and young men (Best Men) wearing formal navy-blue suits. The groom's best man was his brother, Mr. Theodore Raad.
"The Woman's Voice" offers the Raad family its sincerest congratulations, wishing the young bride and groom a happy life, warmed by an ever-renewing love — and sweet little "squabs"!
• On the eleventh of last October the festivities were completed with the marriage of Mr. Elie Youssef Mouji, employee at the Kattal stores, to the well-mannered Miss Dida Youssef Shukrallah.
At a family gathering that brought together the relatives of the bride and groom.
"The Woman's Voice" offers Mr. Elie Mouji and his wife its congratulations and heartfelt wishes for a long life arrayed in glory and prosperity
• There lately departed from Lebanon the Misses Leila Labaydi and Abla Abi Abdallah, both graduates of the American University, for the United States, to pursue specialized study at the expense of Point Four. It is a source of pleasure to us that the way should be opened before the Lebanese woman, and the paths smoothed before her, that she may lay her polished stones for the building of a better homeland and for the raising of the standard of living and of culture — the latter in particular.
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.