Evening star., 1936-07-12
PRESIDENT SEES
MRS. OWEN MARRY
Roosevelts Hosts at Supper
at Val Kill Cottage
After Ceremony.
Bv the Associated Press.

After Ceremony.
By the Associated Press
HYDE PARK, N. Y. July Ii
While President Roosevelt beamed his
approval, Mrs. Ruth Bryan Owen,
United States Minister to Denmark,
was married today to Capt. Boerse
Rohde, a gentleman In waiting 10
Denmark's King Christian X
The blue-Red captain stopped GAL
lantly at one point in the ceremony
and picked up handkerchief Mrs.
Owen dropped.
Between 10 and 80 guests were pres
ent in James Chapel, the Roosevelt's
family church. when Rev. Samuel
Shoemaker, pastor OF Calvary Episco-
pal Church in New York, read the
brief service.
Capt. Rohde clasped the hand OF his
bride, who is the daughter Of the late
William Jennings Bryan and the
United States first woman envoy, and
kissed her at the end Of the ceremony.
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, in hoW-
cred blue chiffon and big hat. greeted
many of the guests at the door and
told them Sit where you please"
Hosts at Supper.
Later she and the President were
hosts at wedding supper at the Val
Kill Cottage on the Roosevelts' Hyde
Park estate.
The bells pealed in the steeple Of
the little ivy-covered stone church
when Capt. Rohde and his bride left
the church.
The late afternoon sun glinted on
the Danish Life Guards dress uniform
Of sky-blue and scarlet. He held his
plumed hat in his hand.
His bride, who will continue her Ca
reer in the diplomatic service under
the name of Ruth Bryan Owen. smiled
radiantly at crowd Of Hyde PARK
residents, who stood applaudine at the
entrance.
The woman Minister was married In
a blue chiffon afternoon gown that
matched the blue In the captains uni.
form
She wore big blue hat, and carried
bouquet of small roses and garden
flowers.
Mrs. O'Day Present.
Among the guests were Otto WAL
sted, Minister from Denmark to the
United States; Lady Redding, widow
Of the former British Ambassador;
Lawrence A. Steinhardt, United States
Minister to Sweden, and Ms. Caro-
line O'Day, Representative from New
York.
The bride and the presidential
party had arrived at the church IN
separate cars about half an hour after
the time set for the ceremony.
Mrs. ovens party underestimated
the time required for the drive from
Port Chester, N. Y, where they
lunched. The President was held up
longer than planned for the ceremon-
les at the opening OF the Triborough
Bridge in New York, where he spoke
earlier in the day.
The church, worshiping place Of
the Presidents family for generations.
was simply decorated with flowers
from the Roosevelt estate.
Two-Rins Ceremony.
The traditional Episcopal service,
with two rings, was used, and the cere-
mony lasted but 10 minutes. Danish
music was played before the arrival
of the bride.
The only attendants were FAnnis
Hurst, the novelist, and Mrs Owens
son-in-law, Robert Lehman, q cousin
of Gov. Herbert Lehman.
The wedding raised q question.
which was reported already under
study by the State Department, At
Washington. as to whether Mrs. Owen
could become a citizen Of two coun-
tries
Danish law was understood to pro-
vide that the wife Of Danish sub
ject automatically becomes q citizen
of Denmark.
Under United States laws. an Amer.
ican woman citizen can elect to re-
tain her citizenship after marrying a
foreigner. which Mrs. Owen has said
she intended to do.
The question of whether q ministT
of the United States Government
could have dual citizenship was caus-
ing some concern as the State De-
partment officials sought TO learn
whether Denmark's law was infiexible.
Informal Wedding.
Il want the wedding to be simple
and informal" Mrs. Owen said. 1t
was. She had invited her friends by
telegram. saying, MY marriage to
Kammerjunker Captain Boeree
Rohde will take place at pm. Sat
urday in ST. James Church. would
be so happy if you would come"
The only music was two Scandi-
navian songs she learned and liked
in Denmark, played on the organ in
the little gallery.
The organist in the little chapel
never had seen the songs until today
and practiced softly while the first
guests arrived.
II De Lyse Naetter" which means
Light Nights" and "Tonerna." Dan
ish word for The Tones" were the
two airs.
Garden flowers from the Roosevelts'
Hyde Park estate. phlox and double
pink hollyhocks, stood in baskets near
the candle-lit altar where the Epis-
copal service was read.
They were arranged by the Roose-
velts' aged gardener.
Miss Hurst wore the hat in which
she dazzled the Democratic National
Convention-a black velvet with q
glass brim-and a long black frock
under short white crepe coat.
The President wore a gray suit and
sat with Mrs. Roosevelt in their fam
lily pew near Gothic window in.
scribed with his late fathers name
The narrow little red-carpeted
chapel with its vaulted ceiling is the
one In which he was christened. In
that church his daughter, Mrs. Anna
Roosevelt Boettiger, married her FIRST
husband, Curtis Dali.
Mrs. Owen now is Q kammerjunk-
erinde-wife of a Danish gentleman
in waiting.