The Lebanese Women's League held a general meeting at the Officers' Club, its purpose being the election of five new members of the board. The secret ballot resulted in the election of:
- Mrs. Afifi Majdalani - Mrs. Rose Zakkour - Mrs. Fatimeh Daouk - Mrs. Issam Rifai - Miss Edma Bayoud
Miss Zahiyah Dughan presented a brief report on the kindergarten and on the critical stage this kindergarten is passing through in expanding and securing its standing.
She was followed by Mrs. Edvick Jureidini Shayboub, who spoke about the magazine The Woman's Voice and the high place it occupies today among the magazines of the Arab world, and who urged the members to give their spiritual and moral backing to this excellent women's magazine.
The association's treasurer, Mrs. Janette Tadros, gave an annual report on the association's finances.
• The ladies of the Lebanese Red Cross, together with other volun
teers, are continuing their activity in distributing apportioned milk and other foodstuffs to the refugees in the Lebanese cities and in the many mountain villages that, for all their room, have grown crowded with them; they likewise continue to deliver health care.
Distribution in Lebanon was begun by the International Red Cross on the first of February, and it is hoped that the shares now being distributed will be increased in the future.
The Lebanese Red Cross held its general meeting on February 13 in the UNESCO hall, under the patronage of its honorary president, Mrs. Laure Khoury.
• Mrs. Asma, wife of His Excellency Ahmad Bey Daouk, Lebanon's Minister Plenipotentiary
in Paris, returned to Lebanon at the beginning of last month.
In a short visit which the delegate of The Woman's Voice paid to welcome this gracious lady, she gathered from her conversation with her that the wife of His Excellency the Minister is here on a visit among family and friends that will last no more than another month, after an absence of three and a half years. Mrs. Asma Daouk expressed her admiration for the high level the magazine The Woman's Voice has reached, and the abundant pleasure she finds in reading it... and she wished the Lebanese woman continued progress. The Woman's Voice thanks Mrs. Asma for her confidence and wishes her a happy stay in the precincts of the homeland.
• A group of ladies in Zahle saw
that the plight of the poor child had grown grave, so they held a general meeting at the Hotel Kadri, to which they invited Mrs. Zahia Salman, president of the Children's Welfare Society in Beirut, to explain to them the plan her similar project follows. Her words fell happily upon the listeners, and they grasped the importance of the work they had in hand.
Then Dr. Antoinette Maalouf followed her with a valuable address that stirred the feelings and emotions of all, and after her Mrs. Marie Khoury Rizk spoke well-chosen words.
The mistress of ceremonies was the refined Mrs. Emily Wadih
Nasrallah, who handled the introductions and the conduct of the gathering with consummate grace.
This association was named the "Child Nursery Society," and more than a hundred ladies and young ladies, of the finest ladies and young ladies of the city, joined it at once.
Then the election was held, with the following result:
Dr. Antoinette Maalouf for the presidency; Mrs. Albert Breidi for the vice-presidency; Mrs. Wadih Nasrallah as secretary; Mrs. Mabouyajini as treasurer; Mrs. Michel Doualibi as representative to the government; and Mrs. Anis al-Khoury as corresponding secretary.
The advisers, Mesdames: Farah, Maalouf Abi Khater, al-Jibli, Jreissati, Skaff, Chamoun Rizk.
And for the administrative committee, Mesdames: Jamila Maksoud, Maggie Alouf, Zakiya Doualibi, Alia Jibran, Rose Ghorra, and Marie Maalouf.
The meeting then broke up in the utmost activity, enthusiasm, and mutual understanding.
May God be woman's help in this glorious mission, of which we stand in the sorest need.
Dr. Zeki Shakhashiri, one of the physicians of the medical depart
ment of the American University of Beirut, had prepared last year an exhibition on germ awareness, but the circumstances that came upon the country after the events of Palestine kept this exhibition from appearing.
This year his colleague Dr. Azar mounted this exhibition, under the patronage of the "Lebanese Public Health Association," in West Hall at the American University, and the Beirut public witnessed an exhibition of health protection the like of which we had never seen before this day.
Last month the capital held a party
of music and song, at the invitation of the Arab Orphan Committee at the American University. This party was attended by a large audience of those who appreciate the works of the Arab Orphan Committee, which labors for the sake of this weak and deprived