The First Lady of Lebanon, Mrs. Chamoun, and to her left Mrs. Chehab, wife of His Excellency the Prime Minister, standing in homage for the Lebanese national anthem, sung by the children of the kindergarten of the Lebanese Women's League.

Salwa Mahmasani Moumina, Claire Adam, and Samia Qasim.

* At eleven o'clock on the morning of Friday, February 20, the members of the Lebanese Women's League, headed by Mrs. Heneni Tarcha, hastened to the kindergarten to receive the First Lady of Lebanon, Mrs. Zalfa Chamoun, and Mrs. Chehab, wife of His Excellency the Prime Minister, and with her a number of ministers' wives and prominent women personalities.

It was a phenomenon worth recording that neither the foul-ness of the weather nor the abundance of the rains kept these gatherings from appearing at the appointed hour, in answer to the Lebanese Women's League's invitation to become acquainted with the kindergarten in its eighth year, and then to move on to Ouzai, where the new kindergarten has been rising for more than a year.

In the kindergarten's friendly atmosphere the ladies listened to the little ones' songs and their warm welcome; and the child who presented flowers, in the name of the kindergarten's children, to Mrs. Chamoun and Mrs. Chehab, won two kisses that will remain

among the dearest memories of his childhood!...

At the new "kindergarten" at Ouzai the ladies inspected the new building and expressed their utmost admiration for the design of the building and for the beauti-ful spot chosen, and especially for the broad open stretch that will become a playground unequaled by any other in Lebanon.

For the occasion Mrs. Chamoun and Mrs. Chehab each donated to the kindergarten the sum of 500 Lebanese lira, apologizing for the smallness of the amount... As for Mrs. Tarcha, president of the League, and her fellow members, they were, as is their habit, a model of taste and graciousness...

* It has been noticed of late that the First Lady of Lebanon has been carrying on a wide activity in visiting the women's insti-tutions and acquainting herself with their work. Mrs. Chamoun, accompanied by Mrs. Chehab, wife of His Excellency the Prime Minister, and by the wives of the ministers and some official personalities, visited the Islamic Orphanage and the day nursery attached to it; and the members of the orphanage's women's committee, presided over by Miss Ibtihaj Kaddoura, acquainted the gracious guests with the work of this humanitarian institution, at which everyone marveled.

Mrs. Chamoun and Mrs. Chehab each donated the sum of one thousand Lebanese lira as encouragement to the Islamic Orphanage in the pursuit of its splendid humanitarian work.

The front row, from the left: Mesdames Chehab, Chamoun, Haidar, and Tarcha, listening to the little ones' songs.