A MYSTIFYING PERFORMANCE

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 717, 17 January 1910, Page 3

A MYSTIFYING PERFORMANCE

'>..: CharlesViT; , ;, Carter,'^• described xm'.'.-''the-;w6rld's:, inimitable ; ;-magician;;and' con■,jurer I '':'will ; ;begin,.a;' limited /ati.tho/Opera House.;this evening.'-.:: After . l an.;absence"vof-'-two'.yea'rsi.:'Carter : 'has'':a fcoiapany -j bf;-,\teniypeople,:';:,. and),;'-carries of-.apparatus'; and'.;accoutre■mente.;!':j;ißesidesv.,Cpr^nneS,Carter," 'i'the

'.'psy<iic(ph&npmenon," Mr.",. Carter', is.;assisted- in his, performance .by 'two young ;and i charming ' ::American ; : ' ladies, Evelyn: Maxwell; and'llissj-Alethe: Pierce. iv: Corinnp, is /'said -to. .be, : indescribable.'. ; .Sho ■■has -made a :study ;■-, of ;':lier /science,••'(.■ aiid. "has' % done' l.eyerythirig;in:her"pi)wer -to; make , ', herself ;misrres3j':oj j.theyunknb^jiforce's:'/'which iare'about' iwh'at: she. , does is'.the.;result;qi''a .trick,' 'or"'■whether' her ;worfc:;niay- L .bej s explained .■■upon,vEoientiflc principles,: '.or,; , whether; it v .fests an'-Vthe : tlim',unexp'lored,'ieinains .for'her'i-critics ;to ■..detormine'.v,; It ■ is; stated-that she v sits .blindfolded,::,aua Ttells-a-rthearre'full: of people, • one ; after., the-other, ■■';.th'eifv inmost .thoughts,i and it is claimed: fpr'vh'er'rthat she;;; directs,-',.while : in ■ a.■ state ofi;s6mno■:.lency,^tte\pmu'it\'of:<';luddeh:i.'tteaHiteV .recites joccurrences' that she'■ could' lmo'w ;nothinf!;'of;:, and ifeatfcati will; to ■. the;; a> \tbnis^ment';'and'.; : perplexity. -.'■ of -her" auditors •'messages:\and ,letters' that' 'have J qeen;wTjtten.:at::hdme.:;'::r;V,v.v I '\ c ; ;' :^ : ■ ■^parte^.cam'ej'^p^.'VyeUingtoii;-;tw6 C-years ■SS9»'^.pnngJng.':majfe>yonQers' : :.th'at.-'-w.ere .'now;. : and.:dnvttis; ms':return';'Visit'';Ke , is iprepared 'to; introduceVsKll:;greater:'• and :more; mystifying;; items: S/One':- of. .the'best , , which shex- himself' describes: as"the '■"ex.raeme -perfefctipn ;of .'the magic/ art* s em- . bodies;, tlie'prrhciplei:ofvleTiati6n?'"This, Uβi'pomts,: out; vwas.';regarded v.as Tone of the;,triumphs- of■ 'Spiritualism,.-;antt v -■■ yet :he; claimsv.to/'have-.succeeded,in'securing .■ "WV. s *™.?' je?ult-a" lady/flqating-: ii:-mid- ; W:iThe v teenty-tons .of. appliances='witlil.wluch,Carter■travels.vare'for.the purposes ■:°£,'tos,;;set;,aWsions;'.which: are,-varied •;ana.!pretty.'. , v-, T n- , 'X'' '.-'■'■ : . : ':>- , . vv- v *' '. : -'■':/:■- 7

i", That is. a l , thrilling f account /of •! the ■ climbed ; to..the-cop,, of, a:lmountain:whiclris fiv« :miles high., vWbnderfiil;; isn'tvitf" , 'She-' ■ i es. \\ hat- didi she,, wear •' ? : : : many: American ■ womep-~aU'.6prts and ; . Conditions of tkem rrbut . I -ImvG never 'yet come 'across" a uull- one.—Hiss Mario Corelli. ''v.v. . ''So you':: don't;'.' care *' for .mother-of-!pearl,^ih?";: asl£ed- the.Vsalesman .'in the, jewellery'- store..,: . replied the' sadlooking -customer,;: ''I».smarried' a-s : girl named. Pearl" . ;