Show 4 9 A Tribute to Slang Successful slang that is to say slang that Jives is always intensely humorous and for that reason becomes be-comes of necessity the keenest and readiest weapon against all cant and humbug But let it be remembered there is slang aud slang anu wear e only refarrinec to that kind which being an involuntary outcroppin of the time or situation gets a grip upon the heart of humanity and is in nine cases out of ton finally received re-ceived into the brotherhood of accepted ac-cepted words CIt is a wild fruit grafted upon a tame Etockif ir clrilroe n in U nnr l OJ flourishes boih sides are benefited and improved if it withers andY dies it is because the grafting wa done untimely because the sap ot the cultivated tree still boils and ferments in full and sufficient force and has not yt t punk to that dead level of placid insipidity which needs the stinging touch of the wild infusion Slang is the recruiting ground of language where multitudes multi-tudes are always ready to enlist and out of a profusion of tall lawless fellows taken into the ranksa limited lim-ited number in time turns out to be good Eoldiera Boston Ccuiier a |