The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-01-18
-lRE Two HAPPY
LITTLE BOYS
CosteIIaneS on a Visit to Their
Aunt Helen.
THEIR COATS OF FUR
Fun They Have in the Big Play
Ground in New York.
THEIR COATS OF FUR

Few York, Jan. 1.-THE New York
werIA says:
"wei.. how do you like New York;"
9AA Question is q classic. 1t has been
eskesd more thousands OF times than any
body would dare 10 estimate II has
been immortalized by DIckens-who took
sAs liberty TO laugh at il. But surely Il
Has never been asked under more curious
fand interesting circumstances than those
which surrounded it the other day.
The little fellow to whom it was adj
dressed shrugged his shoulders. He learn
ID that II, France-or. maybe. Inherited it
from his father. His brown eyes twin
kled- He smoothed the fur On his big
evercoat. Then he looked up archly.
oh he said, i ike New York. l
Ike il just as well as Paris. l guess
George does, too. but he won't talk.
There's an awful jingle in the streets.
though"
The two little Castellanes-Anna Gould
CastellaRe's boys who have come with
their mother for visit TO New York
were standing in the corridor OF the Cam
bridge hotel. which is their temporary
home. They had been romping good and
hard Both were psfing and their cheeks
Giowed.
It was Boni who answere dthe question
about New York He is six-George is
Ave. Boni is the talker-eGorge the lis
tener. Boni is short and sturdy-George
IS taller and slenderer.
The lives OF the two little Castel-
lanes are arranged here on far different
schedule from that IN their Paris horne.
Perhaps the most onerous thing 70 them
nowadays is the care with which their
governess looks after their simple les
sons
George is almost too young for serious
consideration in the way of study. but
Bon; is progressing rapidly with his sim
pie spelling and reading lessons
II IS vastly interesting TO hear him
labor slowly and painfully with the
French equivalent for "A sly fox Can
it run? Fie. bad fox and things OF
that sort
Then again the Countess CasteIlane,
their mother. is having fine visits with
her old friends, and does not spend as
much time with her children as she does
In Paris
In their French home the routine for
the little boys is set and unaltered from
week to week. There their mother spends
much of her time with them. She joins
IN their small games. She plays picture
cards with them. She walks and rides
and talks to them. after the fashion of
ell fs.k mothers.
Immediately after breakfast she super
intends their lessons. and then gives them
an hour or two in the pIayroom. where
they have fine times with their mechani-
cal toys
After playing until they are tired they
may take nap if they like Then, when
they awaken, they either go walking on
the Bots or in the park, with their bonnie,
or take 4 long drive with their mother.
When the two boys were told that they
were coming TO America to see 'Tante
Helene" they were overjoyed. They were
to see at last the country where their
mother was born and of which she had
told them so much
As they sailed up the bay they mar
yelled much and talked little. They had
expected an Arctic climate. and each had
been provided with long. loosely made
coat OF gray squirrel skin and caps OF
the same
Those who took note of them remarked
how like they were to their father. The
nose OF each Tits up little bit
As the steamer entered the river the
two children gazed about them with wide
open eyes. The shore. the tall buildings
and the shipping seemed 10 awe them
A new and strange life opened before
them.
And right well have they taken ad-
vantage Of the increased freedom of their
Few surroundings on the DAY after their
arrival they spent much OF their tine
rarading the avenue between Thirty-third
and Forty-seventh street.
Clad in their fur suits and locking for
ell the world like tiny Esquimaux they
attracted much attention.
They entered into the spirit Of the hoIi-
days with great Test. BonL the elder.
having acquired a new sled. proceeded
20 drag It along the stone tagging OF the
payements where there was no snow.
Inside his aunts yard. however. botE
children were permitted 70 roll and tum-
BILE in the snow TO their hearts content
Their 500 fur coats were no obstacle 10
tEeEE ENJOY UkeUN 4iit4 IutirN ana laCEA
and snowbaned ard got very much soIed
and disheveIed before their nurse took
them into the house
Although they are obliged TO learn their
lessons while here they have much more
time for play than in Paris This may
explain in a great measure their liking
for the city.
OF course Santa Claus. brought them
. great many toys. ard with these they
have made the corridors Of the Cam
bridge hotel rather lively.
"Oh, yes" said Boni we can play
quite as well as at home. only our play
nom is not so large.
But the children are f1riously haHdi-
capped by the untiring vigilance OF their
nurse A few mornings ago Boni lay
propped up in bed playing with a won
derruI mechanical donksv.
I've Just given him his medicine" he
said; he has bad cold
Are you found OF the little horse -
be vas asked.
why. that's not horse. he replied
quickly, That's a donkey-not 4 horse
"vhy, how on earth can you teI7~
by the ears. Don't you know that
nc ses Go not have long ears. Tante
Helene gave Us lots Of pretty things
The grea, event in the lives Of the 1t
tie Casteuanes since their arrival from
France was g visit 10 The photograph
ea;lery Of the Misses Costello in Jersey
CITY