Letters and News

• There has returned to Lebanon, after a journey through Europe and America, Her Ladyship the First Lady of Lebanon. We bid her a handsome welcome, and wish Her Ladyship a pleasant stay in the country that loves her and takes pride in her.

• Among the charitable works for which we thank the Department of Social Services in Jaffa is its opening of a school to teach girls who are unable to obtain an education. The number of pupils has reached 120 girls, between the ages of six and twelve. Three capable women teachers conduct the classes of this school. Among its works, too, is that it gives the girls a midday meal every day. We appreciate the works of this department, and the efforts of Mrs. Maliha al-Hayyab, who watches night and day over the welfare of the school and over the charitable works of the town.

• On September 19 last, in the Evangelical Church at Ramallah, was celebrated the marriage of the man of letters Mr. Fuad Alam to Miss Georgette Asfour. The bridal couple received the well-wishers at the Hotel Odeh. To the two of them, our fairest congratulations.

• The woman of letters and poetess Fadwa Tuqan has brought out a book about her brother Ibrahim, entitled “My Brother Ibrahim,” in which she tells of the life of her brother, the late poet Ibrahim Tuqan.

• The Arab Ladies' Society in Jerusalem, together with the League of Arab Intellectuals, held a popular festival at the Catholic Club under the patronage of His Excellency Ahmad Hilmi Pasha. A great number of ladies and young ladies attended this festival, and the eagerness to take part in the various games was great.

• Miss Najla Nasser Issa, Samira Abu Ghazaleh, and Fakhriyya Qasimiyya each won the literary competition held by the “Fatat al-Arab Club” in Haifa on September 29.

• The “Palestinian Arab Book Exhibition” was held on Friday afternoon, October 11, 1946, in the hall of the Arab Orthodox Union Club in Jerusalem; shown at this exhibition were all the Palestinian books that have appeared.

• There arrived last month, from Cyprus, the American journalist Nikmid, who is making a tour of the lands of the East.

• Word from Washington has it that the American government has promised to “consider seriously” a plan whose effect would be to lengthen ladies' morning dresses by one inch. It is expected that this will be carried out next spring or summer.

The proposal was put forward by a representative of the makers of ladies' garments at a meeting held at the Civilian Production Administration.

• Mrs. Zahra Mujahid left Syria last September for America to complete her studies at the expense of the American government, for her distinction in the examination. Accompanying Mrs. Zahra is her husband, Mr. Mahmoud Said al-Arabi, who is likewise deputed by the Auditing Bureau of the Syrian Ministry of Finance to specialize in financial administration. May the bird of good omen attend them.

• There has left us for Egypt Mrs. Sylvia de Oliveira Pinheiro, wife of the consul of Brazil in Lebanon, to spend a few days in Cairo.

• It has now become possible for a woman to choose what pleases her among the fashions in walking-out clothes. The creators of fashion in London, Paris, and New York incline toward the simple skirt and the long jacket. Even light summer suits with short sleeves are now worn with long jackets. And the elegant woman usually sets a bright knot of jewels in the buttonhole of her jacket.