The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-03-18
Parents and Sisters Of.
Brlde-EIeGt to Attend I
the Wedding.
LANGHOR GIRLS
REICNING BELLIES.
Daughters Of Well-Knowrl Vir;
ginia Family Who Have Won
Admiration Both at Home
and Abroad-Notabl
Weddings in So n
cial Life.

4 \. ~ 81 i I.
The engagement of Mrs. Mamie Lang
horne Shaw to Mr.. Waldorf Aston,
OF England announced last week,
recalls the oftentimes printed fact that
the "Langhorne girls" have been moro
"in the public eye and have enjoyed
greater reputation for beauty than any
women in Virginia, or, indeed, In the en-
tire country in the last decade. Their fame
has spread from ono end of these United
States TO the other. while two OF tho
sisters. Airs. Shaw and Mrs. Gibson, are
as well known and as popular in England
as In this country.
All five are not only pretty, but are
possessed OF rare attractiyencss. which
they inherited both from the maternal.
ind paternal side OF the family.
The sisters are Mrs. r. Montcure Per-
kins. Of Richmond, who was Miss Eliza
/. beth Langhornc. Mrs. Charles Dana Glib
con. of New York. who was Miss Irene
Innghor1le: Mrs. Shaw, now in England.
who was Miss Mamie Ianghorne: Mrs.
Reginald Brooks. who was Miss Phyllis
1anghornc, and Miss Nora Langhornc, OF
Mirador." Albcmarle county.
Their Mother Favorite.
That the "Ianghornc girls" had an in
liercnt and Inherited right TO be beautiful
and attractive. no one who knew their
parents could deny. In the days before
the war Mrs. Langhorne, then Miss Nam
1iic kein, was n reigning beauty. Viva
cious. gay. and even when grandmother.
as young looking as her daughters. Mrs.
I.anghornc was as charming at fifty as
wien she first made her dcmure bow to
society.
Miss Kean was a noted beauty and
her children inherited her loneliness as
well as the charm Of manner which was
us natural az the Kindness OF heart that
drew multitude of friends around her.
Mr. Chfswcll Dabney Langhorne Is
known as n .story-teller' and as prince
of good fellows wherever It has been
his fortune to fare. Those who have not
enjoyed his hospitality mt ''Aiirador.'' his
country scat in Aibeniarle county. and
1ave not listened TO his songs and laugh
cd at his witty anecdotes have something
in life. still 10 live for.
There Is Il story told OF his being in
yIted To II great public dinner in Now
York, where two world-famous artists
from the Grand Opera House had been
engaged at enormous sums to sing. Some
one Jokingly asked Mr.. Langliorne 10
sing. and, like a Virginia gentleman, who
Quest OF friend. lie sang Dixie with
30 much feeling that five hundred men
wiped undenied tears from their eyes
and applauded him to the echo. Song
after song he sang. and still they cried
for more. until finally. from sheer fatigue.
he had to stop-and 1t was found that the
artists had retired unnoticed, and that
the time to say "good-night' had long
ago come and gone
Mr.. Langhorne is simple and unassum-
Ing. leading, for the most part. the quiet,
open-air life of a Virginia country gem
tlenlan. Interested in the cares of his
estate and in the breeding of horses and
cattle. to which he gives largely his time
md attention. He is member OF many
clubs, and OF several horse show asso-
Citations.
The Langhorne Girls.
The first of the "Langhorne girls to,
come out In society was Miss Elizabeth
Ianghornc. She regned in the days when.
it was not considered fashionable to af-
feet the society OF the North
She married on October %, 1856. Mr..
r.. Alontcure Perkins. of Richmond ono
gof the leading society and club men Of
the Old Dominion, and a factor In local
politics. M
For n few years there was no I Miss
Ianghorne in society. for Miss Irene
Langhorhe had not yet turned OUT
being still a schoolgirl, who. however. was
courted a beauty among the younger set.
1t was not until the season of 1892 that
she formally entered the realms Of
society and attended her first Rich
niond german, the exclusive Cotillon
Club, without whose approval no de-
butantc is considered really ION the
carpet
Met On Ocean Voyage.
From the first Miss Irene Langhorne'si
claim as a beauty and as a power in
society was indisputed. She possessed