New-York tribune., 1922-09-17
Eddie Rickenbacker Married:
Off TO Europe on Honeymoon
Bride Was First Interested i'm Ace of Aces as
Matchmaker for Girl Friends; They Will
Buy Cabin Airship for Flights Abroad

Eddie Rickenbacker and Mrs. Ade-
at 1905 a. nj. yesterday to get married.
At $3.50 Mr.. and Mrs. Rickenbacker left
the Sound Beach Congregationalist
Church, six miles out <of Greenwich,
amid the congratulations of the best
man, the Rev Jacob Pister, who chris
tened Eddie on his advent into the
world; the Rev. L. w. Barney, who per-
formed the marriage ceremony, and
Mrs. Ethel Wilhelm, the brides friend
from Oakland, Calf, to sail on the
steamship Majestic for sneir honey
moon abroad.
Marriage is a common enough event,
but in the case of Rckenbacker it
came as thunderbolt of surprise to
his friends. Eddie was confirmed
woman hater, fis acquaintances all
said; not the kind who talked about
how he hated the ladies', but one who
preferred to smoke a cigar with fell
low rather than fox trot with an
armful of chiffon.
Nobody ever thought Eddie would
marry, for he had his auto and his
plane-company enough for him.
len years ago Rickenbacker went to
Los Angeles from Columbus, Ohio, his
home town, where, for the last seven
years he had been trying out gas bug
giles for the Columbus Buggy Works,
which employed him as engineer and
speedster His fearlessness on the
speedway won him popularity with the
Californians, who were quick to recog-
nize courage and claim its possessor as
their own.
j l..
was just breaking into local society
She and Rickenbacker, who had be-
come somewhat of celebrity, had mu-
tual friends who effected an introduc-
ton There was an Interchange of
small talk and that was all. Eddie
saw in her charming young woman
with a pleasant voice, and Miss Frost
saw in him a pink-faced lad with a
bashful manner and reputation for
great daring
In 1919, at the close Of the. World
War. Eddie Rickenbacker rode into
Los Angeles on the shoulders of it's
citizens. He was the "ace of aces"
Banners colored the streets for him
and newspapers Haunted page after
page of his pictures, in uniform, in his
plane, in his civilian clothes.
There was great banquet, and when
he arose to speak Mrs. Adelaide Du-
rant, wife of Cliff Durant, automobile
manufacturer and sportsman. strained
her eyes through a crack in the door to
get look at the American hero. She
wasn't in love with him then. She was
merely wondering if she could match
him off with one of the several lovely
girls whom she had invited to attend
her garden party the next day.
Eddie was very polite to the young
women at the party, but he blushed
under their extravagant praises and
bolted as soon as good taste permitted
In the wake of his new fame, rumors
were heard that Rickenbacker was en-
gagged or had already been married
Irene Tams, a pretty actress, wired a
leap year proposal to the aviator. A
diligent press agent announced Rick
enbacker's intended marriage to Pris-
ella Dean screen daredevil. A third
report said that the ace was to marry
Elsie Janis, actress, who had played in
army camps while he was abroad
Eddie denied all rumors by repeating
that he had NO such prospects in mind
For time gossip was silenced
Then, last December, Rickenbacker on
one of his visits to New York met Mrs