and make myself, in my own house of beauty. As for our audience, I prefer it to be of one sex, for our boys ogle a girl's figure and not the dress she is showing, while we — the university girls — are showing the dress, and not ourselves. The model, in my view, is no actress; she is closer to the ordinary lady, and in our country she had best be of a height no greater than 170 centimeters."

And Miss Widad Nassif Issa, like the others, took no pay for what she did: the event was for charity. "Enthusiasm filled my head to know what lay there behind the show. And I felt no shyness, for the light was strong upon me and I could no longer see the faces of the ladies present. Modeling is a sweet hobby, an amusing way of passing the time, and not a profession I would rely upon in the future, for study is finer, to my mind. The model must always be graceful, inventive, wearing her part in whatever she shows, and remaining always herself."

Miss Sara Nelson was not standing for the first time, for she had worked as a model in three stores in America. She answered me quite simply: "My pay there was a few earrings and bracelets, for the events were charitable; here it was the applause of the ladies. I find a mixed audience always better. In America the men used to whistle at us, and here too I would have preferred the presence of men, so that they might grant the requests of the sweet ladies... I should love to be a model in the future; it is a delightful and amusing thing when the audience is agreeable. And my ideal mannequin is the one with sparkling eyes and high cheekbones, sure of herself, with a warm personality. The orange ensemble drove me wild — it is so comfortable when I throw myself into it..." And from simple things like these we see the distance of the East from the West... They may meet — when the sea no longer makes waves!

And here is Miss Mona Shahin coming out of class. I shall have her for lunch before the next class has her for supper! She was a model for the first time. "The first round is always hard, and I played my part in a natural way so as not to be embarrassed. The dress I loved was the cocktail dress; it is beautiful in the extreme, and I showed it feeling surer of myself than before. But that does not mean I shall take up modeling as a trade. I like it when it comes by chance, as it did this time. And every girl, university or not, has her own taste in life. The audience being ladies only helped me, since it was the first time; but I believe that men in an audience appreciate the occasion better than the ladies and misses whom nothing on earth can please. And if I do become a model, I shall walk with all grace — especially in climbing the steps up to the stage — and I shall smile without cease..."