Sarmad Rihani!

Word reached us, as the magazine was going to press, of the glad tidings that Mrs. Loreen, wife of Mr. Albert Rihani, has given birth to a brother for Ameen, May, and Ramzi... on Monday, February 22.

And when Mrs. Shayboub returned to her house at noon on the twenty-fourth of February, she was surprised by a gift sent from Mr. Albert Rihani, consisting of "a chicken and a kmaje"! As for the reason for this "reversed" gift, which was received with the heartiest welcome, it is that the parents of the new baby chose for him the name "Sarmad" — a name borne in this country by no one but Mrs. Shayboub's firstborn!! The friend of both parties, Mrs. Anissa Najjar, had impressed it upon them — in keeping with the established custom, which she relates on the authority of her grandmother! — that it was a duty to send "the chicken and the kmaje!" And she went further, whispering in Mrs. Shayboub's ear that the gift lacks "the servant without wages!!" — which, of course, surpasses in importance "the chicken and the kmaje!"

So The Woman's Voice, as it offers its warmest congratulations to the two dear friends Mr. Albert Rihani and his wife Mrs. Loreen, assures its readers that "Sarmad" is a beautiful name, and that borrowing it is permissible — indeed, desirable — on condition of abiding by the terms laid down by that "wise" lady, Mrs. Anissa Najjar!!