The Mar Elias Orphanage Soirée

The Saint-Georges Hotel was thronged on the evening of Saturday, April 20 last, with hundreds of guests, at the dancing party which the committee of the Mar Elias Orphanage is accustomed to hold every year, its proceeds set aside to help the orphans toward a decent life and upbringing.

This year's party was successful in every way, gathering an elite of distinguished elements and men of government and business. The circles of dancing stretched on until just before the break of dawn, the young people in a flood of merriment and innocent exhilaration. And the lottery had its share in kindling enthusiasm among the crowds, and an eagerness to give for the sake of this great humanitarian project.