fare, in deference to Mrs. Tarcha's wish and her insistence: she refused to have a farewell party held for her, or to have her departure officially announced, lest her many friends take upon themselves the trouble of coming to bid her farewell at home or at the airport.

The family of The Woman's Voice, the members of the Lebanese Women's League, and Mrs. Tarcha's many friends — who prize in her person this modesty, this self-denial, and this devotion in work — wish her a blessed journey and every success in accomplishing the first purpose of this long journey of hers: namely, the exertion of wide efforts on behalf of the League's two projects, the kindergarten and The Woman's Voice...

During Mrs. Tarcha's absence, the duties of president of the Lebanese

Women's League are being carried out by the vice-president, Mrs. Hassana Daouk.

The Woman's Voice, which bears every respect for the incoming president, appreciates the many difficulties that face Mrs. Hassana Daouk in taking up this great responsibility, and has full confidence that she will exert her every effort to raise the League's two projects to the standing worthy of them.

• Among the honored guests who visited the family of The Woman's

Voice was the noble emigrant and great poet George Saydah, accompanied by one of the League's members, Mrs. Afifi Majdalani, and a member of the Board of Trustees, Mr. Naim Majdalani.

The discussion turned upon curricula of instruction and the various directions our children take after they graduate from the schools. The poet George Saydah commented on several issues of The Woman's Voice, in a manner that showed a deep understanding of Arabic literature and a sound following of most of what the pens of the writers and poets of this country produce...

Before his departure, Mr. George Saydah and his wife gave a “cocktail party” at the Normandy Hotel. The occasion was distinguished by elegance and lavishness. It was attended by a number of the state's high officials and a company of writers, journalists, and friends.

Mrs. Saydah and her charming daughter moved about among the guests, ensuring — with the taste and warmth that are hers — a family atmosphere in which gaiety and delight spread abroad; and all this in spite of her knowing no Arabic!

And there was a pleasant surprise, when His Excellency the Minister of Information came forward and pinned upon the noble emigrant's breast the gilded Lebanese Medal, in appreciation of his signal services and of the material and moral effort he has expended for Lebanon's sake — whereupon the customary speeches were exchanged between the great poet and His Excellency Fouad Ammoun, leaving the most splendid impression upon the souls of those present.

• During the past month Lebanon witnessed a great gathering of women, come from all parts of the world to take part in the general conference of the Young Women's Christian Association, most of whose sessions were held at the Grand Hotel of Beit Mery.

The number of delegates who took part in this conference reached 180, from more than forty countries — among them American, Japanese,

Indian, European, African, and other women...

The countries of the Arab East represented at this conference were Iraq, Jordan, Egypt, and Lebanon.

The world conference of the Young Women's Christian Association began its work on October 18, under the chairmanship of Miss Barnes, president of the world

YWCA and delegate of America. The Lebanese branch then called a press conference, held at its office in Beirut, at which the delegates expressed their first impressions of Lebanon, and the hopes attached to this meeting of theirs, drawn from East and West, for cooperation in solving the world's problems — especially those that touch woman.

The opening ceremony took place at the UNESCO Palace, Beirut. His Excellency Mr. Charles Helou deputized for His Excellency the President of the Republic, and

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