The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-02-22
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JeweIer Builds Auto, ScaIps
Adam and Eve in Clay,
MoIds in Cement.
By International News Service.

souls whose natural bent" bends
In innumerable unsupported direc.
tons, he is a constant source Of
Amusement to his fellow citizens,
who never know where his peculiar
talents are likely to break out mex:
Having acquired a modicum Of
economic freedom out Of the jewelry
business, Wollrnan retired more
than twenty years ago, but in the
interval he has not been idle-far
from It.
He first succumbed to the crea-
tive urge when he became fired
with the impulse to build a motor
propelled vehicle.
He still has the car In his garage
at home; 1t looks like an old-fash.
Toned buggy.
Also q Sculptor.
But Wollman has applied his
talents also to sculpture and various
other artistic activities.
"It was that darned car that put
me out Of the jewelry business.
My country customers declared /
was soaring their COWS into giving
sour cream and frightened their
horses until they would not work, i"
said Wollman.
ST could see that my business
was falling off when farmers sent
letters to the local papers saying
that If Wollman did not quit run.
ming his Internal machine about
the highways they would fill him
! full Of lead. Even the folks In
town ran into their houses when
they saw me coming"
Wollman later brought the first
Apperson motor car to this city
and amused himself inventing &C.
cessories for 1t. One Of the most
successful things he devised was
an arrangement to open the garage
door without troubling to move
from the seat of his car.
When he drove onto q certain
spot in the yard in front Of the
garage the doors opened by an elec-
trically arranged trap beneath the
car wheels.
Not Mercenary.
THAT idea is worth money. but
never did anything with it as
far as its commercial side is con
cerned." he said.
Probably the most amazing of ali
his hobbies is his adventures in
fine art-Sculpturing, in particular
That must be blamed on the
silly season In mans life. The
silly season comes when a man is
fifty, and l was that age five years
ago." he said.
Although he never aspired to be
a sculptor, Wollman has carved
numerous classical figures in the
cliffs at the rear of his home.
The clay is Of such substance that
Vt usually re'a'ps It's share for year.
| despite the heavy rains and burning
sun. Cliffs near the Wollman home
are almost upright at the face.
| This strange man of all trades
did most Of his carving In the
early morning before the neighbors
were up.
He carved Adam and Eve in the
clay, and the neighbors wondered
how the carvings had got there
They proposed setting a guard al
night to see who the sculptor was
while Wollman innocently told then
that their ideas were excellent.
I'VE like the work: it Is good
and shows the hand of a master al
the art, but we cannot stand the
mystery of who puts it there" they
told him.
Fall Of Adam.
His secret was revealed in ar
unusual manner.
It rained hard one night, and
next morning Wollman looked Out
Of his dining room window &c sec
| Adams head lying on the ground
An early riser caught him ad
| justing Adams head, and the Coun
Gil Bluffs mystery was out. The
newspapers printed the solution
| and many thousands of visitors
climbed the cliffs to view the
sculptures.
With much toll he carved the
principal figures in the Garden Of
Eden and then began work on q
bathing beauty.
One morning the cliff on which
the bathing girl had poised caved
| 20 the ground The biblical scene
remained intact, and Wollman de-
| clares he saw an expression Of JOY
! on the faces of Adam and Eve
after the beauty Of the other cliff
| had crumbied to ruins.
People asked Wollman what had
happened to the diving girl.
''She dived." he told them.
Works In Cement.
He then decided to do SOM
sculpturing that would endure
With cement and wire, fireman
hat and boots, he formed a statu
in the small garden near the cen
trail fire station that will probably
remain forever.
The features on the statue ar
perfect, representing a kindly-face
fireman holding a hose, from whicl
water may be sprayed into a gold
| fish pond in summer.
/ He has great pride in the statu
Of Hebe, which he built in his owl
garden.
"Her backbone is two by fou
scantling and her waistline a bal
rel-hoop. She is composed of ord
nary white cement over a body Q
screen wire. Cement men laughe
and said, She will crack but sh
never did," Wollman says.
"Hebe was made in two week.
and she has stood the wind an
weather for seven years." he add
His latest adventure in the realm
of invention is community clocl
operated electrically which ring
the hours and half hours from tn
wall near his front door.
Neighbors set their clocks by tn
Wollman town timepiece. 1t is q,
tached to the house clock indoor.
The gong was furnished by tn
fire depa rtment.
No one knows what Wollman wi