The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-05-09
Color First
Point TO Be
Considered
BY JULIA BLANSHARD
NEA Service Writer

NEW YORK, May 8.-The wise
housekeeper will pick up her paint
brush. few yaros of colorful cur
tain fabric, take look through de-
partment stores for newest furni-
ture, labor savers and utensils and,
all in all, create such a rainbow
around her dishpan that it will
fairly beckon her:
Come into the kitchenl"
The kitchen beautiful is really a
gauge of modernism. 1t took a
couple of decades of having women
straining at the leash TO get out of
the kitchen TO bring about the
revolutionary movement that has
made kitchens what they are today.
Good Arrangement Vital
Good arrangement is a first eS-
sentiai to a thoroughly satisfactory
kitchen. So is color. So is a good
ly assortment Of proper furnishings
and labor savers.
There are three general decora-
tive schemes you may use for your
kitchen. One consists of highly col
orful paint. perhaps cream, lacquer,
red and black, with chairs, tables,
all utensils and even the linoleum
holding to the scheme.
This type calls for the plainest
of cross barred or other simple cream
curtains, because the room itself is
gay enough.
The second scheme uses pastel
tones, such as pale green and Law
ender, and an unusual manner of
decorating this would be to frame
small prints in soft tones for a
panel around the top of the vain
scoting.
One Tone Used
Have the frames the contrasting
lavender, against green walls. Cur
aims should match perfectly and so
should enameled kitchenware.
The third scheme is to hold one
tone, yellow, pale gray, tan, apricot,
soft green or any other color that
you like, and through the use of gay
chintz curtain, merry shelf cover
ing, colorful pots and pans and COG
tainers, nVen the room to the proper
degree of stimulation.
The kitchen curtains are fully as
important as those in the living
room. Yellow and red gingham, with
yellow bindings, three toned figured
chintzes, with braid in the three
tones, finishing them, waterproofed
calicoes. oilcloth in new designs and
multitudinous other novelties are
manufactured just to suit the
kitchen. Some are extremely in
expensive.
Utensils Should Match
The new trick for the monotone
kitchen is to have plaid checked,
polka dotted or other figured OIL
cloth shelf covering and curtains
to match.
Your utensils should match up
with one of the colors in the design.
After your color scheme is decided
upon, your essentials for working
purchased, there are many new and
useful gadgetS on the market which
will tighten and enliven your work.
Glass containers for all supplies
save trouble and are attractive,
since they now come in many lovely
colors and are quite decorative.
Glass covers for frying pans are
new and tremendously satisfactory
because you can watch your meat
right through them.
COlOrs That Please
Canisters for salt, sugar, flour
can be had in matching tones for
your pots and pans and bread box
and these save trouble and mess.
Electric tea kettles are new and
so is a combination waffle iron
toaster and griddle.
Such combinations in a gay color,
yellow and black for instance, can
be had in dish cloths, tea towels,
kitchen clock and orange reamer,
which add a certain pleasing note
when they do match.