The Child Care Society's Party at the Hotel Bristol

The Child Care Society, whose president is Mrs. Nimat Qaranful, gave a splendid dinner party on the evening of March 14 last at the Hotel Bristol, under the patronage of the First Lady, Zalfa Chamoun.

Mrs. Riyad Hajjal, one of the members of the Child Care Society, welcomed those present. She was followed by Miss Firdaws al-Ma'moun, secretary of the Mouasat Society, who presented a summary of the society's works and the efforts it had made over eight years.

No sooner was the address ended than the sumptuous dinner was served; and in the meantime the First Lady, Mrs. Zalfa, conferred a decoration of the rank of officer upon Mrs. Ramziyya Hajma al-Nsouli, in appreciation of her services, and a decoration of the rank of knight upon each of Dr. Hamdi al-Hajja, director of the Mouasat Hospital, and Dr. Abd al-Qadir al-Shammar, for the efforts they had expended. Generosity showed itself in the giving, for the donations reached 17,000 lira.

During the party Mrs. al-Nsouli announced the annexation of the Mouasat Hospital to the Child and Mother Care Society, with all its equipment, together with the sum of 42,870 L.L.