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August 30, 1884
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MAC HINERY
V -tsiM
COOKERf SCHOOL
FORE I G-N EX H 1 B I T I 0 N
A I CHINESE
—U\ DINNER
| I isiLLOF fare]
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Vji NE2T {A.
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CHEAP DINNER
Dining Saloon
STOVES
C IT YGUILDS EDUCATION
OFFICES
DRAINAGE
ENTRANCE
PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.
[August 30, 1884.
OUR INSaNE-ITARY guide to the health exhibition.
LAGER BEEfy
“OBJECTS OF INTEREST”
Part XII. and Last. A few Suggestions in Conclusion.
The contents of “the Wonderful Shilling’s-worth,” as the
Healtheries may be called five days out of the six, and “ Full Value
for Half-a-Crown ” during the remaining Wednesday, having now
been amply described, it is only necessary to jot down a few useful
hints for Visitors, and bring this Handbook to a conclusion. But
first, perhaps, it may he as well, for the benefit of Country Cousins,
to give a couple of “ Itineraries of Trips to the Exhibition one in
the cause of Instruction, the second for the sake of Pleasure. To
commence, then
Itinerary of Trip to Exhibition. (Instructive.)
10 a.m. to 12 Noon.—Enter at grand door. Work out sum in
figures from black hoard giving return of Visitors—“ If so many
millions have patronised South Kensington from May to August,
how many more may be expected to come between September and
November f” Bead all the Guide-Books. Walk into Conference
Hall, and (if possible) attend a lecture. Visit Stove Department,
and examine Kitchen-ranges carefully, one by one. Regard exhibits
in South Gallery from a scientific point of view, especially the cases
devoted to biscuits. Finally, leave yourself a good forty minutes to
attempt to discover—(1) what is the meaning of the Russian Encamp-
ment amongst the empty soda-water bottles belonging to Berth a m
and Roberts ? and (2) what on earth Tartar horses have to do with
the Healtheries P
12 Noon to 2 p.m. —Attend the lecture upon Cheap Cookery, and
learn the deep mystery enshrouding: the concoction of Toad-in-the-
Hole. Visit the Pavilion of_ the Water Companies, and master the
details of cisterns in all their branches. Admire and criticise the
Companies’ magnificent Art-Gallery, comprising splendid paintings,
strange to say in oil-colours, of the principal Waterworks near the
Metropolis. Report yourself at the weighing and sight-adjusting
department near the “ Bakeries,” and try your weight and test your
sight. Prove to yourself how deceptive are appearances by discover-
ing that, although you have the figure of a five-foot-four Adonis,
and are proud of seeing as far as your neighbours, you weigh eighteen
stone, and, as regards eyesight, compare unfavourably with a hat.
Consume the remainder of the time in the Machinery Department,
watching the manufacture of mustard, and the mangling of dirty
finen by the application of steam-power.
2 p.m. to 4 r.M.—It is absolutely necessary that two hours, at the
AT THE HEALTHERIES—AND OTHERS!
very least, should he devoted to the Educational Section. Carefully
inspect the school-forms and writing samples. On no account omit
regarding the Sewing Exhibits, illustrating what may be done by
children of the tenderest years with their needles. Special atten-
tion, again, should be given to the wall-pictures, containing rough
drawings of “the dog,” “the cat,” and other domestic animals.
A pleasant half-hour may he spent in listening to the public addresses
of the working professor of carved wood, when explaining the advan-
tages derivable from the purchase of his wares. It will b&as well,
however, to limit the attendance at this demonstration to thirty
minutes, as after that period the remarks of the lecturer are apt to
appear somewhat monotonous. Should any time remain unem-
ployed, it may be profitably used in a lengthy examination of a
dummy figure, wearing the full costume of a member of the Shoe-
black Brigade.
4 p.m. to 6 p.m.—Visit the Aquarium, and the Foreign Exhibits.
Having seen (no doubt) nothing of the sort before, you will find
watching the habits and customs of the shrimp and herring most
fascinating. A tour of the Belgian Department will, from an educa-
tional point of view, be of enormous value. Hundreds of designs in
cut-out paper should be carefully examined, and a “portrait-model ”
group of a nurse tending a hahy deriving sustenance from a feeding-
bottle, demands the most respectful consideration. A visit to the
French Department wiH enable you to ascertain (from trophies hang-
ing to the walls) the exact kind of broom used in sweeping up mud
in Paris. China, Russia, Sweden, Norway, and Japan are all repre-
sented, and the exhibits of each department (all of them nearly as
interesting, hut too complicated for description) should be thoroughly
examined. If you can find a leisure moment after this, employ it in
running up to the Library attached to the Exhibition, and reading
all the hooks you discover there upon health.
6 p.m. to 10 P.M.—Take these four hours, and use them in
thoroughly going over the whole of the building, and re-examining
all you have seen before. Yon can easily do this, as your twenty or
thirty thousand fellow visitors being away in the grounds Hstening
to the music, you wiU literally have the whole place to yourself.
So far for the first specimen—now for the second.
Itinerary of Trip to Exhibition [Amusing).
10 a.m. to 2 p.m.—Eating and drinking.
2 p.m. to 6 p.m.—Eating, drinking, and smoking.
MAC HINERY
V -tsiM
COOKERf SCHOOL
FORE I G-N EX H 1 B I T I 0 N
A I CHINESE
—U\ DINNER
| I isiLLOF fare]
“’ll BEEF I
rJ MUT'-ONf
'v? SiRDS^f
Vji NE2T {A.
\\j Soup .rfi
CHEAP DINNER
Dining Saloon
STOVES
C IT YGUILDS EDUCATION
OFFICES
DRAINAGE
ENTRANCE
PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.
[August 30, 1884.
OUR INSaNE-ITARY guide to the health exhibition.
LAGER BEEfy
“OBJECTS OF INTEREST”
Part XII. and Last. A few Suggestions in Conclusion.
The contents of “the Wonderful Shilling’s-worth,” as the
Healtheries may be called five days out of the six, and “ Full Value
for Half-a-Crown ” during the remaining Wednesday, having now
been amply described, it is only necessary to jot down a few useful
hints for Visitors, and bring this Handbook to a conclusion. But
first, perhaps, it may he as well, for the benefit of Country Cousins,
to give a couple of “ Itineraries of Trips to the Exhibition one in
the cause of Instruction, the second for the sake of Pleasure. To
commence, then
Itinerary of Trip to Exhibition. (Instructive.)
10 a.m. to 12 Noon.—Enter at grand door. Work out sum in
figures from black hoard giving return of Visitors—“ If so many
millions have patronised South Kensington from May to August,
how many more may be expected to come between September and
November f” Bead all the Guide-Books. Walk into Conference
Hall, and (if possible) attend a lecture. Visit Stove Department,
and examine Kitchen-ranges carefully, one by one. Regard exhibits
in South Gallery from a scientific point of view, especially the cases
devoted to biscuits. Finally, leave yourself a good forty minutes to
attempt to discover—(1) what is the meaning of the Russian Encamp-
ment amongst the empty soda-water bottles belonging to Berth a m
and Roberts ? and (2) what on earth Tartar horses have to do with
the Healtheries P
12 Noon to 2 p.m. —Attend the lecture upon Cheap Cookery, and
learn the deep mystery enshrouding: the concoction of Toad-in-the-
Hole. Visit the Pavilion of_ the Water Companies, and master the
details of cisterns in all their branches. Admire and criticise the
Companies’ magnificent Art-Gallery, comprising splendid paintings,
strange to say in oil-colours, of the principal Waterworks near the
Metropolis. Report yourself at the weighing and sight-adjusting
department near the “ Bakeries,” and try your weight and test your
sight. Prove to yourself how deceptive are appearances by discover-
ing that, although you have the figure of a five-foot-four Adonis,
and are proud of seeing as far as your neighbours, you weigh eighteen
stone, and, as regards eyesight, compare unfavourably with a hat.
Consume the remainder of the time in the Machinery Department,
watching the manufacture of mustard, and the mangling of dirty
finen by the application of steam-power.
2 p.m. to 4 r.M.—It is absolutely necessary that two hours, at the
AT THE HEALTHERIES—AND OTHERS!
very least, should he devoted to the Educational Section. Carefully
inspect the school-forms and writing samples. On no account omit
regarding the Sewing Exhibits, illustrating what may be done by
children of the tenderest years with their needles. Special atten-
tion, again, should be given to the wall-pictures, containing rough
drawings of “the dog,” “the cat,” and other domestic animals.
A pleasant half-hour may he spent in listening to the public addresses
of the working professor of carved wood, when explaining the advan-
tages derivable from the purchase of his wares. It will b&as well,
however, to limit the attendance at this demonstration to thirty
minutes, as after that period the remarks of the lecturer are apt to
appear somewhat monotonous. Should any time remain unem-
ployed, it may be profitably used in a lengthy examination of a
dummy figure, wearing the full costume of a member of the Shoe-
black Brigade.
4 p.m. to 6 p.m.—Visit the Aquarium, and the Foreign Exhibits.
Having seen (no doubt) nothing of the sort before, you will find
watching the habits and customs of the shrimp and herring most
fascinating. A tour of the Belgian Department will, from an educa-
tional point of view, be of enormous value. Hundreds of designs in
cut-out paper should be carefully examined, and a “portrait-model ”
group of a nurse tending a hahy deriving sustenance from a feeding-
bottle, demands the most respectful consideration. A visit to the
French Department wiH enable you to ascertain (from trophies hang-
ing to the walls) the exact kind of broom used in sweeping up mud
in Paris. China, Russia, Sweden, Norway, and Japan are all repre-
sented, and the exhibits of each department (all of them nearly as
interesting, hut too complicated for description) should be thoroughly
examined. If you can find a leisure moment after this, employ it in
running up to the Library attached to the Exhibition, and reading
all the hooks you discover there upon health.
6 p.m. to 10 P.M.—Take these four hours, and use them in
thoroughly going over the whole of the building, and re-examining
all you have seen before. Yon can easily do this, as your twenty or
thirty thousand fellow visitors being away in the grounds Hstening
to the music, you wiU literally have the whole place to yourself.
So far for the first specimen—now for the second.
Itinerary of Trip to Exhibition [Amusing).
10 a.m. to 2 p.m.—Eating and drinking.
2 p.m. to 6 p.m.—Eating, drinking, and smoking.