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The man of many secrets -- Harry Houdini -- was one of the greatest American entertainers in the theater this century. He was a man famous for his escapes -- from prison cells, from wooden boxes floating in rivers,, from locked tanks full of water. He appeared in theaters all over Europe and America; crowds came to see the great Houdini and his "magic" tricks.
Of course, his secret wasn’ t magic, or supernatural powers. It was simply strength. He had the ability to move his toes as well as he moved his fingers. He could move his body into almost any position he wanted.
Houdini started working in the entertainment world when he was 17, in 1891. He and his brother performed card tricks in a club in New York. When he married, Harry and his wife Bess worked together as magician and assistant. Harry performed his first prison escape in Chicago in 1898. And many local newspapermen watched the escape.
Harry Houdini had fingers trained to escape from handcuffs and toes trained to escape from ankle chains. But his biggest secret was how he unlocked the prison doors. Every time he went into the prison cell, Bess gave him a kiss for good luck—and a small skeleton key, which is a key that will fit many locks, passed quickly from her mouth to his.
Harry arranged to escape from the local jail of every town he visited. In the afternoon, the people of the town read about it in their local newspapers, and in the evening every seat in the local theater was full.
A. His visit to the town.
B. His performance in the local theater.
C. His escape from the local jail.
D. The newspaper report.