CARTER THE MAGICIAN.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 718, 18 January 1910, Page 6

CARTER THE MAGICIAN.

: .Carter the Magician is noiT 1 altogether a stranger in ■ Wellington, which' remark - ■> to y the .fc&td latter-day stage magic whic&; were■performed by the--at, -the, Opera .House, >last, evening.. While pora, ,rjmiing ;to''6f tricks' i smack of: not 'necessarily., of , .thatfamiliarity .which induces • bore-' 1 dom, ; as,; strange : : as •' it may/seem; it .is'. the' inogician's preTogatiye to produce and reprod\ice;the same feais^^^Tege'rdemain , that.; mystified ; .• bhr;t and giund- • . rfoT : .*this«iis that/ % :iii: /.tKeVmajority: of case^ they -contiirae to : mystify^ - ;Carter\ was/given ,the ■ kmdliest '.of welcomes : by : a'; fair-sized ' audionce,".. \vhich' throughout - the . evening ' gave keenest /enjoyment..y:Theivw4tor';;in.:ibitfl;/de(^ter' .turned. to rak, .and 'theviiik/to Wato. in another j our» old: ■friend •• the Jackbf;Eearte' : glass at ; ;-the r word: } of' ■* .command; : and ; the .'mysterious T -;.-VpoSeh.'-hand;- rapped out. answers io quesHoiis .onythe;siieet of glass! ,'same ;'puzzliiig < manner:, as - hereto-', - 'for& r were •' Hie bdr-: whichftitrn • up • 'souhdyiir .the: cenfre lN of ;a nest: i of , .boies, and -' the bottle ;,of I is' to;Cdhtain ,a-Hve guinea-pig with the r 'one :missing ' ring .rtied'.'neatly; round' j'its -.neck'/,y Thesetricks'.--'Mr. •: Cartef •

"worked? ,'witlieasy' fa'&lity/'Tvliicli, in' /combination 'smart^Gh'aifer/VP^t'hini'ou-'tb'G.bostof described in:tie propamine as fhe : "ne: plus/ultra de l'art (a queer. miiUre 'of Latin and - something:. else, which • may bo?; freely translated as the last .thing in the;: magic;- art), -is; a clever, illusion,' performed : last evening' /with .amspicuons .success,' /;A, young lady is mesmerised and laid on a couch Veil at" the back -of ithe stage; - and .as/' the magician makes. over her . she 'gradually, rises,- apparently unsupported, in/a' .horizontal in situation she could, so. Sir. Carter /sajs.'/fcie,-' left for .-Tionrs/ if,' necessary. :■■■ Of course,. it is .' not • necessary,. the lady being < lowered 'from lier;'precarious. posiition- byUinyisible; ..meaM..^withih'Sa.. few : miniitos of her ascension, is-brought back: to earth.' so' to speak;'by a-snap of/the •'fingers.'/■' A first ..cousin, to : the. Davenport -Bros.' famous ..'cabinet trick was .also' made a 'feature' of 'the .'entertainment. The."cabinet.is built-up : before,' the audi-' enceV the' doors are . slammed to,' and in : im instant bells ire/jangled,'tambourines 'are ;.shaken/ and a . general clamour:; of souls'comes from ■within.';.,The;doors, are thrown;' open - "suddenly,'/ and:.'no ■ on g. j s inside. How it is dona is test left to. the individual to discover —the trick lias puzzled many- thousands. of ftKe ordinar-. lly intelligent Next came •La Corinne ' Carter,' a thought-reading lady, ,fyho,. seated ont hostagewitlihereyesbound, .identifies; ; articles,, and: enumerates their features: as her husband'handles - them .in'the audi.ence.' ■ .This she 'did .with marvellous-speed and comjctncss, not omitting here', and ■there to 'introduce that'touch !of v comedy so 'essential, to such a'performance. "Miss Moots," 'for' instanco,': wished to. know if she would ever, be a good singer. "Keep right;. on'; with 'your practising,'', .said, the seer, -"and ' neror mind .what the .neighbours say!" Soch advice should bo brightly encouraging. "The . Magical Divorce" is another illusion' of the; mystifying order. . A gaily-caparisoned- young lady,- seated in ;a ; chair, is hoisted by a, windlass into -tho air, and ;at, : the crack of a pistol, completely'disappears. The pistol had to /be ,fired, threo times last evening before the offect. wasobtained, . but/'that.-' is/a., detail. ; The ' entertainment concluded, with.'a series "of "producorig^'''tricks performed by Mr. Carter jwhilst' masquerading as. a .Chinaman. In : tlris .aet. the ' magician was quite too rc- , ;iteratiye in ..his .'.patter,-inducing, one to. ; repeat whatvthe. ..Yankee-fanner, said to. the Ohio auctioneer—"Cutth' cackle, and git to th' hosxsFrom under a : largo cloth, 'which he wares arid shakes 'for'an-inordinate/.length'.of time in the. '■ air, and then lays' 1 on the. stage,- he pro- ! duces dishes of fruit and a. large bowl of /.water, to tho. utter confounding of ■ mtnral| law.''/.Carter.'.the: Magician will ' |appear at' the- Opera House throughout i tfie wook. i. -