Quote #20
My business has given me an intimate knowledge of stage illusions, together with many years of experience among show people of all types.
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- It is still an open question, however, as to what extent exposure really injures a performer.
- My professional life has been a constant record of disillusion, and many things that seem wonderful to most men are the every-day commonpla…
- 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 …
- No performer should attempt to bite off red-hot iron unless he has a good set of teeth.
- 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 wou…
- Only one man ever betrayed my confidence, and that only in a minor matter.
- Flames from the lips may be produced by holding in the mouth a sponge saturated with the purest gasoline.
- Such disloyalty in trusted servants is one of the most disheartening things that can happen to a public performer.