The eating of burning brimstone is an entirely fake performance.

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Only one man ever betrayed my confidence, and that only in a minor matter.

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No performer should attempt to bite off red-hot iron unless he has a good set of teeth.

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Fire has always been and, seemingly, will always remain, the most terrible of the elements.

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It is still an open question, however, as to what extent exposure really injures a performer.

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The great day of the Fire-eater - or, should I say, the day of the great Fire-eater - has passed.

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Another method of eating burning coals employs small balls of burned cotton in a dish of burning alcohol.

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Flames from the lips may be produced by holding in the mouth a sponge saturated with the purest gasoline.

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But then, so far as I know, I am the only performer who ever pledged his assistants to secrecy, honor and allegiance under a notarial oath.

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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.

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