The eating of burning brimstone is an entirely fake performance.
Pickpockets either work alone or in pairs, or what is called a mob.
Another method of eating burning coals employs small balls of burned cotton in a dish of burning alcohol.
The secret of showmanship consists not of what you really do, but what the mystery-loving public thinks you do.
Anyone who believes in magic is a fool.
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.