Word: fakirs
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...Extraordinary program. Lady athlete, with exclusive figure beauty in nature's garb. Wrestling?men, women and mixed. Various chansonnettes. Horse training in the open. Magic conjuror fakir of ancient times...
Rahman Bey, fakir, recently submerged himself for an hour, asserted that he owed his life to his ability to fall into a cataleptic trance. It was magic; until the trance was at an end he did not breathe. To Fakir Bey, Harry Houdini, trickster, gave the lie, donned blue trunks, a white shirt, a luminous wrist watch, entered an airtight tin coffin equipped with a telephone and electric pushbutton, was lowered to the depth of the Shelton Hotel Pool, Manhattan...
...fakir's tricks, then, are not recommended to those who have two hours and a half and crave simple pleasure. Some blood is spilled, but there is little laughter and no love interest. The appeal is partly to the mind and partly to the pit of the stomach. The latter appeal may be overwhelming in isolated cases. Instances of internal rising and active nausea have been reported by the severely squeamish...
Mind reading, while less spectacular, is perhaps the most interesting feature. Simply by touching the hand of any member of the audience the fakir reads and obeys his silent command for any convenient task he can complete within the theatre. He will find, for example, a certain word in a certain book designated mentally by the subject. Thus far Rahman Bey has not been invited to any poker games...
...found in this Universe-city. These choice souls call themselves the Why-nots and hold their meetings in a barn amidst the red flare of torches. Thither I went with great hopes, and witnessed the most extraordinary manifestations of advanced thought. By special invitation, Jaipurdhi, the Indian fakir most noted for his piety and fifth, had come to address them upon the fundamental necessity of discarding all clothing for complete self-expression. With great enthusiasm the Why-nots embraced the theory on the spot, and left the fakir in a triumphal procession through the streets, furnishing much amusement...