you; they must be avoided. Keep to sobriety to avoid contempt. Your marriage is difficult, but your husband will be very happy. Good luck.

S. M. A. (Gaza)

A highly emotional disposition, not without beauty. A touching simplicity of heart. You love beauty and splendor, without abandon and without infatua-tion. A poetess, of angelic sweetness, scrupulous of con-science, much given to dreams. A love marriage is the likelier; when it comes, shun your circle and devote yourself to "your man."

A. J. (Gaza)

A positive and highly respected personality, harsh and exacting on the surface, a lover of order, of artistic arrangement, and of comfort, insofar as these secure you ease and freedom in your work. Good of heart toward those who suffer and those who seek the light. You should be advised to be less harsh and less ready for a quarrel... A journey to the village, followed by an honorable marriage. A very long life.

T. Gh. (Beirut)

A moderate, regular, logical personality. You can be very good, for the substance is very rich and lacks only expression. It appears that your life will be long and filled with peace and gladness; beware, nevertheless, of surrendering to vanity. Value people and things at their true worth. An early marriage. A middling life.

Nahd. H. (Beirut)

A disposition not free of waywardness, yet full of charm. Your love is great and returned; but keep close company with yourself and beware of a slip where no remedy avails... In the end you will find the secret of a more complete happiness. It is probable that you have the luck to win a grand prize, with a love marriage to follow upon it.

S. D. (Baghdad)

A disposition that does not trouble itself much, and it appears that she takes pleasure in going to lengths to make people talk about her. On the whole loyal and good... at times withdrawn and reticent, without malice, and from an instinctive bent toward jest... A distant possibility of a wealthy marriage, followed by a removal to one of the Arab countries of the Near East.

S. K. (Aleppo)

A gentle disposition, out of the ordinary, companionable and much given to loving... Her reticence, born of loyalty to others, exposes her at times to dangers: for whatever is not understood gets weighed and repeated... You love

beauty in all your circumstances. You will achieve certain success if you pursue it seriously and without interruption. A quite singular trait: marriage is not your sole preoccu-pation, and yet the best of it comes to you the less you think of it.

S. J. (Nabatieh)

An intuitive disposition, not with-out nervousness... At times it carries itself away with forebod-ings, most of them woven by a fertile and active imagination... You love greatly, though you are difficult on the surface, and only later will you consent to have your freedom bound... The possibility of a humble future, but one abundant in happiness... Poverty is very largely ruled out. A middling life.

The Belle of Lebanon

What secret, one wonders, does this innocent village girl guard so jealously in her hands?

The answer is in the story

The Belle of Lebanon

by Mr. Farid Mudawwar

Ask for it at all bookshops

Publishers: Dar al-Kitab – Beirut – Lebanon