The Activity of Syrian Women

On Thursday evening, October 16, the Syrian Women's Union gave a party at the Orient Hotel in honor of Mrs. Dala' Kabbani, wife of His Excellency the Minister of Finance of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Sheikh Abdullah al-Sulayman. At the head of those receiving was Mrs. Adila Bayhum al-Jaza'iri, president of the Union. The party gathered upwards of five hundred ladies from among the flowers of Damascene society and the workers in the fields of social service. When the guests had settled into circles, Miss Naima al-Maghribi, secretary of the Women's Union, graciously rose and delivered a word of welcome in which she extolled the merit of the guest of honor and her white hands. Mrs. Kabbani had visited the women's organizations working in the social, cultural, and charitable field and donated to them the sum of thirteen thousand Syrian liras, and she donated to the Women's Union the sum of three thousand and eight Syrian liras.

After listening to the speech of the honored lady, in which she thanked the Women's Union for its warm welcome and paid tribute to the mighty efforts of the women's associations, the guests gathered around a sumptuous and abundant table in which the taste and generosity of the Syrian Women's Union shone forth.

★ On Thursday, October 16, the Syrian Society for the Arts held an elegant and splendid tea party at its headquarters on Abu Rummaneh Street, on the occasion of the opening of the new artistic season. During the party varieties of Eastern and international music were presented on the piano, and the famous German singer, a tenor, presented varieties of Western song.

And on the twenty-third of October the said society issued invitations to visit its exhibition of colored photographic pictures, in the mounting of which a number of the foremost Syrian and Lebanese amateurs took part; most of them represent beautiful natural scenes taken in the countryside of Syria or at her immortal ancient sites.