Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-07-01

wedding OF as much genuine interest
as the one which will take place this
afternoon in the charming garden Of
Secretary of Commerce and Mrs
Daniel C. Roper. The bride, Miss
Grace Roper, was born in the Capital
and has lived here continuously since
her childhood and has endeared her
self to a host of friends in every
circle of society in the city. While
she has enjoyed the social festivities,
her leaning to the more serious affairs
has been quite evident. Last year she
was the leading spirit in Town Hall"
and it was during her Office as associ-
ate director of the organization that
DR.. Frank Bohn, the bridegroom of
today, was one of the speakers.
Only the members of the cabinet
and the brides most intimate friends
will witness the wedding of Miss Roper
and DR.. Bohn, which will be performed
at o'clock by the Rev. Harry Everett
of Jersey City and Mountain Lakes,
N. j., an old friend of the bridegroom.
The engagement and wedding Llans
of the popular cabinet girl were made
known only little more than a week
ago, and as Mrs. Roosevelt had an
engagement out of the city already
made, she will not be in the company
at the wedding. She is sending Miss
Roper a piece of furniture made at
her Waikiki factory for her wedding
gift.
The brides wish for simplicity is
being adhered to in the arrangements
for the wedding. She will enter the
garden with her father and walk to
an improvised prieu dieu arranged
before cluster of dogwood trees.
There will be no attendants and the
gown she has chosen for her we'd
ding is of formal pattern of ice blue
lace designed on the long straight
lines which are so becoming to the
bride. The neckline is square and
the sleeves fall just below the elbows.
The skirt drops into graceful sweep
at the back. With this Miss Roper
will wear picture hat of pink horse
hair braid trimmed with pink velvet,
the velvet corresponding to the clus-
ter of flowers at the neckline in the
front Of the gown. She will carry del
phinium and roses to blend with the
colors of her ensemble.
Secretary Roper will give his daugh-
ter in marriage and escorting guests
to the garden will be the brides two
brothers, Mr.. Richard Frederick
Roper and Lieut. Harry NICK. Roper.
In addition to the blooming flowers
I'm the garden there are graceful STAN
sdards of white flowers arranged about
sthe greensward, and in the house a
profusion of white and pink peonies.
A string orchestra under the direction
of Mr.. Sidney Seidenman will play
softly during the ceremony and for
the reception for those at the wedding
which follows.
Mrs. Roper, who will receive with
peach lace made with jacket,
black hat and shoulder cluster Of
orchids. Mrs. David R. Coker, sister
of the bride, who came from her home
In South Carolina for the wedding,
will wear pink lace with a white hat
and white orchids.
Perhaps the most thrilled" of the
guests will be the three young nieces
of the bride, Martha, Mary and Caro-
line Cocker. who came with their
mother from South Carolina to at
tend the wedding of their aunt. They
will make charming picture In their
quaint net frocks fashioned with
skirts to their ankles and bodices
which have drop shoulder effect and
a bouquet of bright artificial flowers
in the front Of the neckline. Martha's
dress is of yellow with which she will
wear large leghorn picture hat; he-
sister Mary will be in peach color and
a stiff white net hat, and Caroline
in blue with stiff yellow net picture
hat.
The couple will leave Washington
after the reception for New York pre-
paratory to sailing Wednesday on the
Washington of the United States lines
for three months tour of Austria and
Germany. The brides going away cos
tune Is a smart dress suit of navy
blue sheer, the coat trimmed with
handsome gray fox fur. She wore
navy blue slippers and a gray hat
which matched the fur. DR.. Bohn
and his bride will make their home
in Washington.
Miss Roper was graduated from
Vassar College in 1917 and received
her masters degree in economics and
international relations last year from
the American University. She pre-
viously had spent two Summers work.
ing toward her masters at the Uni
versity of Southern California. Miss
Roper has been associated with the
International Relations Division of
the United States Tariff Commission
for about 10 years She is specialist
in Canadian and British Empire tariff
and trade relations.
She is granddaughter of the late
Mr.. and Mrs. John Wesley Roper Of
Marlboro County, s. c., and Of the
late Mr.. and Mrs. william N. McKen-
lie Of Gibson, N. C.
DR.. Bohn, who has residence at
b44 West One Hundred and Tenth
street in New York City, is the son of
the late Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Charles
. Bohn Of Cuyahoga County Ohio. He
was graduated from Baldwin Wallace
College and has done post graduate
work at Michigan, Wisconsin and CO.
. lumbia Universities. He received his
Phi. D. degree from the University of
Michigan in 1904.
During his career as journalist DR..