CARTER, THE MAGICIAN.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 13650, 7 March 1908, Page 7

CARTER, THE MAGICIAN.

There was a fairly good attendance at thb Theatre Royal last night to witness the performance of Carter, the Magician. ' Carter has an easy and more cultured manner than many of his predecessors. With an inexhaustible flow of chatter he kept the audience interested "between the acts." He opened with card tricks, and his mastery of the- cards early placed him well in the 1 estimation of the audience. Glasses were filled with coloured paper, Qovered, the magic wand was passed over them* they were uncovered and shown to .contain milk, coffee, and sugar. The astral hand was a mys^ terious wooden hand which answered questions by rapping on a piece of glass. A lady's ring was borrowed trom one of- the audience, tho ring was attached to a ribbon and then smashed lip. It was then placed in a gun. A bottle containing various drinks was passed round the theatre and then . placed, on a boy's head. The -gun was fired at the boy, and then the bottle was taken; from him. On being broken, it was found to contain a guinea pig with the ribbon bearing the ring bung about its neck. A disappearing trick was performed with a lady as a medium. The lady was placed on a su6pemiedseat, and. at. the firing, of a. gun disappeared* The disappearance was not, quite^iduicjt) enough to deceive the eyes of a few of the sharper. Carter was bound hands and feet to a. chair and placed in a cabinet, but managed to do some. remarkably smart, wprk (with the doors, closed for an instant) nevertheless. The answering, of questions l>y Miss. Abigail Price, who .was blindfolded ancl placed on tha .stage, was a wonderful and uncanny .portion of ' the programme. Carter :ana Miss . Corinne Carter brought the entertainment to a ojose by a very fine "turn/ in which Carter produced a most remarkable stock of fruit from apparently nowhere. Carter is certainly one of the most jnarvellous of his kind. RHEUMO CURES A WELL-KNOWN PATEA RESIDENT. Read what Mr J. Atkin, the wellknown stevedore, Norfolk Street, Patea, writes: — "August 1, 1907. "For a long time I suffered from Lumbago. I tried liniments of different kinds, and 'doctors' prescriptions, put could get no relief. It was torture for me to work. The pain waß so severe that it bent, me almost double. . One day I was in Boyle and Jones' Store, and was asked if I had. tried llheumo. lam .very thankful that I did. The axperience I had was a change from agony to great ease. Until '1 took Rheumo, I could not get anything to touch my complaint. — J. ATKIN." All stores and. chemists seU. Rheumo at 2s 63 und *f 6d. 4 The "Denton" hat looks well, wears well, and keeps its colour well, and It's sold for half a guinea at "The Kash." — Advt; ' s -