Musson, Clettis V.: Fire Magic ©1952 Ireland Magic Co., Chicago, IL Softcover, saddle-stitched, 5.5x8.5", 44 pages Later reprints by Magic, Inc., Chicago, IL

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Comments: Lots of dangerous stunts with fire, most which are dangerous and are not recommended.

Contents:

2 Photo: John Platt fire eating
3 Introduction: on the dangers of playing with fire, and some background
6 Heat Resisting Formulas: a couple of early formulas
7 Novel Steak Cooking: performer cooks a steak inside a cage
8 Torches: how to make torches suitable for fire eating
10 A New Fire Torch: using a curtain rod and asbestos
10 A Handful of Fire: grabbing fire from a torch
10 Blazing Pipe: fire shoots from an empty pipe
10 Human Blow Torch: blow a stream of fire from the mouth
11 The Gas Jet: one end of tube dangling from mouth burns like a gas jet
12 Natural Gas Jet: as above, without a tube
12 The Main Course: eating burning coals - pine
12 Licking a Red Hot Poker: licking the poker until it is cold
13 Eating Burning Pitch: eating sizzling balls
13 The Asbestos Tongue: melted sealing wax on the tongue
14 Drinking Boiling Liquor: with a trick cup
14 String of Fire: apparently swallowing a candle wick
15 Swallowing a Red Hot Sword: you must know how to swallow a sword first
15 Epicurean's Delight: flaming raisins are eaten
15 Biting Off a Piece of Red Hot Iron: dangerous
16 Eating Burning Coals: illusion
16 Candle Chicanery: eating part of a candle
17 Fire Bubbles: soap bubble blown from pipe explodes in candle flame
17 Meteor Balls: performer seems to eat balls of fire at the table
17 The Flaming Dessert: eating a flaming banana
18 Real Fire Eating Stunt: eating flames from a bowl
18 Hands That Won't Burn: hands through flames don't burn
18 Hands of Immunity: hands washed in molten lead are not harmed
19 Breath of Fire: paper, wood, or cloth blown upon bursts into flames
19 Fire Lozenges: performer appears to eat flaming sponge balls
19 Eating Burning Paper: performer appears to eat ignited tissue paper strips
20 The Dragon's Mouth: smoke and sparks from the mouth
20 A Tongue Lighter: lighting a candle from the tongue
21 The Hot Lead Test: finger in hot molten lead is unharmed
21 Red Hot Challenge: performer eats hot peppers
21 Colored Fire: how to produce colored flames for red, green, etc.
23 Automatic Lamp: lighting a lamp with a magic wand
23 Sparks and Smoke: another method for smoke and sparks from mouth
24 Liquid Smoke: smoke blown from mouth into a glass of water
24 Cloth That Won't Burn: two strips lit but are unharmed
24 Mysterious Candles: ice makes candles light and sputter
24 Weird Faces: spectator's faces take on weird complexions
25 Fire By Command: ball of paper alights by command
25 Burning Letters: fire traces path of letters on a cardboard
25 Burning Water: water seems to burn
26 Flaming Water: water poured into a bowl bursts into flame
26 Speedy Cigarettes: lit cigarette burns rapidly
26 Sputtering Matches: matches will sputter and smoke but not light
26 Water for Matches: lighting a cigarette with a liquid
26 Novel Cigarette Lighting: match lights cigarette at a distance in the mouth
27 A Fountain of Fire: chemical mixture
27 Fire Ball Feat: ball of fire is swallowed and reproduced from the ear
28 Color From a Candle Flame: looking through a plate glass
28 The Shooting Pipe: a lit pipe gives off a report like a gun
28 The Sparks From a Pipe: when a candle is held near the end
28 Burning a Living Head!!!: for the stage
31 Spontaneous Flame: paper on ash tray bursts into flame
31 Flaming Finger: performer lights finger and then lights another candle
32 Blazing Finger Tips: using candles
32 Eating Matches: first unlit and then one lit one
33 Burning Sugar
33 Breath of Beezlebub
34 Flashy Flames
34 The Hot Ball
35 Fireless Smoke
36 Boiling Water in a Paper Cup: water boils in a cup with a match
36 Hot Head: a fire is set in a cylinder over assistant's head, but assistant is unharmed
37 Burned Alive: a coffin on stage is set on fire but assistant inside is unharmed
39 The Human Volcano
41 Contrary To Nature: flame travels downward to light candle
41 Sure Fire Bet Trick: a stunt
41 Ice That Won't Melt: science trick
42 At The Touch Of A Stick: two stones burst into flames when touched by stick
42 Miniature Volcano: small model
42 Medium's Fire Routine: skin and hair are impervious to fire
43 Skin And Match Test: match flame run over palm does not harm
44 Pinching Out Candle Flames: pinching out candle flames
44 To The Reader: author and publisher disavow any responsibility for injury!