Law Student Becomes Magician

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 134, 27 August 1927, Page 22

Law Student Becomes Magician

Carter the Great and His Travels

SIMPLE ESSENTIALS

"Everybody wanted divorces, so I decided to become a magician” said Mr. Carter during - the course of an interview. "I have been at the game now for 34 years.” Mr. Carter is not mysterious about his magic. He says the essentials are extremely limited. Magic consists of either an appearance, a disappearance or a change. From those three simple essentials the magician works out his own themes. Speed is the essence of the contract. The whole world knows Mr. Carter. Sweden and Norway are the only two countries he has not visited. He has made six world tours and like the well-known beverage, he is “still going strong.” The East appeals to him tremendously which is natural with a magician. In India he had a great following and during one visit he investigated the amazing powers of a yogi’s ability to convey messages over great distances by mental telepathy. Mr. Carter found a yogi at Darjeeling and left a message to be delivered to him at a certain hour on a certain day. On that day Mr. Carter sought out the yogi’s affinity at Benares, 1,200 miles away, and at the given hour, allowing for a slight difference in time, the answer to the message was given him correctly. Mr. Carter has performed before the Ameer of Afghanistan and has travelled over many odd and interesting corners of the East. He has a passion for collecting beautiful things. In his home in San Francisco there are jades from China, cloisonne from Japan, exquisite brasses from India, gems from all corners of the East and antiques and priceless possessions from all countries of the world. Maori curious represent New Zealand in Mr. Carter’s home. There are times when Mr. Cartel*-has amusing adventures with the animals he carries with him for his various illusions. Once lie saved the situation at Ostend by tellings the customs officials that his lion was a domestic animal familiar to all Americans —and the officials believed him! A magician begins with small and simple tricks, he said in conclusion, and gradually improves until he has perfected his art. It takes years to accomplish the necessary speed and to evolve a great number of elaborate illusions.

Mr. B. A. Truebridge has taken over the Druleigh College School of Music. Under his most able directions students will be given a first-class musical education in all branches of their art at a nominal fee. The College already has a reputation for sound work, and under Mr. Truebridge’s system it should further enhance its reputation.

Mark Daly, who was in New Zealand with “The O’Brien Girl,” is playing in “Nearly Divorced,” a new London farce. Marion Lord, Robert Adams, Marion Sterly, Richard Ehlers and 'William Macaulay, recently in Auckland with “The Best People” and “Meet the Wife,” were appearing in “Meet the Wife” at San Francisco when the mail left.

Many years ago Charles Carter , a young law student, amused his fellow students and friends by performing card tricks and other simple examples of magic. Eventually the law student became Carter the Great, one of the world’s best known men of mystery.