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Show Some New Definitions. M Girls In n fashlonablo seminary not a hundrod miles from town, In ex- amlnatlon papers, recently turned out , 11 a now batch ot delightful definitions. v It Ib evident from their answers that several of thorn, whllo they may not bo trained thinkers, have more or loss logical processes of thought. One do-fined do-fined "red tnpe" as "tho Inability of any ono holding n political position to do anything nocessary without special , orders," showing sho hid read her ' "Llttlo Dorrlt" to advantage, to say ; nothing of "Bleak Hovco." Another girl, asked "Why docs a Bhlp float tho r.'ght way up?" replied, "Becauso If It did not tho people In It would tumble out." Ono Ingonlous girl euggosted, "foxlot" as a noun for a young fox, s which certainly Is moro specific than j puppies. And a young person, evidently evi-dently determined not to let herself bo humbuggod, said "B Sc." meant "Bad sclonco." Philadelphia Evening Telegraph. ,i |