Kar-Mi

The magician, a prince of India, and his two assistants closed the program, holding the house rather late. Kar-Mi is darker skinned than his woman assistant, who is used for the disappearance acts. The main illusion is at the end. The rather slow and lengthy act had Kar-Mi borrowing watches from the audience. The earlier portion has the magician swallowing a bayonet affixed to a heavy musket. He also loads the gun, swallowing a portion of the steel barrel, fires it at his male assistant's head. He shot of the card placed atop his head. He also brings some comedy to the act, carries an accent (although it sounds more Dutch than Indian).

If the act was cut down and worked faster, it would make a very good performance. The act is a bit odd for present-day vaudeville.

Variety 36:5 (10/03/1914)