The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-10-17

The wedding OF Miss Mamie Witoher
Lanrhorno and Nr. Robert c. Shaw, 3D.
or Boston. is now the leading Interest IN
tho fashionable world, as It has been since
tho announcement of the engagement ap-
p,arDd in the society columns or the loca
papers. Cp TO that time the beau monoe'
MIN which tho LanRl0rne household IS
81 identified. had regarded me youhB
Ir..-fo-D. as "a charming child, still In
tne eoro1I- room She held precisely the
,.lsre in It's regard which a pretty and
Ioyanfe child would naturally held ana
many victories were prophesied for her
,ybsn she should have matured, and form
ally entered society. However, these mat
tors AFRO regulated by no rigid rules ana
cupid is proyerbially given 10 choosing MS
own time in che transaction or ms enter
uuaes. and iu inis case as III many "'iS'''
IaueheI 40 fornaiiiies.
hhoDt rftosn months ago-in the sum
rr.r of lNB-whlo visiting friends at
Beverly Farms. Mass, the pretty dash
3ne and sweet school girl met her future
husband. and 30 was immediately appar-
tnt tnst 10 was % mutual case OF love al
frst sight,
Vnon friends in Richmond alluded TO
gn enearcmcut as current rum0r, So
~"-+t~
take. Mlss LanshOrne was not yet
'out. was so young. etc. However the
formal announcement Was soon made
1I.. Inncnome is the third daughter
of All. and Airs. Chiswcll ID. Langhorne
and "a sister. therefore, of Mrs Moncure
Perkins and Mrs. Charles Dana Gibson
Although not vet eighteen. she shares the
singular and magnetic charm 20 which
all tho children of that household may
Iay claim. and which has Its root IN gem
nine sweetness of nature. She was edu-
Gated .n New York city, and was 10 have
made her formal debut I'm November. in
common with AN her sisters, she is
sun0rb c0ucstricnnc, and an adept az most
ouf-of-donr sports. She Is also beautiful
dancer Iu appearance. She is distinctly
and piquanly chldllke. with a lovely and
spirited face. slrmounting like q flower a
slight and graceful figure. Her vivacity
and wit are delightful, and she seemed 20
bring with her always the stimulating
breath of Albemarle hills. Her mother
was Miss koenc of Virginia. and her
father Mr. ChisWen d. Langhome. con-
s.dcrod by many one of the best recon-
tours in the state. lie is one of the most
enter. aiming mon I'm Virginia. AND noted
for lis wit and ability TO tell a good
story
Tho beautiful Langhorne home Mira
dor.' ln Aihcmoric. is noted throughout
The country for the royal hospitality ex-
tended Co au Iis guests. and is one of the
most popular country houses i'm Virginia
In0 following sketch OF Alr- Shaw. Miss
IHnenofucs hauCc. was furnished The
Imes hy fs Boston correspondent:
'4lr Robert o.. shaw. (2d) was named
from hIe fathers brother Colonel Rob
crt o. shaw fo whom "a monument has
1nst been erected i'm Boston. lie is the
son of Quincy A. Shaw and Pauline
lAsaH.O Shaw. OF Boston
Mr. shaw ls about twenty-five or TWEEN
ty-sIX years OF age. Socially his status
is as hieh as thlt of any man I'm the
C0mmonw '.h OF Massachusetts His
father is One OF tho directors OF the Cal
umef anI Necla Mining Company. To-
Gated n 1nch.lan. Ills maternal uncle
Professor Alexander Agassiz being tho
Ire .lcut This property IS one Of the
richest mines on the continent and ac-
knawicdrel the richest copper mine in
tle world.
Mr slaw's grandfather on the mater
ull side Was the renowned Professor
AEasslz. who established the Aeassiz MI
scum at Harvard University and was the
intimate friend of the poet LOngfellow.
oi Ralph Waldo Emerson. James Russell
Lowell and ihe genial 'Autocrat OF the
breakfast Table, Dr oliver Wendell
Holmes and others oi that bright coterle
who hlur.shcd about the time OF the
starting of thc Atlantic Monthly Maya
zine some forty wears ago.
AIR. Shaw was prepared Cor college, but
never took 20 regular academic course.
Itcn Doe carly hoyhood hc displayed great
fordncsa for ecpie chasing and hurdle
riding and gave from the start the tui-
tsl evidences of iutrCp.dity. SKIN and
judgement li- name has long been a
SYNONYM for riding and m0net work on
the pole field The summer Of 1850 the
Polo team 90 which Doc belongs. Myopias
$50. 4. made "a whiriwind progress carry
inc everything before it and meeting de-
feat but once during tho season. Myo-
r.as no I team is Captained by Mr..
shaw's cousin. Rudolph H. Agassiz. the
other members being a. l.. Gardner ana
George II Norman. Dr. Mr. Shaw is
considered one OF The best IL not the
very l..f POLO players in Amor BE- He
So slight in build but his frame might
he regarded ass "a combination or whip
cord and steel Pie Is about five feet
seven inches in height Ills brother
quincy a.. naw, Jr. has hieh place
amore American golfers. Tie has taken
rart in national tournaments held ~
Ch.caro and Newport and IS entered IN
ne one now running 40 the ST. Andrew 5
Iuis near Nonkcr. y. y.
MI shaws sister Marian married MI
IT, =. McHean. OF Philadelphia. His
brother. Louis Aeassz Shaw. now de-
ceased. was the husband OF q daughter
OF tho lato LcNcfett Salonetau Conce-
tor OF the Port Of Boston. during Prcsl-
dent Cicvciand's first administration. An
unmarried sister of hie s Miss Pauline
Shaw and his brother Quincy a. show
WAS married n few months ego TO Mics
pcmherion az Philadelphia Mr. ShaW's
parents have their winter home al Ja-
naica Plain. a suburban section OF B0s-
ton. The villa they occupy during the
SUMMER Is situated az Prlde's Crossing. a
part OF Beverly Farms. which Is. one Of
The leading fashionable summer resorts
N the New England coast.
ANON the clubs 90 which Mr.. Shaw
belongs arc she Myopia Hunt Club, The
Country Club. THE Boston Athlete AS
ISOLATION and The Norfolk County Hunt
club Recently hc purchased large
country estate at Dcdham. the Shiretown
- Norfolk county, and distant from Bos-
ton about eleven miles. F"