Career
The story became one of the most sensational "scandals" of the Roaring Twenties. lieutenant is often cited in journalism history texts as an example of the excesses of some newspapers during the era. On June 23, 1926 (her sixteenth birthday), mere weeks after she met the 51-year-old Edward Browning, Peaches and "Daddy" were wed.
The phrase "Don"t be a goof," which Daddy allegedly used as an insult to Peaches, came into national vogue, and later turned up in the lyrics of the title song from the 1936 Rodgers and Hart musical comedy On Your Toes.
Peaches" notoriety gained her a career in vaudeville. She was managed by Marvin Welt (1883–1953), one of the first theatrical agents to demand a percentage of total ticket sales for some of his clients.
When Edward Browning died in 1934, Peaches was awarded $6000 as a widow"s portion. Peaches went off into vaudeville and on to three more husbands, before she slipped in her bathroom and died in 1956, at age 46.
She is buried in the Ferncliff Cemetery in Hartsdale, New New York
