It is still an open question, however, as to what extent exposure really injures a performer.
From Harry Houdini
Only one man ever betrayed my confidence, and that only in a minor matter.
It is needless to say that women make the most patient as well as the most dangerous pickpockets.
The eating of burning brimstone is an entirely fake performance.
How the early priests came into possession of these secrets does not appear, and if there were ever any records of this kind the Church would hardly allow them to become public.
My professional life has been a constant record of disillusion, and many things that seem wonderful to most men are the every-day commonplaces of my business.
I make the most money, I think, in Russia and Paris, for the people of those countries are so willing to be amused, so eager to see something new and out of the ordinary.
Flames from the lips may be produced by holding in the mouth a sponge saturated with the purest gasoline.
Eating coals of fire has always been one of the sensational feats of the Fire Kings, as it is quite generally known that charcoal burns with an extremely intense heat.
In all feats of fire-eating it should be noted that the head is thrown well back, so that the flame may pass out of the open mouth instead of up into the roof, as it would if the head were held naturally.
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