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Whistle Fish

Motella tricirrhata, the three-bearded rockling. Pennant says the name was applied to the fish because "the Cornish fishermen whistle when desirous of t taking this fish, as if by that they facilitate its capture."

White

EDWARD DOUGLAS, an

White Chapel

a celebrated parish of London, England, where the mysteri- WHITE CHAPEL, a celebrated parish ous "Jack the Ripper" operated in 1888- 1891. It contains the London Hospital and the Tower of London, and has a population of about 30,000. and the Tower of London, and has a pop-

White Friars

a popular name in pre-Reformation times for the friars of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, now generally known as Carmelites. The name had reference to the fact that they wore over the brown habit a white scapular and cloak. See CARMELITE.

Whitehead

WILLIAM, an Eng- Colley Cibber. He wrote: "The Roman Father," a tragedy; "The School for became poet-laureate in 1757, succeeding Lovers," a comedy; and other dramas and poems. He died April 14, 1785. the presidential mansion in Washington,

White Lead

a dense white powder, insoluble in water, but easily dissolved in dilute nitric or acetic acid; extensively employed in painting.

White Russia

a name given by the peo people to that part of Russia Russia lying toward the W. and principally inhabited by White Russians.

Whitney

MOUNT, one of the highest mountains of the United States; fornia; height, 14,522 feet.

Sierra Nevada in southern Cali-

Whittier

a city of California, in Los Angeles co. It is on the Southern Pacific and the Pacific Electric railroads.

It is the center of an important fruit. growing and oil producing region and is the seat of Whittier College. Pop. (1910) 4,550; (1920) 7,997.

Wichita Falls

a city of Texas, the county-seat of Wichita co. It is on the Missouri, Kansas and Texas, the Wichita Valley, and the Fort Worth and Denver City railroads. It is an important industrial center, and has manufactures of automobile trucks, window glass, candy, stoves, pottery, etc. Pop. (1910) 8,200; (1920) 40,079.

Wiggin

KATE DOUGLAS, an American author; born (Smith) in Philadelphia, Pa., Sept. 28, 1857. Her youth was spent in Hollis, Me., and she attended Abbott Academy in Andover, Mass. She went to California in 1876, where

Wilkinsburg

a borough of Pennsylvania, in Allegheny co. It is a resi- WILL dential suburb of Pittsburgh. It has two homes for the aged. Pop. (1910) 18,- 924; (1920) 24,403. retia"