Women of Action

* The Lebanese Women's Union issued an invitation to a valuable lecture delivered by Miss Rose Ghorayeb at the Officers' Club, in which she treated her point of view on the question of woman's political rights. She said: our need today to obtain our civil rights exceeds our need for our political rights; so let us demand our civil rights first, and then obtain political rights step by step. There was a heated discussion, in which Miss Rose Ghorayeb made her point of view clear to the audience.

* From the news of Choueifat: the Tahdhib al-Fatat Society, presided over by Mrs. Layla Baddura Saad, held in the courtyard of the National College for Girls a Garden Party — that is, a party in the open air — attended by a select company of ladies and gentlemen who appreciate the endeavors of this society, whose aim is the education of a number of gifted girls in the various higher schools... The party was perfection itself in arrangement and good taste, and it went on until a late hour of the night, everyone in a happy commotion, wishing they might stay in the party's merry atmosphere until morning, under the care of the society's members; five hundred persons attended this party.

* And at a second reception, given for Miss Thompson by the Palestinian Women's Union, presided over by Mrs. Wadi'a Khartabil, the American journalist — known for her love of the Arabs and her glorious defense of their cause — made clear her own position toward the Arabs: that it is simply to declare the truth to American public opinion and to make them understand what is happening in this spot of the earth, not to defend the Arabs and demand their rights.

* On the occasion of the annual Mothers' Day, Radio Lebanon presented, in the weekly "Woman's Talk," a special program comprising a broadcast session in which the two ladies Christine Rizk, president of the health committee of the Lebanese Women's Union, and the supervisor of the women's program, Mrs. Edvick Jureidini Shayboub, took part; and the radio duo Lama and Lamia likewise presented a group of songs for Mothers' Day.

* ...From a letter sent by Mrs. Maliha Fadli, wife of Mr. Ibrahim Fadli, chargé d'affaires of the Iraqi Legation in Bombay (India), to a friend of hers in Beirut:

"The Indian woman has her distinguished standing; she shares with man in all fields of work. Yet she keeps her inherited traditions: she wears nothing but the sari, and she never forgets to place the red 'nuna' on her forehead, between the eyebrows, as a sign that she is married; not even the educated women are an exception to this. I made the acquaintance of the sister of Pandit Nehru — a great author and an excellent journalist — and found her wearing the sari, the 'nuna,' and sandals...

All women and men enjoy equal political rights in elections and in the filling of high posts; women have won in the elections just as men have won, and a woman ambassador has been appointed to the foreign service just as men ambassadors have been appointed..."