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Among the 434 European immigrants who landed in Chile this summer was a plump, dreamy-eyed little man named Edward Sienkiewicz. His greying hair was as long as Liszt's; his hands were uncallused and he carried a cello. But the card on his lapel said that he was an expert on fishing, and so he was listed in the catalogue of immigrants' skills...
Sienkiewicz's interviewers at Santiago's stadium listened, smiled, went on talking about the good jobs in Chile's southern fish canneries. Sienkiewicz got worried, pleaded with camp authorities for a chance to show his skill with a cello. At last they called in a group of musicians. The little man played for them. By nightfall, Cellist Sienkiewicz was the talk of Santiago...
...last week Edward Sienkiewicz, camp inmate no longer, had finished one series of radio recitals and was starting another by popular demand. Next week he will give a concert at Santiago's snooty Union Club. The University of Chile has asked him to appear as soloist next season with the Santiago Symphony...
...nation's first housewife, Mitty González is confidante and adviser to most of Chile's other housewives. In her office at La Moneda (Chile's White House) she puts in a seven-hour day answering the hundreds of letters they write, asking her for everything from recipes to help in finding a new house. One correspondent recently begged for the President's old brown suit so that her husband could go on a religious pilgrimage...
BEFORE HE LEFT FOR BOLIVIA, Dutra sent regrets to the invitation of President Gabriel Gonzalez Videla (just back from a junket through Chile's northern provinces) to visit Chile. It was impossible because Brazil is playing host this week to Uruguay's President Luis Batlle Berres...