gracious wife, Salwa Dimashqiyah al-Sa'id, have been blessed with a baby girl, whom they have named "Hala." May God make her one of the daughters of well-being in the shade of her father and her generous grandfathers.

• The article which "The Woman's Voice" published by the woman of letters Miss Rose Ghorayeb in one of its past issues has had a far-reaching echo in literary and intellectual circles, and some writers' pens have taken it up with criticism. We who take pride in the authentic Arab virtues are not turned by that pride from speaking the truth, though it wound — and this in the service of that truth which certain zealots attempt to veil,

driven by several motives, chief among them, perhaps, this one: a blind national fanaticism which is the furthest thing there is from constructive work.

• The marriage contract of Mr. Fuad Halim Salman to the noble Miss Aida Amin Taqi al-Din has been concluded. The Woman's Voice congratulates the noble bride and groom and wishes them ease of life and the bliss of parenthood.

• The Women's Union association in Gaza staged a women's demonstra-tion headed by the Arab flag. The demonstration marched down the main street to the Omari Mosque, the demonstrators chanting national anthems and crying for the downfall of Zionism. It then left the mosque for the church, where Miss Sadiqa al-Sayigh prayed, beseeching God to grant us and the Arab nation success in whatever is good and right for the rescue of the homeland and its independence. Speeches were also given by the Misses Safa al-Husayn and Odette al-Tawil, who called for solidarity and union to drive the colonialist danger from the country.

• The first-aid committee attached to the Women's Union in Gaza distributed cloth to the poor on the occasion of the blessed Eid al-Adha. We have received several letters praising this Union's efforts in the cause of charity and reform.

• The Lebanese Women's League held, at the home of its president Mrs. Heneni Tarcha, a cocktail party to which it invited some sixty guests — ladies and gentlemen of praise-worthy endeavor in the national and social field. Among them were three

of our great Lebanese emigrants in Brazil and Venezuela: the notables Messrs. Georges Maalouf, Karam al-Rassi, and Najib al-Haddad. We are pleased to record here that Mr. Karam al-Rassi has donated to the Lebanese Women's League the sum of one thousand lira, and that Mr. Najib al-Haddad, after visiting its kindergarten in Ras Beirut, donated the sum of one hundred and fifty dol-lars for the purchase of gifts for the children at the coming New Year.

On this occasion we recall as well that the generous Mr. Amin Habib al-Khoury, one of the pillars of our colony in Argentina, has likewise donated to the League the sum of two hundred Lebanese lira.

The League thanks these generous gentlemen for supporting its social projects, and prays God to grant them success in whatever is for the good of the dear homeland.

• Mr. Fuad Fakhouri, husband of the Lebanese actress known in the Egyptian cinema by the name Suad Fakhri, has arrived from Egypt. Mr. Fakhouri intends to retire from the Egyptian cinema and to move with his family shortly to Lebanon. Welcome!