This party was almost a festival, held in honor of the woman of letters, that lady of merit and refined cultivation, Mrs. Mari Yanni Ata Allah.

The speech-making ceremony, and the banquet generous in sincere feeling, which the society held on the Bardouni, were a moving hour of farewell to the great woman of letters, who left us with tears in her eyes...

"The Woman's Voice" had occasion to hear Mrs. Mari's address and her theory of social reform, as well as a fine speech in classical Arabic by the advisor, the wife of Mr. Camille Rizk, with which she introduced the speaker and which showed a mature culture. Then the secretary, the wife of Mr. Wadih Nasrallah, told us how the society came into being and how it works, thanks to the efforts of the ladies of Zahle, the generosity of its men, and the aid of the Zahle community in America. We heard a note of deep devotion, which we sensed after the speeches in the faces of the society's gracious members.

Forward, friends of the children!

The Lebanese Woman at the Child Protection Conference in London

... At last our government has begun to think seriously that woman is the best one to handle social affairs. So it sent an "ambassador extraordinary" to the conference mentioned above.

What distinguished the "ambassadorial" delegation this time is that its head, Mrs. Adelaide Richani—who has dedicated herself to social work for a quarter of a century—went without a "retinue" and without charging anyone the costs of her stay and her travels in the capital of our old friend England. She took nothing but her travel papers, there and back... that and nothing more...

"The Woman's Voice" sat down with Mrs. Richani and heard from her much that was novel and delightful.

In the next issue we shall publish Mrs. Richani's report on what she saw in London and on her personal observations. Until then, farewell.

We have received from Mr. Joseph Richa, this magazine's correspondent and agent in the Gold Coast, a poem entitled "A Funeral," which he dedicated to "her who bore his hopes to the grave before her own eyes, and refused to walk in their funeral procession." We select from it the following verses:

I bear my hopes in funeral to a rugged wasteland,

while the blackness of the night never turns to dawn.

Must I, every day, hold the funeral of some death,

walking with it alone, as though in a desert?

A stranger to the world, a stranger to hope—

no sweetness tempts me, no gathered fruit allures.

For men are dreams that show their stains in the forenoon,

while my dream expires while still upon my lap!

It dies just before the morning—and the morning, pouncing,

embitters for me even the road to my grave.

So I carry tablets that tell of my calamity

and grope through the heart of the darkness, knowing not where.

I carry my heart—toward life—and yet I see,

for the shrouding of my hopes, nothing but a rugged wasteland?

Kruschen

The pains of rheumatism

and its twinges are caused by deposits of uric acid in the muscles and joints. The six salts contained in "Kruschen" stimulate the liver and the kidneys and make them perform their function in the best and most regular fashion, and they also help to rid the body of the excess uric acid which is the origin of all aches and pains.

Kruschen

A monthly women's magazine published by the Lebanese Women's League

P.O. Box 1284 — Beirut — Lebanon

Responsible director: Heneni Tarcha

Editorial Committee

Salma Sayegh In'am al-Saghir

Zaheya Ayoub Evelyn Kanaan

Administrative Committee

Afifi Majdalani Nazik Sarkis

Salwa Moumina Laure Tabet

Nahia Gholmieh