CARTER THE MAGICIAN.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9686, 10 January 1910, Page 5

CARTER THE MAGICIAN.

Carter, the great American magician, who created a sensation throughout New Zealand, two years ago, come 3 with an entire new company, which he will present for a limited engagement at the Town Hall, commencing on Friday, 14th. It is said that Carter's illusions quite surpass anything of xhe kind that he has ever attempted before, and included in his repertoire are many that are new to the conjuror's art. A contemporary says: -In Egypt Carter rode on camels into the heart of that mystic land in quest of new mysteries to show a gaping world. Near Luxor he saw the mystical statue of Memnon, and evolved the origin of a seemingly miraculous thing called Psyche—an insensate wooden image of an Egyptian child, as large as a doll, whicih sits or sets on a cylinder of glass and divines the thoughts of its auditor?. The dumb thing actually reasons; it tells the number of one's watch, adds and cubes correctly immense problems quicker than thought acts. Then Carter reproduces the ghost of Katie King, which Sir William Crookes, F.R.S., materialised in his own home. Cagliostro, the French Charlatan, also manifests, and other weird things occur in this "seance from Simla." Levitation, a profound miracle of: the Hindus, in which is exploited the theory of suspended animation and etheieai propulsion, the Chinese idea of creation, the crystal casket, antf other modern wonders are shown.