Evening star., 1934-08-21

TINE Secretary of Commerce anc
Mrs. Daniel C. Roper will bt
In the company attending the
Il wedding this afternoon Of Mis-
Laura Louise Barkley. daugh.
ter Of Senator Alben w. Barkley
of Kentucky and Mrs. Barkley, tc
Mr.. Douglas Macarthur, son Of Mrs
Arthur Macarthur and nephew OF
the chief of staff. United States Army
Gen. Douglas Macarthur.
The wedding, which is taking place
on the anniversary Of the marriage
of the bridegroom's parents, will be
performed in the home Of Senator
and Mrs. Barkley on Cleveland ave-
nue., In the presence Of about $50
guests. including officials, members
of Congress and smart residential
society, Included among the guests
will be Gen. Macarthur. uncle of
the bridegroom; Representative and
Mrs. Sam D. McReynolds, the As
sistant Secretary of State, Mr.. R.
Walton Moore, and his sisters, the
Misses Moore; the director Of the Re
construction Finance Corp. and Mrs.
Jesse H. Jones, the general coun-
sci of the Reconstruction Finance
Corp. and Mrs. Stanley Reed, the
alien property custodian and Mrs.
Urey Woodson, the former United
States Minister to Panama and Mrs.
William Jennings Price and Miss
Grace Roper, daughter of Secretary
and Mrs. Roper.
The arrangements for the wedding
are charming in simplicity, with a
simple arrangement of white hydran-
geas massed with tall palms and ferns,
making an effective background for
the wedding. The wedding music will
be played by Mr.. B. Frank Gebest,
pianist, with whom the bride of today
has studied music for some time.
The bride will be given in marriage
by her father and while she will have
no attendants, her sister, Mrs. Max
O'Rell Truitt of st. Louis, will stand
with her during the service. The
bride will wear becoming gown of
ivory satin, made on severely plain
lines, with long fitted sleeves and a
short train. She will dispense with
veil or hat and In place of the tradi-
tional brides bouquet she will carry
an ivory-bound prayer book, from
which will fall a shower Of white satin
ribbon and lilies of the valley.
Mrs. Truitt will wear a gown of
fust-color lace, made with jacket
with short sleeves, and the skirt fall
ing into a graceful short train. She
will wear a shoulder cluster Of gar
genias. Mr.. Bowman Macarthur will
be best man for his brother.
Following the ceremony there will
be a reception for the guests at the
wedding. Mrs. Barkley will wear q
gown Of brown georgette with cape
of lace, and Mrs. Macarthur will be
in q gown of printed chiffon with a
shoulder cluster Of gardenias.
wedding trip, the bride wearing a
brown satin gown with brown ac-
cessories. Upon the conclusion of
their honeymoon they will be at home
at the Valley Vista Apartments in this
city.
The bride graduated from Holton
Arms in 1929 and attended the Sophie
Newcomb School at New Orleans, La:
American University and George
Washington University, and for the
past year studied law at the National
Law School. MIR. Macarthur gradu-
ated from the Milton Academy in
1928 and from Yale in 1882. He re-
Gently passed the foreign service ex-
animation and is now awaiting assign
ment. He Is a lieutenant in the Re-
serve Corps and is on active duty at
the War Department. Mr.. Macarthur
played on the Yale foot ball team and
is one Of the Capitals outstanding
tennis players.