The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-05
A MARRIAGE
IN HIGH LIFE

From Town Topics.
 May 12-A match has been arranged
 finally between Miss Essie Van Hyphen and Jack Effingham, better known among his friends as Peggy" Effingham. His ancestors came over on the Mayflower and began going back on the first Cum arder Essie is well known beauty, an heiress in her own right and an enthusi- asts on outdoor sports. As Peggy is also an athlete it is expected that the wedding will be a success. The cere- mony is announced for June 16. and both the young people will go into training at once. Bishop Paunchley will probably be chosen to act as referee.
 May 15.-"Peggy" Effingham nas opened his training quarters at Bath Beach and is already doing several hours work day. Besides punching the bag, wrestling with the gorilla and being massaged with a pneumatic rlveter, he has arranged for daily football scrimmage.
 May 16.-Essie Van Hyphen has at last made thorough arrangements for her training. Once each day she visits bar gain counter and gets mixed up in Brooklyn bridge jam. Besides, she has had gymnasium set up in the woodshedi of the palatial family mansion on Steenth street, where she spends hours praeticing with the dumbbels and on the horizontal bar.
 May 1s.--"Peggy'' is a bird Every day sees an increase in his already great strength, and his staying powers are won derful. His trainers assert that he will be trained to the minute when he enters the ring at St. Fashions on June 16.
 May 2o.-Alarming rumors are being cir culated in the neighborhood of the Van Hyphen mansion. It is said that the match may be delayed on account of a sprained tendon. While improving her footwork by use of the skipping rope Essie tripped and fell. Her trainers have not yet asked for a postponement.
 May 21.-consternation was caused at the Bath leach headquarters by the re- port of Essie's fall. Fortunately the case is not so serious as was at first expected, and 1t Is believed that the match will still 1 be pulled off.
 May 22.-Essie's managers have de- handed a postponement, as her knee will not be in condition for several weeks. June 9 will probably be the day.
 May 23.-"Peggy" Effingham has agreed to the new date though with a rather bad grace. He takes on flesh rapidly. and 1t may be necessary for him to sleep in electric blankets. Following the example of "the miner" he is training on eggs.
 June 1S-After a month of the severest training Essie Van Hyphen and Peggy" | Efingham, with their friends trainers and a horde of supernumeraries met for rehearsal at St. Fashions. Bishop Paunchley acted as master of ceremonies, I and everything promises well. Appar- ently both Essie and Peggy, are trained to perfection, and as nearly as could be | judged they are both bundles of muscle. The crowd of supernumeraries rough housed them In lively fashion. but still 1t was no true test of what the wedding may be. for everything was fair and aboveboard and no hitting below the belt was allowed Everything Is over now but the honeymoon.
 June 23.-The Effingham-Van Hyphen wedding yesterday was one of the most sensa tional in the records of American | society. The bride, who looked in the l pink of training, was handsomely dressed i in Sioux tanned buckskn, trimmed with rawhide. Instead of the customary veil she wore a baseball mask, and in lieu of bouquet she carried a slungshot She | was supported by the basketball team of Vassar, of which she was a member, She dppiodtiicd tle WllH Il IeaTleSS eye an confident step. Peggy" Effingham who was the apex of a flying wedge of football players, waltzed to the center and got a half-Nelso on his blushing bride. He was dressed In mixture of football and cricket togs, with nose guard. greaves, ear protectors and every thing complete. Bishop Paunchley pre- sided in his usual impressive manner, ana when the newly married couple clinched he made them break away so that he could take hand himself This was the signal for the crowd, and the scrimmage that ensued beggars description Both bride and bridegroom were descended upon by raving tumultuous horde. in tent on collecting souvenirs. At first 1t looked as if the bride would be torn to pieces and everyone would get a piece. but she used her sungshot with effect and her friends rallied to her supbort. Nothing but the durable nature of her clothing made her escape being stripped | Of the last shreds. The police reserves were called out, and by fierce assault with their night sticks finally extricated the pair and dispersed the horde of sight seers. The bride and bridegroom were | finally removed in an ambulance. and are now spending their honeymoon in a pri vate hospital, where they will probably | be nursed back to health and strength | in the course of month or so