A Sponge Statue

Sponge is oertainly one of the most original and unlikely naateriala in the world for a status ; but, for all that, one of Germany's great men is modeled in this unpromising suhstaBce. In the Friedrichsstrasse, Berlín, is a shop which contains a status in sponge of Mr. Withorst. J3e is representad lifeaize, seated in an arrachair and holding his notes for a speech in his hand. Every one acknowledges that the likeness is an excellent one, and the manner in which the statesman's frock coat and gold spectacles are rpresented is a subject for universal admiration.