CARTER, THE MAGICIAN.

Greymouth Evening Star, 3 February 1910, Page 2

CARTER, THE MAGICIAN.

Carter, the great magician, who appears at the Opera House for a limited engagement, commencing to-night, brings with him besides a most marvellous and ' stupendous entertainment—multitudinous encomiums from the press of the world Some of his illusions are said to border on the supernatural and quite confound the minds of his and tors everywhere. In this age, when incredulity 'concerning all things seems to 6e popular, the work of the ordinary magician has about it little of that subtle cl arm that was supposed to surround the conjunnn conceits of the magicians of the days of old. Carter's entertainment, however, is distinctive in the fact of his doing more than at first blush seems possible. At his behest prepossessing young ladies from the heart of the Punjaub. in India, defy the laws of gravity and float through space; spirit forms appear and shake hands with their friends, beautiful flowers are materialised and mysteriously passed to ladies in the audience by hands plainly seen, automatons think and calculate, human forms appear and disappear at will, insensate Pieces of wood pass through a sea-chanee into live guinea pigs, live geese come from apparently nowhere money showers out of the air, auditors' chosen playing cards . dance frolicsome antics, and trie bowl of gT S^fS^n 8 f f om on« place to an- r rt\ a W i"„ of this **" conjuror. ■ The booking at Greymouth for Carter'* first night is quite animated.