Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 170, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 July 1919 — Step, Kid; Wise Janes Nab Candy, Says Poet [ARTICLE]

Step, Kid; Wise Janes Nab Candy, Says Poet

i Philadelphia. - There are hopes for the slangwielders. The “bird” or “Jane” who lets go a “wise” line of “chatter” is no longer of backward class, but ' rather far ahead of her or his time. They are speaking the coming language; no, not Esperanto, but everyday American. Such was the claim made by Louis Unternjyer, the poet, in an address here before the Philomusian club. T He claimed that within the next 25 years there will be a distinctive American language, and pointed to Walt Whitman as the first to see beauty in slang.