Unlike William Ellsworth Robinson who performed as Chung Ling Soo, Bamberg didn't make an attempt to hide his European identity.

[1] Bamberg and his family eventually moved to the United States where, beginning in 1908, Okito worked as an off-stage assistant/advisor and on-stage feature in the shows of illusionist Howard Thurston.

"[5] In 1909, through SAM, Bamberg had become friends with other notable magicians including Clement de Lion, Nate Leipzig, and many others.

While minding the store and toying with a pillbox, Bamberg invented his famous Okito box used to perform coin magic.

[6] Eventually, Bamberg returned to the road (playing vaudeville and variety theatres), selling his interest in the shop to Klein.

[1] Theo Bamberg, known as Okito and frequently billed on posters as The Mystic ended his last years in Chicago where he won the friendship, respect and admiration of everyone interested in magic.

Squash Publishing is scheduled to release an anthology of selected Okito tricks, illusions, reminiscences and his never-before-published hand shadow routine.