13 MAY 1899, Page 3

The Home Arts and Industries Association has been holding its

yearly exhibition this week at the Albert Hall The object of the Association, it should be noted, is not only to teach artistic handicrafts to working men, but to inoculate them with an appreciation of the highest artistic ideals. This most important aim is effected by the classes held all over the country, almost all of which are conducted without the help of paid teachers. Quite apart from the actual products of the classes, the bringing of the pupils into contact with minds of real artistic cultivation is of the greatest value and importance.