CARTER THE GREAT.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 18073, 15 May 1924, Page 14

CARTER THE GREAT.

A MAGICIAN OP INTERNATIONAL FAME. •

Alter'an absence'.. p£ juat,. four years, durVing which almost every country in the world has been visited,.. Carter, the. Great .has embarked* on another round-fne-worid tour, and has, como' direct from < America to xn ew Zealand. The visit of this/ distinguished magician and illusionist to Christchurch will create a deal of interest, and. he will be 1 given a welcome at' the Theatre Koyal, com- . mencing on Saturday,, with a matinee at 2.3 U. .'Xhe programme . to: be presented by .Mr Carter consists-of a host of novelties in magic' and mystifying illusions, chief of which is the ''Vanishing .Astral Body," an illusion said to be as' beautiful as- it isweird. A lovely horticultural illusion is an ; adaptation of the East.lndian miracle of the growing mango, in which two rose trees . aru grown, then they sprout, bud, and bear blooms, and the real roses (over a hundred) are cut and distributed amongst the audienue. A startling illusion, entitled "Cutting ; a Woman' in -Half,". Will ■'.. be 'presented on a soale hitherto not attempted:' Misa Evelyn Maxwell is said to present an. ■ astonishing demonstration' of-'her..'psyohic powers. A ■pantomlmio v-magicai romance of the Far. Eas£ will be staged: introducing famous Kubiajiv lion;. the. lion, in a flash is made to vahish.'and'Carter the Great is discovered in ', the cage. .vChe Season in Christchurch will be for sevSn nights and two matinees; JThe box ptens are -now open *t The Bristol.