sentences:  His salons, some of which were held at his private apartments, some at the presidential palace of La Moneda while his father was president, were the most important cultural gathering points of the time.He also promoted the creation of the old "Ateneo de Santiago".In 1886, he met Rubén Darío, then a lonely, awkward, poor and unemployed 19-year-old immigrant, at the editorial room of the "La Epoca" newspaper, where he was a collaborator, and soon both became fast friends.