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'If You See Someone Without a Smile, Give Them One of Yours'

Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey clown Felix Adler from Clinton, Iowa was known to say "If you see someone without a smile, give them one of yours."  He spent 20 years clowning across the country and around the world.  Hear about his time as the 'King of Clowns' and hear why he was also called the 'White House Clown.' Host Charity Nebbe talks with Adler's niece.

We also hear from two Iowa clowns, 'Silly Sally' (Sally DuBois from Ames) and 'Bandana the Clown' (Gary Murphy from Washington, Iowa) about what they do and why they love it.

Charity Nebbe is the host of IPR's Talk of Iowa