hospital in Lebanon to be raised by the arms of ladies. We congratulate Dr. Rifai on her great effort.

• The picture shows Mrs. Angela Jurdak Khoury, formerly secretary of the Lebanese Legation in Washington, and currently Consul of Lebanon in New York. Mrs. Khoury is the first Lebanese woman to be appointed consul and to represent her country abroad. To Lebanon and to her, our congratulations on this first step.

• Mr. Mansour Munsif Abboud, owner of the "Mun Hayim" house of dressmaking and fashion, has left us for Paris, to acquaint himself with the latest that elegance has attained in the capital of elegance.

"The Woman's Voice" is pleased to note that Mr. Abboud will be sending it from Paris his delightful talks on fashion, and on whatever it concerns the woman among us to know.

Dr. Hadia Rifai

Dr. Hadia Rifai is one of the ladies who have served, and still serve, Tripoli in the social field. She takes part in several charitable associations and presides over the Women's Democratic League association in the North.

She was a physician for the municipality of Tripoli, where she rendered signal services in the medical field and exerted her utmost efforts in helping the poor and the needy. The Ministry

of Health and Public Relief therefore decorated her with the Silver Lebanese Order of Merit with palms.

The good doctor invited us to visit her new hospital, which she has established in the loveliest of Tripoli's quiet spots, amid its verdant orchards; and we found it grand in construction, beautifully arranged, and spotlessly clean. It is worth mentioning that it is the first

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