The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-08-03
TO WE'D BLUE
GRASS BELLE
Rich New Yorker Engaged TO
Miss CaStIeman
BEAUTY OF THE SOUTH
Many Others Are Candidates
for Her Fair Hand.
BEAUTY OF THE SOUTH

One Of the Castleman sisters. the IA
mous Kentucky beauties, is to marry q
rich New Yorker.
There are two Castieman girls-Alice
and Elsie-and there is no man brave
enough 10 say which one is the lovelier.
There are many eligible New York men
who are rich. but who has been the for
tunate one 10 win one Of the celebrated
Kentucky bellies is a mystery.
The Misses Castleman are almost as
well known in New York as they are
| in Louisville and in the blue grass coun-
try for their beauty. their wit, their
| grace and their daring Craftsmanship.
! They are known even in Europe. for
they have made many trips abroad, and
wherever they appear they attract at
tention.
Of course the engagement has not yet
| been announced. but it is none the less
true that one Of the sisters is soon 10
| give up her queenship in belIedom 10
| become wife, and maybe this IS the rea-
son why she is passing this summer amid
| best-the widest part OF the blue-regi0n
OF Kentucky. with the friends Of her
childhood.
Ever since she made her first appear
snce in New York society. at the Char
ity ball in the Metropolitan Opera-House
in 1897, when John Jacob Aston. who mar
RED one % the most beautiful women
this country has ever known. singled out
the Kentucky girl. begged an introduce
ton and a dance. Miss Alice Castleman
has been recognized as one Of the ma
tionaI beauties. And Miss Alice has taken
a place beside her sister. who became
famous in q night.
In Kentucky the Castieman girls have
been noted since they were children To
begin with they come OF a very old and
very famous family, and that counts for
more than anything else in the Blue
Gress State. Gen. John Breckenridge
Castleman would not claim that his fam
ily is the best in Kentucky. but none
could presume to have precedence.
And there is no more prominent citizen
in the State than he, although he tries
to keep clear Of politics. He has fire.
quently been called the most handsome
man in Kentucky. He is a veteran OF
two wars, wearing the gray in one and the
blue in the other. and one Of the court
lest gentleman that ever lived.
The destination Of the family, Gen. Cas-
tleman's position and his wealth would
make his daughters mucn sought after
in Kentucky. and even il they lacked
those things they would still be the
bellies and celebrated. For they are as
good as they are beautiful. with the mod
esty of true worth; generous, with the
kindest OF hearts that seek those who are
IN distress. and possessors Of brilliant.
carefully cultivated minds
After the charity bali. when she made
such sensation and became the most
talked about young woman who had
burst upon the fashionable world in New
York for many seasons Miss Alice Cas-
tleman was greatly surprised rather
amused, and trihs annoyed. she didn't
Ike being sensation and decided that
the best thing would be to quietly ignore
II. which she did.
Since that time she has appeared at
many smart functions. She has come all
the way from Louisville to lead 4 CO.
tiilon, and she has become as much at
home IN the metropolis as In her native
state.
But there are places in the Empire state
that she much prefers 70 the big city
ard one OF them IS the Genesee Valley.
where there is hunt club whose mem
bers are the hardest riders in the world 4
1t is a rough country and the pace is I
terrific. II makes Englishmen, who have 4
eyes IN wonder.
For several years Miss Castieman has 1
ridden TO hounds in the Genesee Valley .
and the pace has never been too hot for 1
her nor the run too dangerous. She Is +
enc % the most daring and s6illful horse (
women that ever lifted q hunter over a /
gate.
II was predicted long ago that both the
Misses Castlemsn would be married very
quickly. The gossip could not see how
they could escape, 80 many have been
their admirers. And for some reason
that had no foundation except the com
placent belief n the superiority OF the
nen IN this big town. u was taken for
granted that they would marry New
Workers
as one is concerned. but FIVE years have
elapsed since It was made. The names
Of the sister and TIE MAJ she has chosen
are kept secret. or AZ least only whisper
ed among the intimate friends OF the
Csstlemans.
This is the first summer # many years
that they decided SO spend al the hot
months al Col Csstietous country place.
Clifton. 1T Shakerron. Usually they have
gone 70 Europe. the ssashore OF 70 The
New England mountains.
FoT those who love TIE opeu air and q
wild, free country. as do the Castlsruan
sisters, there could Ae no more delightful
place 70 spend ths sumner than a. elf
ten. Ths house stands high ID On the
rugged cliffs that overlook the Grand
Gorge Of the Kentucky River. suznae5
~ the IofJiest bridge II TIRE ecuntry.
From the veranda q the rumhlinE- old.
hits house one can look spoa II co
acres q rolling blue grass and woodland.
AS far as the eye cza reach are SIC
,ession o pastures with little droves CT
Tor cattle.
rs rurgedneSs. but IL the people who
rhabst the spzrzely settled region fsr
from rhs centers q lax. Eigh~avusa
are Al TOO plentiful and hol6-ups are frs-
sue1t The cli-s steep ard heavily tn
3e-ed make ideal httfag places.
The CasIenan sisters delight n lorE
-fdes over The lonely mountain roaas
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