• The Cooperative Society of the American University Hospital held, on November 20 at the Bristol Hotel, a great fashion show, the proceeds of which go to reviving the hospital's finances, aiding the poor among the sick, and buying medicines for them.

The president and members of the society — all of whom belong to families of doctors and senior staff of the American hospital — busied themselves contacting the biggest fashion houses to secure the show. The "Profil" house of dressmaking and fashion, owned by Miss Haifa Fares, presented the latest autumn fashions; the "Marina" shop presented fur coats; and the children's clothes were provided by the Zahar establishment.

• At the orphanage of the Society for Securing Work for the Palestine Refugees, a great expan-sion has come to the handwork and sewing department. The number of boarding students has reached 40 and of day students 150, and a new branch has been opened for instruction in typewriting. A revival has been noted in the orphanage's finances, its source a gift of twenty thousand lira from Emir Saud (he is now King); and there have come to them from Iraq orders and commissions for large quantities of handwork, which the department labors to complete

on time.

It is worth saying that this insti-tute goes forward by the energy of an elite of generous ladies, at their head Mrs. Nazik al-Abid Beyhum, who has never ceased to give of

her time, her money, and her activity for the sake of the project.

• Dr. Salwa Nassar, head of the Physics Department at the American University of Beirut, returned to Beirut last month after heading Lebanon's dele-gation to the Arab Scientific Congress recently convened in Cairo.

At this congress, Dr. Salwa Nassar drew all eyes by her