Friezes may be arranged according to color, and there is a great variety of tones from which to choose. These prints all predominate in blue tints 
very successfully used in such an 
arrangement are shown in the illus¬ 
trations. The panel prints measure 
approximately 7x13 inches; the 
square prints, about 9 x 12 inches. No 
child could fail to appreciate these 
prints of animals, birds, flowers, fish, 
and all manner of creeping things, so 
true to life are they drawn. They are 
full of the spirit of the field, the 
woods and the waters. Aside from 
their vitality and charm of drawing, 
the colors of these prints are very 
beautiful. A large number come in 
soft grays and browns, as in the il¬ 
lustration showing the two prints of 
monkeys, one swinging from a branch 
of bamboo, the other studiously ex¬ 
amining a bee. All of these prints, 
the mice, the badger, and the owl, 
and many other subjects, are in soft 
gray colorings, and can be harmoni¬ 
ously arranged on a gray wall-paper 
of indefinite stripe, or grass cloth 
effect. 
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The square prints may be arranged in various patterns 
on the frieze 
A dado arrangement where the prints are grouped 
together according to subject 
Other prints are mostly blue in 
their coloring, as the prints in the il¬ 
lustration showing the carp, the frog 
amongst the lotus leaves, the Japan¬ 
ese junk, Fuji, and so on. Other 
subjects have a good deal of pink in 
them, others delicate tans and 
browns, so whatever color one 
chooses to have the nursery, a har¬ 
monizing frieze can be chosen and 
arranged to suit the owner’s taste. 
If the child for whom the room is 
being decorated is a very little boy 
or girl, the prints, instead of being 
arranged as a frieze, can be ar¬ 
ranged as a dado, thus enabling the 
wee boy or girl to see at closer 
range the friends of barnyard, and 
wood, and stream. 
In any case it will be better to 
arrange the prints under glass to 
prevent them from being soiled or 
flyspecked. A glass of light quality 
may be used in lengths that will 
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The Japanese pictures are so full of life that they form a natural theme for interesting nature stories that are a continuous delight as well as instruc¬ 
tion to small children 
