LIVING CREATURES. 



Sponge Fishing. 



ures which the sponge, with a 

 single stroke, has wiped out of 

 existence ! 



The sponge is always a friend 

 to cleanliness. It helps to for- 

 get mistakes, and in this way 

 soothes wounded feelings. It has 

 wiped out a great many wrongs 

 wrong figures, wrong answers, 

 wrong writing, wrong spelling, 

 and innumerable scrawls and 

 awkward pictures which thought- 

 less pencils have inscribed upon 

 the abused surface of the slate. 

 It would comfort us if we could 

 as easily and completely erase 

 the marks of our wrong deeds 

 from ourselves and from others. 



Perhaps it has never occurred 

 to the girls and boys who have 

 so often used the sponge to cleanse 

 their slates and their reputations, 



