The Charity Ball of the Ladies' Society of the American University Hospital

• The Ladies' Society of the American University Hospital in Beirut gave, on Saturday, May 22 last, its charity dance, which it is accustomed to give in this season every year. It was splendid in the extreme, and the guests enjoyed themselves to their hearts' content, in merriment and dancing.

The organizing of the party and the management of its proceedings were supervised by the society's members, most of whom belong to the families of the senior physicians. Its proceeds were set aside to help patients in straitened circumstances meet the cost of their operations, and to bring them cheer.