The sun., 1905-08-08
[0YIBG CONTEST WEDDINGS.
nBJDrs WOW EUROPEAN TRIP
WITH NJ STANDS HELP.
,,. roup,e From Kentucky and One From
Ohio- Married At the Little Church
Around the Cornef as soon As the Two
,ouug " omen Got Back From Europe.

s1ere was double wedding at the Little
church Around the Corner yesterday after
unon Miss Martha T. Wickerham OF
paobles Ohio, was married to John j. Blair
honker Of the same town, and Miss Amelia
rradincer OF Cynthiana, KY. became the
..i,,s .i,s n Sidney Fielding Sprake, the most
srosero,,s miller OF Cynthiana. The Rev
pr Honrhton, rector Of the church, tied
ho,h knots. and then the two couples and
i've witnesses went over to the Gilsey House
,or luncheon. Last evening Mr.. and Mrs.
p,air M and Mr. and Mrs. sprake started for
Niagara Falls on their honeymoon.
The wedding followed trip to Europe
rbich Miss Wickerham and Miss Enadinger
took at the expense OF the Commerc'a!
T,;bune Of Cincinnati. f. o. Eshelby,
nnblsber Of that paper, arranged voting
aontest in ohio and the border counties
- kentucky to determine the most popular
voune woman in each county. The success
~, candidate in each county was to make q
fve weeks tour Of Europe. Something
like half hundred young women arrived
here about six weeks ago in charge OF Mr..
Esbelby and sailed on the Caledonia.
Among them we're Miss Wiokerham, who
was the victor in the counties OF Adams I,
cleunont and Brown, Ohio, and Miss Ena-
dineer. who won out in the Kentucky county
of which Cynthiana is the garden spot.
Inst after the contest began Mr.. Sprake
was presented to Miss Enadinger, and the
same thing happened to Mr. Blair over In
visional yes. The condition named by each
yolng woman was that if she we're the suo-
cessflll contestant she would marry her
suitor on her return from the European
trip. at the Little Church Around the Cor
ner. in little old New York. The condition
imposed was readily accepted, and there
after Miss Enadinger in Kentucky and Miss
Wickerham in Ohio had a cinoh.
With a banker in one State and rich
miller in the olher supporting them. both
Young women won in a walk They became
acquainted OF shipboard. and 1t wasn't
long before they learned that there was
mutual bond of sympathy between them.
over Mis-, Wic,erham and Miss Fnadinger
continued their travels up the Rhine and
over the Alps and returned to New York
| on the Columl ia, which arrived on Sunday.
d. Mr.. Sprake and Mr. Blair not knowing
each other from the side Of house, were
on the pier 10 meet the ship. So were
seven young women who had been mem.
|tarried in New York to await the arrival
of Miss Nickerham and Miss Enadinger.
The girls knew all about what was going
10 happen and they spotted the miller from
|Cynthiana and the banker from PEBBLES
|in minute
When the girl from Ohio and the girl
from Kentucky tripped down the gang
plank. there were introductions all around
and the Cynthana miller and the PEBBLES
banker were properly fiabhereasted. Then
the whole crowd went up to the Gilsey
House. where they stopped over night,
and the deals of yesterdays weddings
were arranged. Mr.. Flair and Miss
Wickertam were married at noon, and Mr..
|Sprake and Miss Enadirger were married
|at $50 O'Clock.