The Marriage of Dr. Philippe al-Khazen and Miss Renée Akl

* At ten o'clock on the morning of Sunday, April 22 last, the marriage contract was celebrated of Dr. Philippe Hanna al-Khazen, professor at the French Faculty of Medicine, to the highly cultivated Miss Renée Akl, daughter of Camille Bey Akl, deputy for Batroun, and Mrs. Margot Maannaq, the two having lately arrived from Colombia.

The crowning took place in the church of the French Faculty of Medicine, and attendance was confined to the families of the bride and groom. The marriage rites were performed by His Grace Archbishop Ignatius Mubarak, and after the crowning a Mass was celebrated by Father Dupré-Latour, rector of the Medical Faculty, who attended the ceremony in the company of Father Prévost, rector of the Jesuit University. The guests then passed on to a sumptuous luncheon at the house of Camille Bey Akl. The bride wore an organdy gown embroidered with raffia, a Dior creation sewn by Madame Chantal, with tulle gloves and a wreath, likewise of raffia.

At three o'clock the bride and groom left for Europe by way of Rome to spend their honeymoon. On Monday evening a charming reception was held at the house of Dr. al-Khazen, attended by a large gathering of the best society and its notables. May theirs be prosperity and progeny.