Society News (A Memorial for Riad al-Solh — News from Damascus and Homs)

★ The Lebanese community in Buenos Aires, Argentina, held a great memorial ceremony for Lebanon's departed, the late lamented Riad Bey al-Solh, at which His Excellency Adib Bey Nahas, Lebanon's Minister Plenipotentiary, spoke, along with a number of orators, among them the delegate of The Woman's Voice, the literary lady Mrs. Suad Mouhij Sakr. They recounted the lofty standing and towering resolve that were the late departed's, and expressed the enormity of the loss, by his passing, to Lebanon and to the Arab countries one and all. Mrs. Suad appears in the picture delivering her address.

★ Among the news of Damascus: the woman of letters Mrs. Salma al-Haffar al-Kuzbari was blessed last September with a baby girl, whom she named "Nada." The Woman's Voice congratulates its friend Mrs. Salma and her esteemed husband Dr. Nader al-Kuzbari on the child Nada, and wishes her a life of ease in the shelter of her generous parents.

★ And among the news of Homs: Mrs. Ismat Dardari, formerly headmistress of the Marwaniyya School, has been raised to the rank of inspector of government girls' schools, in appreciation of her efforts and activity, and Miss Adiba Kabba has taken her place in the direction of the Marwaniyya School. The Woman's Voice offers Mrs. Ismat Dardari and Miss Adiba Kabba its sincere heartfelt congratulations.