The first text evidence helps support the central idea of chapter 1 because it is saying that he was the world 's greatest magician and escape artist.The world is a big place and for all of them to like him is that they loved his performances.Since people think he is a bad escape artist.Not all people loved his tricks but most.The second piece helps out because it says that once Houdini made his tricks he immediately was on the headlines.That meant that he was a success and that the people loved his tricks. Since he was a good escape artist many people thought that it was real because the illusions were going right.I think he stayed famous because he kept on doing dangerous tricks but was still alive.