Mrs. Aliya al-Saidi's Invitation

On the occasion of the return of the president of the Children's Welfare Society, Mrs. Zahia Salman, from the children's congress held in Paris, one of the society's members, Mrs. Aliya al-Saidi, gave a tea party in her honor on Wednesday afternoon, May 23. It was attended by His Excellency the Minister of Social Affairs, Dr. Nazih al-Bizri, and the former minister, His Excellency Mr. Kazem al-Khalil, together with the Municipal Council and a number of journalists and members of the society.

It was a pleasant gathering, in which Mrs. Salman reviewed in a few sentences what she had seen and her impressions in France, calling for the establishment of public gardens and houses for children in Beirut and the Lebanese villages. Her appeal had the finest effect on the listeners, and especially on the concerned authorities, who showed every readiness to contribute to any children's project of this kind, acknowledging its importance in our present-day life.