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any novelty may write

 
Swagger
Swain
Swallow
Swamp
Swamped
Swan
Swarm
Swarmed
Swarthy
Swash
Swasher
Swathe
Sway
Swear
Sweat
Swede
Swedish
Sweeper
Sweeten
Sweetish
Sweetly
Sweetness
Swell
Swelling
Swerve
Swift
Swim
Swimmer
Swindle
Swine
Swing
Swinish
Swiss
Serio-comic and ballad vocalist
American song and dance artistes
Dashing serio-comic and ballad vocalist
Tyrolean vocalist
Irish ballad vocalist
Extempore vocalist
Extempore duetists
Musical marvels
Anglo-American variety artistes
Troupe of performing Arabs
Troupe of Arab acrobats and jugglers
Arab jugglers and snake charmers
Singers and dancers
Hindoo snake charmer
Japanese equilibrists and jugglers
Eccentric song and dance artistes
Breakneck knockabout comedians
Breakneck negro comedians
Protean change artistes
Any novely may write
Any entertainment new to town may write
Lightning change artiste
Can you kindly make our turn—
The electric star
The electric comedian
The electric duettists
The electric trio
Every artiste engaged is required to do two turns
Must not appear at any other hall in the town
Have the chance of working another turn
No objection to your working another turn
If to work two turns shall require—
The electric quartette
Switch It is part of the contract that you must not work any turn within four miles of my establishment until this engagement has terminated
Swivel
Swob
Swobber
Swollen
Swoon
Swooned
Swop
Sword
Swung
Sybarite
Sycamore
Sycophant
Syllabub
Sylph
Sylvan
Symbol
Symbolic
Symmetry
Sympathy
Symphony
Symptom
Synagogue
Syncope
Syndic
Syndicate
Synod
Synodal
Synopsis
Syntax
Syphon
Syrian
Syringe
Syrup
System
Systematic
Hibernian knockabout comedians
Shakespearean clown and jester
What turn can we (or I) have
The royal jester
The Queen’s jester
King of the invisible wire
Can do two turns if required
Cannot agree to work two turns
Will make your turn —
Champion of the invisible wire
Wizard of the wilderness
American wizard and conjuror
Magician and prestidigitateur
Thought reader
Monologue entertainer
Variety sketch artists
Specialty artists
Bicycle performers
Champion bicyclists
Horizontal bar performers
Flying trapese performers
Acrobats, clowns, and gymnasts
Acrobats and gymnasts
Equilibrist and juggler
Equilibrist and wire walker
High rope performer
Work either with or without net
Grotesque musical clowns
Male impersonator
Troupe of clown cricketers
Female impersonator
Fancy and comic skaters
Champion roller skaters
Champion swimmer of England
Champion swimmer and diver

 
ex Woods’s Bohemian Telegraph Code
with which is incorporated Woods’s Theatrical, Musical and Equestrian Telegraph Code Book, Many new features have been introduced, including A Special Sporting Code…
Second Edition. Revised, improved and enlarged, to meet the wants of Actors, Actresses, Agents, Variety, Equestrian, and other Artistes, Theatrical and other Managers, Tradesmen, Travellers, Police, Private Detectives, Confidential Agents, Sportsmen, Hotel Proprietors, &c., and enable voluminous correspondence with Bohemians generally to be carried on through the medium of a Sixpenny Telegram.

S. R. Woods & Co., Blenheim Street, Newcastle-on-Tyne, England (1886)
BL 8756.aaa.35
 

13 September 2013

tags: king of the invisible wire; sycamore; variety artistes; Woods’s Bohemian Telegraph Code (1886)