New building impresses

A large number of people, chiefly, of course, women folk, took the opportunity given yesterday afternoon of looking round the new home science building at the University. The students were kept busy explaining matters to friends and others interested. The general purpose of this department of University work was well illustrated, the benefits of applied science being shown to be as real in the home as in farming or manufacturing pursuits. Little attention was bestowed on the kitchen; the visitors spent the majority portion of their time in the

other rooms, studying food values as shown by analysed results, hygiene, and various processes in the light of scientific knowledge and investigation. The danger of the common house fly, of unwashed hands, and the ‘‘broom’’ was clearly illustrated by a number of exhibits showing the bacteria present, cleanliness and the ‘‘vacuum cleaner’’ showing a superiority that impressed itself strongly. Food for infants, for the growing boy, and for the adult was revealed in the light of chemical fact, and the superiority of numerous methods of cooking and preserving over others clearly established. An analysis of soap was also an interesting feature, and an exhibit of various cleansing processes with regard to stains, etc. A large amount of literature was laid on benches for the benefit of those wishing to go further into matters, while the various exhibits contained directions that needed but to be read to make the whole comprehensible.