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" Although he was suspected of trickery by many, was often challenged, and had an army of rivals and imitators, all available records show that Chabert was beyond a doubt the greatest fire and poison resister that ever appeared in London. "

Harry Houdini
" Although seldom presenting it in his recent performances, Ching Ling Foo is a fire-eater of the highest type, refining the effect with the same subtle artistry that marks all the work of this super-magician. "

Harry Houdini
" Always have a large blanket at hand to smother flames in burning clothing - also a bucket of water and a quantity of sand. A siphon of carbonic water is an excellent fire extinguisher. "

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

Harry Houdini
" But it must not be thought that I say this out of personal experience: for in the many years that I have been before the public my secret methods have been steadily shielded by the strict integrity of my assistants, most of whom have been with me for years. "

Harry Houdini
" 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. "

Harry Houdini
" Chabert first attracted public notice in Paris, at which time his demonstrations of heat-resistance were sufficiently astonishing to merit the attention of no less a body than the National Institute. "

Harry Houdini
" Drinking boiling liquor is accomplished by using a cup with a false bottom, under which the liquor is retained. "

Harry Houdini
" 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. "

Harry Houdini
" Exposure of the secrets of the fire-eaters, for instance, dates back almost to the beginning of the art itself. "

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

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

Harry Houdini
" He found that by friction with sulphuric acid deluted with water, the skin might be made insensible to the action of the heat of red-hot iron; a solution of alum, evaporated till it became spongy, appeared to be more effectual in these frictions. "

Harry Houdini
" 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. "

Harry Houdini
" 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. "

Harry Houdini
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