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By Emma Lindsay-Squier
I'VE always had a grudge against people who go around telling about celebrities they know with the inevitable beginning, "Why, I knew her
when "
But I'm cured. I've joined the I. K. H. W. Club myself.
You see, Wanda Hawley and I went to school together at the Bremerton high school and at the University of Washington. Her name was Selma Pittack in those days, and she turned the head of every boy in school with her dimples, her blond hair, and her daylight-proof complexion. Why, I
knew her when You see, there I
go; it can't be helped.
When they told me out at the Lasky Studio that Wanda hailed from Washington State, I began to sit up and take notice; when they said she had lived in Seattle, I evinced a desire to meet her at once, if not sooner, and when they said she had gone to the Univer6
Wanda and the author reviving college days.
sity of Washington — well, I passed the press agent who was conducting me to her dressing room at a most undignified gallop, and when I burst open the door with the scantest pretense at knocking
"Selma !" This from me.
"Emily !" This from her.
"Gosh darn !" This from the P. A., who wanted to ask her about something and couldn't make himself heard.
"I came out to interview you and didn't know who you were!" I cried. "To think that I never recognized you on the screen ! Now I must find out all about what you are doing in pictures !"
"Yes, indeed !" she cut in breathlessly. "This will be a dandy interview ! You look just the same as you did when we were in high school. Tell me. what do you hear from the old bunch "
"Did you know that Harriet was married and that Tohn Morton is a