Births of the Month

• On the forenoon of the sixth of last January there rose from the hospital of Dr. Mustafa Khalidi a long ululation, followed, amid exultations of joy, by the crying of a newborn child.

"Ghassan" Tawfiq Assaf was born at the hands of the skillful physician Dr. Saniyya Habboub, and the mother, our friend A'idah Sa'b, returned to her home, thronged with family and with cups of the traditional mughli.

The features of little "Ghassan" show that he is fair like his mother and strong-muscled like his father — so welcome to him; may he romp with his sister "Randa," and may the two of them drink their fill of Pepsi-Cola!!

• It seems the newborns of last January were all boys! For on the forenoon of Friday the 20th, "Haytham," firstborn of our friend Nuha Erzurumli and Lieutenant Bandar Al al-Sahn of the Jordanian Military College, looked out upon the world with a piercing cry.

The birth took place at the hospital of Dr. Sami Baydoun, and the mother and her lively dark-complexioned baby enjoy perfect health. To the families of Al al-Sahn and Erzurumli, our congratulations and our sincerest good wishes.