The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-09-11


cents day extra for it at my hotel Break
fast or almuerzo. is taken at IL or II
o'clock. 1t consists of a SOUP some fish
apd some meat, with perhaps pancake at
the close. This is the breakfast you also
get at the hotels. AS a rule. wine is taken
with breakfast, and a small cup of coffee
after it. At or in the evening comes din
ner. This is much like the breakfast only
much more elaborate. There are always
wines on the table. and there are many
courses served separately. There are soup
fish, entrees, roasts, game and Salads end
ing up with a desert. The food is rather
heavy, as a rule, and the Chilean is a big
eater. His country produces excellent food
of all kinds, and the temptation is to eat
too much. / have never dineu more gener-
ously than in Chile, and have never visited
a country where the hotels were uniformly
SO good.
A BUTTERFLY LIFE.
But to return to the butterflies of Chile,
for indeed the lives of many of the rich
people here are almost idle as that of
the butterfly. / am speaking, of course, of
the wealthy classes. They rise at about
or later, and the hours from the time
they get up until breakfast are spent in
walking or driving and attending to bust
ness. After breakfast they take rest and
between and p. m. they are ready to re-
ceive or make calls. At every person of
note who possesses carriage goes to the
Cousino Park. All are dressed in their best
clothes, the men wearing silk hats, frock
coats and well-cut suits and the women
having on Paris-made gowns and bonnets
or hats. At the park they parade in their
carriages up and down the principal drives
md cfo ut oah fIor "A abr
ty minutes by a sort of common consent
they all make for the Alameda, where they
form a procession of carriages three or four
abreast and parade up and down this street
for distance of about four blocks, still
staring at one another. The driving is SUI
perintended and guarded by mounted po-
licemen, and the scene is imposing, al
though it seems rather stilted and fantastic
to stranger The vehicles are of all kinds.
There are high drags, victorias, landaus
and four-in-hands, some driven by their
owners and some by coachmen in gorgeous
liveries. The parade continues for perhaps
half an hour, during which time no enc
speaks to another, but merely bows to his
friends. After the parade all go home to
dinner, some one carriage breaking the line
and the others following suit the trot.
SANTIAGO AT THE THEATER.
After dinner the swels of Santiago go to
the opera. There is here one of the largest
opera houses on this hemisphere. 1t is
known as the Municipal Theater and it is
subsidized by the government. Every year
it has season of Italian opera, the COM
panies being brought from Italy. The sea-
son lasts for eighty nights, and nearly ev-
cry person of prominence has his box for
the season, which costs him 81 200 in Chill
can money a sum equal to about $500 Amer
lean gold. Each box will hold six people,
and all of the boxes are taken, although
two of the galleries of the large theater
are divided up in boxes. Ladies and gentle
men always wear full dress at the opera,
and the ladies are usually respondent with
diamonds. AS a rule the swells pay but TT
tie attention to the music, devoting most
of their time to looking at each other. For
this reason the lights are never turned
down during the acts. The ladies take
their hats off when they enter the boxes.
The men keep their heads bare during the
acting but as soon as the curtain goes
down every man puts on his hat Between
the acts both ladies and gentlemen go out
and promenade in the Hobbies of the the
alter. Here there are restaurants where the
ladies can have ices, and to which the gen.
tlemen go to get refreshments not ices. All
kinds of liquors are sold, and you can have
anything of the sort, from bottle of cham
payne to special variety of cocktail which
was introduced into Chile by former Sec
rotary of the American legation. 1t is the
one thing American that now holds and
that will always hold its own in Chile. Dur
ing these intermissons there is visiting go
ing on among friends in the boxes, and the
whole affair is indeed more a social occa-
sion than musical one. The Chileans do
not have as close social intercourse we
do, and have yet to hear of women's clubs
in Chile The people are fond of dancing,
and the President often combines a dane
ing party with one of his big receptions.
At such times the display of diamonds on
the part of the ladies is gorgeous in the ex-
IRENE. Quarts of these precious stones are
dragged out of the vaults and their bril-
liancy vies with that of the electric lights
AT a recent reception, one lady wore eight
diamond stars and another a large bouquet
of diamonds. There were chokers of dia-
monds, buckles of diamonds, and, in fact,
almost every kind of diamond ornament
you can imagine None of the ladies wore
such common things as roses, though one
or two had on bouquets of orchids so rare
that in New York they would have cost as
much as jewels
Another social feature Of Santiago is the
races, which are held regularly every Sun
day afternoon during the season under the
auspices of the Club Hipico. This is the
event of the week. Gentlemen come out
dressed in tall hats, black frock coats. light
or dark pantaloons and white kids The
ladies put on their handsomest street gowns
and they call upon one another between
re t.
the Park Cousino, in the heart of the city.
1t is right under the shadow of the Andes
and is one of the finest tracks of the world
The horses are excellent and a race in San
tiago is one of the great sights of South
America. FRANK G. CARPENTER.
The Sermon of the Rose.
Wilful we are in infirmity
or childish questioning and discomfort.
Whate er befalls us is divinely meant
Thou Truth the clearer for thy mystery!
Make us to meet what is is to be