San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-03-07
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Our society realm must have an era OF
respite in days amounting to a double
score Could there be sweeter man
ner to enter the portals of sanctity
than to look upon our future represen-
tatives. and for them in their pretty
innocent gladness to prepare our
hearts by awakening memories of the
long ago. Happy childhOod; so near
the portals of the blessed that stray
light streams on the sunny hair and
the angels kiss of love dimples the
very cheek. There is something so
pure and fresh in the hearts young
bloom. that age with it's sightless eyes,
and maturity with its lenient smile,
drop the misty lens, and sing of We OIL
den time, or when l was young"
when the philosopher drinks from the
brim of "Ye old oaken bucket" There
is something radically wrong in the
heart that has no love for childhood,
no love to watch their merry sports
or glad Christmas surprises, that looks
with a Judas eye upon every penny
spent for their pleasure.
The belle of the recent charity ball
in New York was Miss Alice Castle
man, of Louisville, Kentucky. John
Jacob Astor, to whom fell the honor
of selecting the belle of the night,
placed the crown upon the head of
Miss Alice Castleman, southern
maiden, to most New Workers I'M
known,and her he declared not only
the queen of the ball, but fairest of
all the fair.
Jack AStOr'S choice created no little
fiutter in society. Who was this I'M
known girl, was asked, that she should
come among the famous beauties of
the metropolis and win so easily the
prize they had all been struggling for
so eagerly and persistently? 1t was
fair question to ask for the name of
Castleman had never before figured in
the chronicles of New York social life
The beautiful Miss Castleman, to
whom the honor was entirely uneX-
pected and far from welcome, was so
confused by the nOtoriety into which
Jack AStOr'S artistic approval immedi-
ately brought her that she left the city
and returned to her southern home, in
the suburbs of Louisville, Kentucky.
Miss CaStleman is a relative of the
wife of Bishop SeSSumS and is now on
visit to New Orleans. She will stay
TO enjoy the carnival and there is lit
tie doubt but that she will be one of
the most sought after bellies at the
various Carnival balls.
Miss CaStleman'S father. General
John Breckenridge Castleman, is
son Of Mr.. David Castleman. of Cas-
Teton, KY, who was himself descend
ed from a long line of Castlemans,
both in Virginia and Kentucky.
General Castleman's mother was
Miss Virginia Harrison, and was re-
lated to all of the great Harrison fam
lily, whose names are so interviewer
with the history of Virginia and the
United States. Miss Harrison was the
daughter of Robert Carter Harrison,
whose father was Rudolph Harrison,
of Clifton, on the James River, Vir-
ginia, and whose mother was a Miss
Susan Randolph, of Dungeness, Va.
Miss CaStleman'S mother was n Miss
Alice Barbee. On her mothers side
Mrs. Castleman was descended from
several distinguished Irish and English
families. She was the daughter of the
Hon. John Barbee, who was the may
or of Louisville in the palmy days of
1854 and 1865. The Hon. John Barbee
was the son of Elias Barbee. one of
the pioneers of the young state. He
with his five brothers and his father,
enlisted in a Virginia regiment of the
Revolutionary army. Upon the close
of the war. father and sons still unit
ed, went to Kentucky.
Tall, straight as an arrow. General
CaStleman. the father of this queen of
women, was a famous figure all
through the stormy days of the sixties
when he rode as a major in the wake
of Morgan, says the New York Jour
nal. The north has not forgotten Nor
gan. When the tumult was over Gen
eral Castleman went sedately back to |
business. and in the re-awaking of |
industries in the south was foremost |
in numberless enterprises. He was
Adjutant General of the state under |
Proctor Knott. For the past eighteen |
years he has been colonel command |
ing of the Louisville legion in the |
famous bodies of militia in the coun-
try.
CastlewOod. the country seat of the |
Castlemans, lies about a mile outside |
the limits of Louisville, and there ii |
was that the writer on Thursday found |
Miss Alice Castleman. A girl of nine
teen summers with oval face, broad |
brow. violet eyes, waving chestnut
hair. Grecian nose and mouth denot-
ing determination. a perfect chin, d.
vinely dimpled, standing five feet.
eight, creature of grace, beauty and
symmetry-and there you have the
fairest daughter of a noble race, the
belle of the Charity ball. Miss Alice
CaStleman. of Louisville. Her trans
parent complexion, the whiteness of
the hyacinth, of which flower she is
most fond. proclaimS her a child of
nature. who revelS in the joys of an
outdoor existence.
If was ono wear ago that Miss Cas-