Last month the Iraqi Women's Union brought out the first issue of the magazine "The Iraqi Women's Union," whose license holder is Mrs. Asiya Tawfiq Wahbi, president of the Union and of Child Protection..

It is the first women's magazine to appear in the sister country, and its editing is carried on by an elite of cultivated women and men.

The first issue of this magazine is filled with profound studies of concern to woman in the various stages of her life.

In Iraq today there is a broad renaissance on behalf of children which, if it proves anything, proves

Miss Noëlle Berjaoui

that the Iraqi people have become aware of the gravity of the role the child plays, and of the importance of that role in the future of its life...

In Baghdad today there are dozens of kindergartens that keep pace with modern methods of education, and among the newest of these schools is the "Dar al-Tufula Kindergarten," founded two years ago by the energetic

Miss Noëlle Berjaoui in the Kurd al-Pasha quarter.

Dar al-Tufula embraces the most modern methods of education and refinement; it attends to the child's bodily and psychological needs, and provides childhood with a healthful atmosphere full of surprises and delightful games.

At the children's festival held last year by the Children's Protection Society, "Dar al-Tufula" won the first prize, for the taste and perfection that distinguished its presentations.

In this picture appears a group of the children of Dar al-Tufula in one of the dances, dressed in flowers instead of clothes.

Last month a group of students of the American College for Girls in Beirut visited Iraq and stayed at the School of Arts, guests of the Iraqi government, which arranged for them — under the direction of Miss Adiba Ibrahim Rif'at, directress of the Primary Teachers' Training College for Women — delightful programs and pleasant excursions to the ancient sites and to the great institutes and institutions; and they met with such warm welcome and fine hospitality from the Iraqis as their tongues were unable to express, or to give thanks for..

On this occasion Mrs. Yusr el-Solh, wife of the Honorable Kazem Bey el-Solh, Lebanon's Minister Plenipotentiary in Iraq, gave a splendid tea party at the Lebanese Legation.

The picture shows the hostess surrounded by the guests, the signs of joy and delight drawn upon their faces.