CHAPTER XVI.
A HOME-MADE CIRCUS.
To the typical American boy every object he sees suggests to him possibilities of amusement, and to him an up-to-date bath-room is as full of such suggestions as a dictionary is of words. The great white tub affords an excellent sea for his gun-boats to do battle upon, or offers a straight-away course over which his home-made yachts may sail, while a fan fills their sails with everything from a light breeze to a ripping gale.
What boy has not discovered, for himself, that
The Bath-tub is a Splendid Receiving-Tank
for the occasional water-animals captured by him in creek or pond, or at the fish-market?
The laundry tubs are also useful and, not being in demand as frequently as the bath-tub, are for this reason often more convenient.