President Chamoun delivering his address: on his left, His Excellency Kazem el-Khalil; on his right, the Marquise de Freige.
years and great in works. From it tens of nurses graduate every year; from it the mobile dispensaries go out to range the mountains and the valleys, carrying to their inhabitants treatment and consolation; from it abundant quantities of clothing and food are distributed to the needy and unassuming families and to the day nurseries which it embraces with its care; from it came the company of nurses who took part in the splendid military parade on Independence Day; from it flow the wellsprings of goodness and mercy; and from its central headquarters branch out the many branches, so that the spirit of the Red Cross prevails and the highest ideals spread among the citizens.
This is what these volunteers of good will are doing; this is the service they render to civilization and to humanity. That is why we are here today, with a warm and sincere desire in all our souls to create a better world, in which man is the brother of man in every time and place."
Afterwards President Chamoun rose and paid tribute to the activity of this humane institution and to the good works it has accomplished in Lebanon, and he affirmed that the attitude of the authorities toward it will always be that of an encourager who appreciates it. He called Mr. Kazem el-Khalil to witness, who
declared his constant readiness to help the association and take it by the hand.
It is worth mentioning that the election was carried out in an atmosphere of complete order and calm.. The First Lady of Lebanon, Mrs. Zalfa Chamoun, undertook the task of counting the ballots, just like the working members, and the result was the victory of each of the following ladies:
Shafiqa Abdul Rahim Diab, Renée Salim Nakla, Linda Naim Majdalani, Sara Jamil Daouk, Sumayya Hanna al-Hazen, Rose Michel Naja.
• At noon on Wednesday, the 24th of this month, the Young Women's Christian Association opened its series of monthly lectures, to which it has been accustomed in the past to invite the refined élite of the Lebanese; they are delivered after a luncheon at the Association's headquarters...
The first lecturer was the Attorney General of the Lebanese Republic, Mr. Raji al-Rai, who improvised a lecture on the subject 'Views on Woman,' in which he set out his opinion of woman in her present struggle — what stands against her and what stands to her credit... He soared in describing her as mother, wife, nurse, inspirer of poets, and guardian of beauty and art.. Then he warned her off joining in politics, or in commercial, sporting, or scientific affairs — claiming that those pursuits, beset as they are with difficulties, "stain her embroidered gown, and scatter the beads of her necklace!"
The luncheon of the Young Women's Christian Association was attended by more than a hundred personalities, men and women, and on their faces showed the joy and good cheer of the gathering; they praised the Association, which prepares the way for such pleasant family gatherings, spreading sociability and the spirit of cooperation among those present — and in our next issue we shall publish the text of Mr. Raji al-Rai's address.
Mr. Raji al-Rai delivering his address at the Young Women's Christian Association.