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Updated: October 23, 2026
He spotted us at once. He knew us for interlopers. He knew that we were not a real clown, and his eye showed a spark of scorn. A liberal coating of clown-white, well rubbed into the palms before applying; a rich powdering of talcum; and decorations applied by Pat Valdo with his red and black paint-sticks these give an effect that startles the amateur when he considers himself in the mirror.
Well, time runs swift in New York. A medley of crashing music, pungently odd and exhilarating smells, the roaring croon of the steam calliope, the sweet lingering savour of clown-white grease paint, elephants, sleek barking seals, trained pigs, superb white horses, frolicking dogs, exquisite ladies in tights and spangles, the pallid Venuses of the "living statuary," a whole jumble of incongruous and fantastic glimpses, moving in perfect order through its arranged cycles this is the blurred and ecstatic recollection of an amateur clown at the circus.