... To the pealing of the bells of the Greek Orthodox Church of Saint Nicolas, the invited guests gathered on the afternoon of the fourth of last July to attend the wedding of Miss Mona, daughter of Mr. Najib Liyan, chief of the bureau of the Ministry of Information, to the young man of letters Nicolas Shamsham.

The bride appeared, splendid in elegance and beauty, in her gleaming white gown, ringed round with baskets and bou-quets of roses of every color and fragrance.

Some days after the wedding, and the young couple's honeymoon journey, the father — the poet Mr. Najib Liyan — felt a desola-tion close upon his breast at part-ing from his daughter "Mona," to whose love he had been bound while she was a child, a girl, and a young woman; and there came to his tongue these splendid verses:

Mona — and the garden laments its desolation: no fragrance in it now, and no nightingale. You left it forlorn and thirsting, saying: where are the blossoms? Where the sweet scents? Is this how we are, we and our hearts' own darlings? Is this how the world of hearts must live?

Mona — you have gone far indeed in forsaking us: you have exchanged us, your own kin, for an unfamiliar mate.

* Mrs. Jessie Sarkis Jureidini gave birth, on the eighth of July at Dr. Mustafa Khalidi's hospital, to her first-born, "Ziad," and she has left the hos-pital with her child in perfect health.

To the child's father, Mr. Michel Jureidini, and to his mother, our warmest congratulations, and our wishes for a mighty army of sisters and brothers for little "Ziad"!

* Our colleague Mr. Mohammed Choucair and his good wife, Mrs. Gladys, have been blessed with a sister for their two children, Aliyya and Ali; they have named her "Lamia." The birth took place at Dr. Georges Hanna's hospital. To the happy parents go the congratulations of the family of The Woman's Voice, and its wishes to little "Lamia" and her brother and sister for health and long life...

* The generous emigrant compatriot Mr. Aziz Hajj, one of the residents of Douala, Cameroon, has been blessed with a baby girl whom he named "Lamia"—this after fifteen years of marriage. The event had the deepest echo in Lebanese circles in French Africa, owing to the eminent standing which Mr. Hajj and his wife enjoy there. On this happy occasion the father gave a great evening party that gathered the notables of the country from among the Lebanese compatriots, at which Mr. George Hazim delivered a gracious address welcoming the newborn, closing it with a poem of his own composition. The Woman's Voice adds its voice to the many well-wishers, wishing little "Lamia" long life in the shelter of her generous parents.