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Show 5 sitt , on Decorating a Nursery: XfeiVeii) Crepe Paper on Walls WJ in 71 Bf BEITX WELLS -.Jdn't have a story book :';;. his little majesty with k'" 1 "J tadSet t0 tap? But what i the babies who are every fVl, -"ce as princes and princesses -exchequers are f3r from I I v" writes Gertrude L., "I've . s'. .-o the cutest nursery in town, 1',-e spent next to nothing. I 'l-A" : of those new crepe paper T'$ -j printed with a jolly circus w ;j design I got enough to run Si .M the baby's room and fl in on the wall like a wall t border running horizontally sis.- -Mvp the baseboard. panels so you won't have such big pieces to hold. "My little boy is just carried away with his room. The rest of the walls are white and the furniture furni-ture (all old) is painted white with red trim. The floor is varnished and bare and the chairs are slip covered cov-ered in plain red. For a bedspread, I've made a quilt with appliqued designs of circus animals. "Everybody thinks it's a darling room, and so do I even if it is bragging brag-ging to say so." Thanks, Gertrude L., for a very good idea. We're passing it on to our readers because we think a lot of them will want to copy it. By Betty Wells. WNU Service. V :i some experimenting with ,' ' :iore I started. v :j use regular prepared wall sv' ' ; paste it doesn't lump like ?,'!' -lie paste and just costs '( i 15 cents a pound, so it's J -; ae gamble. It can be used , : :;t or cold water. But here's 16 Kp ::.;k-put the paste on the wall " j ;i of on the paper! The reason ciei a j is that this paper is thin and uch lit :: pt to tear when you pick up it of to : -et sheets, whereas you can , Tw -i it beautifully if you put the bote, ill : B the wall. If you still find it -I cut the strips in smaller |