// NOTES FROM FTTNCHAL. 



(FBOM THF, HEBATJ>'S CORRESPONDENT.. 

 FtTNCiTAL, Marrh 25.— Tlio fanrv-drops 

 ball at- tlip, thoatrp lasi; niKlit was the 

 most brilliant entprtaiiiincnt given in 

 Kiinclial for somf yours. At about f-lovcu 

 o'clock some twelve ooiiplos took part 

 in a ilancinK competition, the dan<-e 

 chosen boitiK a diawing-room edition of 

 the ^'Oabv slide." 



The pviKc was awarded to Vi.seonde de 

 Valpareiso's son and daughter. Joao 

 and Senborita Albertina de itjaiicbi. 

 Hardly second . to tliem in excellence 

 were Mr. and Mm. Edmund Krohii who 

 made np as Tliyidatid la<Is. Mr C. San- 

 tos and Mrs. Lane Mathews as "apaches" 

 also were deserving of .special mention - 



After the dance the stage cin L:iin wa.s 

 raised, disclosing, amid mas.-jps of flow- 

 ers, Miss Biilteel as a pink columbine on 

 a little flower-bodwited nckshnw diawn 

 b.v Dr. Joao Lomeliiio's babv danfiliteis, 

 as tiny columbines. The inrv, coii^i^t- 

 ing oi the Hon. Mrs. Tait.,-i ~:<ii|.-,i-a 



de Cimiara and the rein ^ i, 



awarded the pnsfc tor i , v'.s 

 dress to Mis'* Faber. ^lin I, 

 tractive harle(|nin. and the |in>(< i,,,- tjif, 

 bftst man's costume to Air. .lolin fjoacock 

 Dr. Santhiaao Presado, hIio mitil the 

 day before vesicrdav wa.^ f'lvil (Tovrnior, 

 and his succe.s=or, Colonel Sn f^irdo.«o' 

 oecnpied tlie sporuil box. Aniono ,,rhei' 

 box-holders wei-e A'jsronflcssH de Mev- 

 relles and her dau^litpr.s, Mis. Hamilton 

 Gordon and Mi« MpidoIli< Karon 

 Mpaie, captain ot the Swedi.sh crniser in 

 port, was a guest in Mr. and Mrs. Har- 

 ry Hinton's box,. 



