This jacket was made by the S.S.S. shops, of blue taffeta and nylon.

And this original outfit is by Raphion — navy broadcloth lined with white sheep's wool.

The outfit is by Maggy Rouff — a jacket of white sheep's wool, with narrow black trousers beneath.

All these reasons make it fitting that skiing, in both its kinds, should become a popular and beloved sport among our ladies.

It gladdens us that Lebanon, despite its recent acquaintance with this kind of sport, should occupy a distinguished place among the nations of the world, winning international prizes and drawing the world's eyes toward it; and it gladdens us likewise that woman should accompany man in this blessed athletic renaissance, and have her share of its victories. In truth, nothing whatever holds woman back from such an ambition, for all the qualifications required of a skier are found in her: lightness of movement, steadiness of nerve, patience and endurance in perseverance and practice, besides her skill in keeping her balance.

Woman in Lebanon, as she

readies herself for grave rounds in her long struggle to prove her existence, needs strength, vigor, and far-sightedness; and nothing so much as the practice of sport in the open air, winter and summer, can give her what she needs — in addition to its surpassing care for her beauty, her grace, and the trimness of her figure.

So, my sister woman: a sacred duty spurs us on to reclaim our natural right in life, by regaining our civil rights and obtaining absolute equality — the utmost hope of our lives. Yet not one

of these duties shall keep us from attending to our beauty and preserving our femininity, the wellspring of that beauty... And indeed, the turning away of a great number of us into forsaking the athletic life robs them of

many of their delicate charms of beauty, and licenses in them an excess of stoutness, so that no dress looks beautiful on them any longer, however high its price and however rare its fabric.

It is only natural that the skier needs special clothes, different from those worn in her ordinary life in the cities — and we have chosen for you, Madam, here, some charming and original fashions, designed by the most famous fashion houses of Paris...