Fashions: The Kitchen

No item in this department is “news” to everyone. For anything to become definitely a fashion requires time and the scrutiny of not-a-few human beings. The items that follow are presented with the idea that they are news to a large majority of TIME-subscribers. And the TIME-subscriber who detects a genuine new “fashion” (as distinct from a “freak”) and reports it to this department, will be rewarded with knowledge that he has performed a petty public service.

The Idea: Colored Utensils.

The Motive: To make the kitchen gay.

The Story: In Paris, a year ago, at the Exposition des Arts Decoratifs, the active eyes of Jesse Isidor Strauss espied a bright red mixing bowl.* Today at R. H. Macy’s Manhattan department store, of which Jesse Isidor Strauss is president also at John Wanamaker’s Manhattan & Philadelphia department stores, of which Lewis Rodman Wanamaker is president, bright red enamel mixing bowls are on exhibit & sale.†

Also bright red frying pans, baking pans, skillets, roasting pots, boiling pots, canisters, tea kettles, broom handles & dust pans.

Also the same items in blue, yellow & green enamel — some in solid color, some in white with patterns.

*For mixing batter, eggs, salads, etc.

†They are doubtless on sale elsewhere also. But Macy and Wanamaker were the pioneers.