Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-27
Wedding Unites Prominent Families
Miss Belle w. Roosevelt
Bride Of ]. G. Palfrey, Jr.
President and Wife Among Guests
at Ceremony in Fairfax Church

last spring and will have no other
coming-out party.
Mr.. Kermit Roosevelt, r., gave
his sister in marriage, as their
father, Maj. Roosevelt. is on &C
tive duty with the United States
Army, and the presiding bishop
of the Protestant Episcopal
Church, the Right Rev. Henry st.
George Tucker.
The bride, known Familiarity
to her close friends as Clochette,
wore her mothers wedding gown
of ecru satin nodded to her fig-
ure, having long fitted gloves and
a court train. The gown IS en-
tirely covered by rare old rose
point lace, an heirloom In her
family. The court train was lined
with lace and trimmed with clus-
tiers of orange blossoms, and her
tulle veil, which completely COW
cred the train, was edged with
lace and held by a halo cap Of
lace with clusters Of orange BIOS
SONS at each side. She carried a
simple bouquet of lilies of the
valley Her parents wedding took
place in the United States En-
bassy in Madrid in 1914, when the
late Mr.. Willard was Ambassador.
Mrs. Kermit Roosevelt, jr.,
formerly Miss Mary Gaddis of
Boston, was matron of honor for
her sister-in-law and the other
bridal attendants were Mrs.
Frederick Graham and Miss
Nancy Thayer of New York, Miss
EN- Bowles Locker of Richmond,
Miss Joan Cotton Dick Of Boston,
Miss Nancy Dabney Roosevelt,
daughter of Mr.. Archibald Roose-
welt of Cold Spring Harbor, Long
Island, and cousin Of the bride,
and Miss Betty Drayton of
Charleston, S. C. They were
dressed alike in green velvet with
matching hats and wells and
carried armsful of Oregon holly.
Before the entrance of the
wedding party the brides cousins,
Kermit Roosevelt III, now 4, and
his small brother, Jonathan, only
2, carried the white satin rib
bons up the aisle and attached
them to the front pews.
Mr.. Palfrey, who is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Palfrey of Boston.
had s. his best man Mr.. Rodman
GilG1r, jr., of New York, who is
a grandson of Mr.. Richard
Watson Glider. Mr.. Dirck Roose-
welt, brother of the bride, was
among the uShers, the others in
Guiding Mr.. Eric Witherby of
Providence, Mr.. Frederick Holds
worth and 1t. John Pierpont
Morgan III of New York, Mr..
Charles Woodrow of Schenec-
tady, Mr.. Langdon Marvin, jr.,
and Mr.. G. Harold Baxter, jr.
Mr.. and Mrs. Palfrey left later
yesterday for a necessarily brief
wedding trip as Mr.. Palfrey must
report Tuesday at the training
school of the enlisted reserve of
the United States Signal Corps
at Westfield, Mass. Mr.. Palfrey
was graduated from Milton
Academy and from Harvard Uni
versity with the class of 1910.
He attended the law school Of
Harvard until his enlistment in
the Signal Corps. His bride is a
granddaughter of Mrs. Theodore
Roosevelt and the late President.
She attended Miss Chapin's
School and Foxcroft before going
abroad for several years. She is
a member of the senior class at
Barnard College.
The wedding was arranged In
Fairfax as Maj. and Mrs. Roose-
welt have given their place. Mo-
hannes, at oyster Bay, Long
Island, to the United States
Maritime Commission for . con-
valescent home for seamen.