Look was not dead, but was alive and working
in England. His imitator had the nerve to
stick to his story even when confronted by
Kellar, but when the latter assured him that
he had personally attended the burial of Ling,
in Hong Kong, he broke down and confessed
that he was a younger brother of the original
Ling Look.

Kellar later informed me that the resemblance
was so strong that had he not seen the
original Ling Look consigned to the earth, he
himself would have been duped into believing
that this was the man who had been with him
in Hong Kong.

The Salambos were among the first to use
electrical effects in a fire act, combining these
with the natural gas and ``human volcano''
stunts of their predecessors, so that they were
able to present an extremely spectacular
performance without having recourse to such
unpleasant features as had marred the effect of
earlier fire acts. Bueno Core, too, deserves
honorable mention for the cleanness and snap
of his act; and Del Kano should also be named
among the cleverer performers.

One of the best known of the modern fire-
eaters was Barnello, who was a good business