On the twenty-eighth of last July the Child Protection Society held a great party in the garden of Manshiyat Dummar, and gave this party the name of the "Child Festival," because in the course of it the most beautiful village child enjoying good health was elected by a judging committee composed of:

1 — Dr. Munira al-Azm al-Khayyat, delegate of the Ministry of Health and Public Relief.

2 — Mrs. Zahra al-Abed, president of the Milk Drop Society.

3 — Mrs. Adila Bayhum al-Jazairi, president of the Syrian Women's Union.

4 — The physician Ahmad Qadri, former secretary-general of the Ministry of Health.

The party was under the patronage

of the Minister of Health, who donated the first prize: a child's bed with all its furnishings.

The second prize was donated by the Governor of the city of Damascus: twelve children's blankets.

Mr. Salim al-Ghumyan donated twenty-five articles of chil-dren's clothing.

And before the close of the party the Minister of Education donated to the society the sum of one thousand Syrian liras.

The speaker of the party was His Excellency the Minister of Health and Public Relief, Dr. Murshid Khater, and this is what he said:

"This work of yours is a glorious work, for it bears the marks that glorious, immortal works bear. The government gives it its attention, watches over it with its sympathy, backs it with its encouragement, and extols the merit of those in charge of it, in view of the

Dr. Murshid Khater, Minister of Health, delivering his address during the party

A view of the audience at the party held by the Child Protection Society. In the front row appear His Excellency the Minister of Health and Public Relief; to his right Mrs. Zahra al-Abed, president of the Milk Drop; to his left Dr. Sami Tayyara, Minister of Education; then His Excellency the Minister of Public Works; then Tawqa, Governor of the city of Damascus