I always have on my mind the thought that next year I must do something greater, something more wonderful.

It is needless to say that women make the most patient as well as the most dangerous pickpockets.

The secret of showmanship consists not of what you really do, but what the mystery-loving public thinks you do.

What the eyes sees, the ear hears, and the mind believes.

To cause the face to appear in a mass of flame make use of the following: mix together thoroughly petroleum, lard, mutton tallow and quick lime. Distill this over a charcoal fire, and the liquid which results can be burned on the face without harm.

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.