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

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

I think that in a year I may retire. I cannot take my money with me when I die and I wish to enjoy it, with my family, while I live. I should prefer living in Germany to any other country, though I am an American, and am loyal to my country.

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.

No prison can hold me; no hand or leg irons or steel locks can shackle me. No ropes or chains can keep me from my freedom.

Some say I do it this way, others say I do it that way, but I say I do it the other way.

Anyone who believes in magic is a fool.