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Harry Houdini Biography

Harry Houdini (born Erik Weisz, later Ehrich Weiss or Harry Weiss; March 24, 1874 – October 31, 1926) was an Austro-Hungarian-born American illusionist and stunt performer, noted for his sensational escape acts. He first attracted notice in vaudeville in the US and then as "Harry Handcuff Houdini" on a tour of Europe, where he challenged police forces to keep him locked up. Soon he extended his repertoire to include chains, ropes slung from skyscrapers, straitjackets under water, and having to escape from and hold his breath inside a sealed milk can with water in it.

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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.

Assistants, Honor, Performer, Pledged, Secrecy, Under

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

Believe, Believes, Eye, Eyes, Magic, Sees

I must fling myself down and writhe; I must strive with every piece of force I possess; I bruise and batter myself against the floor, the walls; I strain and sob and exhaust myself, and begin again, and exhaust myself again; but do I feel pain? Never. How can I feel pain? There is no place for it.

Bruises, Force, Pain, Piece, Strain, Wall

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.

Amused, Country, Money, Russia, Think, Thinking

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.

Church, Doe, Possession, Public, Secret

My Brain is the key that sets me free.

Brain, Free, Freedom, Keys, Magic, Sets

The pickpocket is usually very well dressed and of prepossessing appearance.

Appearance, Well Dressed, Wells, Usually, Pickpocket

The eating of burning brimstone is an entirely fake performance.

Burning, Eating, Fake, Fake People, Performance

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

Magic, Say, Way

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.

Back, Fire, Flames, Mouths, Naturally, Noted

Never tell the auidience how good you are, they will soon find out for themselves.

Auidience, Good, Magic, Tell

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.

Fire, Flames, Harm, Liquid, Mass, Together

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.

Coal, Fire, Kings, Known, Quite

My professional life has been a constant record of disillusion.

Constant, Disillusion, Life, Records

Rosabelle - answer - tell - pray, answer - look - tell - answer, answer - tell.

Answers, Look, Looks, Pray, Praying, Rosabelle

The great trouble with magicians is the fact that they believe when they have bought a certain trick or piece of apparatus, and know the method of procedure, that they are full-fledged mystifiers.

Believe, Certain, Facts, Pieces, Procedure, Trouble

Keep up your enthusiasm! There is nothing more contagious than exuberant enthusiasm.

Contagious, Enthusiasm, Keep, Magic, Nothing

Disloyalty in trusted servants is one of the most disheartening things that can happen to a public performer.

Disloyalty, Performers, Servant, Servants, Things, Trusted

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.

Assistants, Integrity, Public, Secret, Years

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

Alcohol, Balls, Coal, Cotton, Method

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