the
ballroom and the McCarter Gallery.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ripley were assisted
in receiving by Col. and Mrs. O'Brien
Of Washington and Mrs. Henry Es-
tabrook of Tarrytown, N. Y, grand
mother Of the bridegroom.
Mr.. hoeOung mas ATTENDED the
Harvard School of Engineers. He
was named for his granduncIe, the
late Col Robert C. Clowry, at one
time president of the Western Union
Telegraph Co. He is q great-grand-
son OF the late John A RoebIing
and Is a grandnephew of Washing
ton A. Roebling. of Trenton.
The bride attended Mount Pros
pect Hill School in Newark and
Westover School, at Middlebury,
Conn, and made her debut two years
ago.
Miss Anne Barnard Cotter, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Fairchild
Cotter. of this city, and Mr.. John
Robert Hobson, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
julius Allen Hobson of Brentwood,
were married at the Church of the
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